Ask HN: I whant to Learn C++ not Rust!!

#1

Post by sptth » Tue, Apr 26, 2022, 3:26 PM UTC

I would like to learn C++ and I am looking for good learning resources (books, courses, tutorials, docs...). I would also like some introduction to modern libraries, compilers, latest standards, good practices...yes I know I want to learn everything. Well I am just asking here for good places to start my journey, also any advice other than "learn Rust"? I don't want to learn Rust (not for now at least)

Thanks in advance! ;)

Re: Ask HN: I whant to Learn C++ not Rust!!

#2

Post by AnimalMuppet » Tue, Apr 26, 2022, 3:32 PM UTC

I would start with "A Tour of C++", by Stroustrup.

Re: Ask HN: I whant to Learn C++ not Rust!!

#3

Post by starwind » Tue, Apr 26, 2022, 3:35 PM UTC

I am working my way through this https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/learn-c-with-free-31-hour-... and I enjoy it

It goes pretty fast if you've programmed before but covers a decent amount of the newer stuff. Once you get the fundamentals down you can probably figure out the C++20 features through the docs

Re: Ask HN: I whant to Learn C++ not Rust!!

#4

Post by sptth » Tue, Apr 26, 2022, 3:37 PM UTC

AnimalMuppet wrote: post #2

I would start with "A Tour of C++", by Stroustrup.

Hi thanks for the recomendation, looks pretty good and complete!

Is there any edition that includes modern standards? (c++17 minimum)

Re: Ask HN: I whant to Learn C++ not Rust!!

#5

Post by sptth » Tue, Apr 26, 2022, 3:38 PM UTC

starwind wrote: post #3

I am working my way through this https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/learn-c-with-free-31-hour-... and I enjoy it It goes pretty fast if you've programmed before but covers a decent amount of the newer stuff. Once you get the fundamentals down you can probably figure out the C++20 features through the docs

Thanks for the help, will definitely have a look!

Re: Ask HN: I whant to Learn C++ not Rust!!

#6

Post by speedgoose » Tue, Apr 26, 2022, 3:39 PM UTC

If you don’t know already, learn how to use a debugger. Also valgrind is very helpful. And if it hasn’t changed in the last years, Clang usually provides more user friendly error messages compared to GCC.

Re: Ask HN: I whant to Learn C++ not Rust!!

#7

Post by pdevr » Tue, Apr 26, 2022, 3:47 PM UTC

Piggybacking on this: Is there any book out there which covers C++ 20? Most of the reference books suggested on forums (SO, IRC/Discord channels) seem to cover C++ 17 or 14, or even worse, 11.

Re: Ask HN: I whant to Learn C++ not Rust!!

#8

Post by mtlmtlmtlmtl » Tue, Apr 26, 2022, 3:51 PM UTC

I'm not a C++ dev, but I would recommend JetBrain's CLion IDE for C/C++ development. It has great integration with build tools, debugger, valgrind, iperf(for profiling). It's a bit pricy, but it's possible to redo the free trial indefinitely.

Re: Ask HN: I whant to Learn C++ not Rust!!

#9

Post by sptth » Tue, Apr 26, 2022, 3:52 PM UTC

pdevr wrote: post #7

Piggybacking on this: Is there any book out there which covers C++ 20? Most of the reference books suggested on forums (SO, IRC/Discord channels) seem to cover C++ 17 or 14, or even worse, 11.

Afaik major changes where introduced in C++11 and later on in C++17. I would be happy finding anything that covers up to the C++17 standard.

Re: Ask HN: I whant to Learn C++ not Rust!!

#10

Post by sptth » Tue, Apr 26, 2022, 3:58 PM UTC

mtlmtlmtlmtl wrote: post #8

I'm not a C++ dev, but I would recommend JetBrain's CLion IDE for C/C++ development. It has great integration with build tools, debugger, valgrind, iperf(for profiling). It's a bit pricy, but it's possible to redo the free trial indefinitely.

I am more of a CLI user I've been using neovim with coc for js, ts, python and even solidity development. I will try first to have things working in my usual dev environment, but thanks for the suggestion I've heard good things about CLion and could probably get a free licence.