C++ problems? Need to learn oo.

[dougleduck]

Searching for C++ tutorials seems to be complete lack of exercises, lots of tutorials.

Need to learn the more advanced ideas from classes and up, but you only learn by doing. Have I lost the google knack?

[mr.propre]

Just an idea, but you just could buy a book about oo (and not about C++) In the end oo isn't linked to one program language but is more a way of programming and thinking.

[issih]

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/java/concepts/

http://aonaware.com/OOP1.htm

Or indeed any of :

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=oo+programming+tutorial&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a

If those don't suit you, I agree that there is no need to start with c++ to learn oo, in many ways it might be the worst language to start on, as it has a lot of features that are no considered either a bad idea or at the very least a hugely complicated idea, most notable multiple inheritance. In addition it contains a lot of code handling memory management that can distract from the ideas, whereas higher level garbage collected languages don't.

I say learn on something simpler, like jave, but that is just my opinion, and frankly it becomes a holy war the minute the subject if what to learn is raised.

[mikewhatever]

Take a look at this link. http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/C%2B%2B

[dougleduck]

Some good links, thanks. It's C++ I need to learn the oo concepts with. Think I might need to get a book, library here I come, just thought the Internet would provide more thoroughly.

[issih]

The 2nd link I provided was c++ based, and there are a squillion if you google 'oo programming tutorial' or something similar

mikewhatever's link looks pretty darn good too.

Books are nice to have though, easier on the eyes

Hope that helps

[mr.propre]

Some good links, thanks. It's C++ I need to learn the oo concepts with. Think I might need to get a book, library here I come, just thought the Internet would provide more thoroughly.

Well, the internet can help you with books. A few programmers/writers/university's release books free of charge. I learned PHP using a paper from a dutch programmer/professor and CSS2 using the documentation from a Mexican university. And a little google on "free c++ books" gives you a few good results.

http://www.mindview.net/Books/TICPP/ThinkingInCPP2e.html
http://www.computer-books.us/cpp.php
http://www.thefreecountry.com/documentation/onlinecpp.shtml
http://www.onlinecomputerbooks.com/free-c++-books.php

[cmay]

there is also a programming talk subforum here in ubuntu forums.
check out the sticky when you have time.
good luck