SUMMARY: C++ Introduction Needed

[Debbie Pesach <dpesach -at- SOHOLYNK -dot- COM>]

Greetings!

(Summary cross-posted to Tech-Shoret)

Here is a summary of the responses I received to my query about learning
C++ (sorry, but responses that were only sent to the list and not also
to me are not included due to technical tiredness).

Thanks to everyone for responding so quickly and for helping. Please
accept my group thanks in lieu of individual replies.

Special thanks to Steve Murphy for helping me to decide what I really
want to get out of learning C++ and for offering me a chance to be a
"test case" for an online "C++ for Tech Writers" course that he's been
thinking about doing.

Query: I am looking for online resources to enable me to learn C++, not
at a programming level, but enough to speak the developer's language.
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Responses: (In no particular order)

BOOKS:
(Bill Brucksch, Ed.D.) As a technical writer/programmer
writer/instructional designer, I too wanted to learn about C++. As I'm
sure you're well aware, there are lots of resources available but few
designed for students, a lament we can explore later. For a great
overview of object technology, see Object Technology: A Manager's Guide
by David A. Taylor. For a good C++ book that emphasizes learning syntax
and assessing C++ programs, see Visual C++ in 12 Easy Lessons by Perry &
Spencer.

(Jane Bergen) Here's one suggestion: "Who's Afraid of C++?" by Steve
Heller, Academic Press  (http://www.apnet.com) ... I think it's
available from Amazon at a discounted price. It is designed for
NON-programmers, comes with a CD-ROM that includes the C++ compiler and
other goodies, and has lots of examples, etc. The one I have says
"Revised Printing" 1997.

(Steve Murphy) Maybe a C++ for Dummies type book would be useful. I
think if you got the SAMS "...21 Days" book you'd get so lost in details
you might get frustrated.

ONLINE:
http://www.zdu.com/handbook/usingtutorials.asp   Ziff-Davis University:
ZDU
Low cost, on-line courses on many computer topics. These courses have
been recommended in the past on the list.
(Thanks to Indera, Carl Young, Cam Whetstone, Debbie Crossman, Craig
Della Penna, and Erin Kampf)

http://www.trainingontheweb.net/catalog/contents.htm#programming
Another low cost, online training source.
(Thanks to Debbie Crossman)

http://www.digitalthink.com/ for online courses (including some on C++).
(Thanks to Christi Carew)

http://www.free-ed.net
http://www.eckelobjects.com/ThinkingInCPP2e.html
http://www.programmingtutorials.com
(Thanks to jemoser -at- na -dot- cokecce -dot- com - you never told me your name!)

Additional thanks to:
Kathy Frost, Lisa Kemp (for suggesting that I check Amazon.com for
books), and Bonnie Granat (for suggesting that I consider learning C
before C++).

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Debbie

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