I see so many people here saying "I can't do this, I need a tutorial. Where can I find a tutorial about..."

But, before I start: GOOGLE IS YOUR FRIEND! Don't be afraid to try searching a few different things before you find the result that you need!

Also, I'm not just going to go to Google and pick out the top ten results... these are the sites that I have learned from, and find them particularly useful.

Try this site for a massive collection of FREE computer books ~ covering programming, computer science and much more!
Also, this site offers free books, too! ~ thanks to vikas1234!

MSDN (Microsoft Developers Network) - Thanks NickDMax, how could I forget that?

Precedence Chart - Thanks to Cerolobo!

Varied Tutorials

• </.dream.in.code> yep, that's right! There are loads of tutorials at your fingertips right here at </d.i.c>
• cplusplus.com has some brilliant tutorials
• cprogramming.com also has some awesome tutorials, covering a whole variety of topics
• FunctionX is another one of my favourites
• Advanced C++ Lessons
• Wotsit - Thanks to NickDMax!
• cppreference.com - Thanks to gothik12!

Now, you may have already covered a lot of the stuff on those sites, right? Ready to start graphics programming? There is a whole range of graphics libraries, and an even wider range of tutorials for each one.

Graphics: Somehow I managed to miss this thread in the Game Programming forum... Lots of nice links there
Some of the most common graphics libraries are:
Windows

• relisoft has some nice beginner tutorials
• FunctionX has some detailed tutorials on the Win32 API
• FunctionX [again] for those of you who have Visual Studio

DirectX

• DirectXtutorial.com has some very detailed tutorials, starting right from a beginner level

OpenGL

• NeHe Productions - IMO, the only resource you need to begin learning OpenGL

SDL

• VERY BASIC tutorial for BEGINNERS
• Lazy Foo' has some pretty easy to follow tutorials

Allegro

• Allegro Newbie tutorial
• CPP Game Programming - Thanks to polymath!

Obviously there are more, so if you have any suggestions, please post them here! I'll edit this list and credit you for your additions

Also, scroll down a little to find Cerolobo's post about the standards

Thanks to Bench for the following list!
FAQs
http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/index.html - C++ FAQ
http://www.c-faq.com/ - comp.lang.c FAQ
http://www.comeaucomputing.com/learn/faq/ alt.comp.lang.learn.c-c++ FAQ

Useful C++ articles/reference resources
http://www.dinkumware.com/manuals/ - Dinkumware's C++ Libraries Reference manual
http://www.research.att.com/~bs/ - Bjarne Stroustrup's homepage
http://www.eternallyconfuzzled.com/ - A superb collection of assorted C/C++ tutorials
http://home.no.net/dubjai/win32cpptut/html/ - The correct C++ tutorial
http://beej.us/guide/bgnet/ - Beej's Network Programming Guide

Books
http://www.accu.org/ - Association of C and C++ Users - for C++ book reviews
http://www.rafb.net/efnet_cpp/books/ - the EFNET #C++ Recommended reading list
http://www.mindview.net/Books/TICPP/ThinkingInCPP2e.html Bruce Eckel's free E-book Thinking in C++ 2nd Ed.

This post has been edited by gabehabe: 21 Aug, 2008 - 12:04 PM

Glad this was sticked. Good post gabe!

(You took all my good spots)

Don't forget about MSDN! Although it is redone every 3 months or so (just to ensure that you can never find anything you found in the past) it is still littered with examples and information. If you plan on using windows the is a primary resource.

I generally find wotsit.org to be an invaluable resource. It is not C++ specific but covers file formats and other odds and ends that are of use.

Thanks NickDMax, don't know how I could forget MSDN

Added to the list

If you are serious about programming in C/C++, having a copy of the standards can be quite useful.

This topic simply aims to provide a list to the standards, so you don't have to take someone else word for it.

Most of these links lead to draft versions of the standards. Draft versions are released for free by ISO/IEC. They main contain some errors; however, they are extremely close to the paid version.

C Standards
- C89 - HTML (Commonly referred to as ANSI C)
- C99 - pdf

C++ Standards
- 1998 - pdf.gz HTML
- 2005 - pdf
- 2007 - pdf

Awesome post, Cerolobo!

STICKY PLZ!

Done

Member Thanked Successfully

Thanks Cerolobo!

Why didn't I think of that?

I'm so insensitive.

The deed is done.

Now all we need to do is wait for the next standard to come out

Perhaps a link to the following post (C/C++ Standards) made by Cerolobo would fit in too

http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/showtopic55760.htm

This post has been edited by skater_00: 26 Jun, 2008 - 08:26 AM

For allegro I learned from cppgameprogramming.com

Glad you put cplusplus.com on there, where i first learned and a GREAT resource and reference!