Well , I don't need help so much as some points in the right direction. Here is my list of questions.

A. What are some good C++ Linux books I can learn from
B. What are some good website references
C. How advanced would one have to be to start looking at the kernel source and learning from it?
D. I bought the book "C++ for dummies" and it only has console stuff, can I use it with Linux?


Thanks in advanced.

One, there are a lot of good C++ books you can learn from.
One is, Object Oriented Programming with C++, by E. Balaguruswamy, and is much easier to grasp as a beginner.
Thinking in C++, by Bjourne Stroustrap is good. (psst..he's the inventor or originator )
"The complete reference: C++" by Herbert Schildt is another good book.

For using C++ in linux you must have the gcc compiler installed. You can search google for how to compile and run C++ programs. Another form of gcc is g++ compiler.

www.programmersheaven.com is one of the best ones where you would get a lot of source code of different variety of programs.

Psst... the book title you quoted is by Bruce Eckel

A. All C++ books are compatible with Linux. Languages (unless specifically designed for a particular OS like Visual Basic) works on any OS that you can get a compiler for. C++ doesn't have any OS-specific features in it's standard form.

B. you could visit my site.

C. Very advanced.

D. Yes.

Chris

hi,
I don't think about hacking the kernel like a simple task, could you write some windows stuff in a matter of months if you had the source? Excuse me but I don't think so... but it all depends on you at the end. If you are in a hurry, have yourself helped by an advanced c++ programmer(ie not the average you find in universities or programmers doing simple/medium projects in the enterprise.

I would recommend learning basic console C++ before you get into anything platform-specific. That way you have a good C++ foundation and you know clearly what is standard C++ and clearly what is Linux C++. The console stuff should be entirely portable to any platform as long as you don't use any libs that aren't part of C or C++.

As far as kernel programming, that is done in C which doesn't have near the features that C++ does; by learning C++ you also learn a lot of C, but unless you set out to learn C also it's vague as to what parts of C++ are C as well.

Here is where I learned C++ (no Linux-specific support however):
http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/
http://cplus.about.com/
http://newsgroups.borland.com/cgi-bi...students&utag=
http://newsgroups.borland.com/cgi-bi...uage.cpp&utag=
http://groups.google.com/groups?grou...B%2B.moderated
http://groups.google.com/groups?group=comp.lang.c%2B%2B

ta0kira

PS This is a very good reference for the Standard Template Library. Take a look at it after you learn the basic parts of C++:
http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/table_of_contents.html

Oh yes...I just mixed up!

However, there are two books

1) Thinking in C++, by Bruce Eckel (as told by sasho)
2) The C++ programming langugae, by Bjourne Stroustrap

You can find hhis other books and the above one in pdf format at

http://64.78.49.204/

In case you dont have adobe acrobat reader you can download it from here

Adobe Acrobat reader

Stop calling him Bjourne (that lookes like bourne with a j in it)! Just kidding...
http://www.research.att.com/~bs/homepage.html

ta0kira

I was mostly in a joking mood. I hope you took it as such. It is a good title though, and we apreciate the fact that you mentioned it.