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For Dummies 2017-02-10 01:01:00 Post No.
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For Dummies Anonymous 2017-02-10 01:01:00 Post No. [Report]

How useful are the For Dummies books?

I want to start learning programming languages but I only know the basics in a handful and computers/software are probably one of the only things I would be really good at. Would reading a For Dummies book for programming languages like C++ help me out or no?

Anonymous 2017-02-10 01:02:49 Post No.9086528
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Anonymous 2017-02-10 01:02:49 Post No.9086528 [Report]

I don't know about programming languages, but yes, I think for dummies books are, in general, very good for a working knowledge of whatever you want to know about.

Anonymous 2017-02-10 01:32:54 Post No.9086606
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Anonymous 2017-02-10 01:32:54 Post No.9086606 [Report]

>>9086522
The (real) language ones are terrible.

Anonymous 2017-02-10 01:35:59 Post No.9086612
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Anonymous 2017-02-10 01:35:59 Post No.9086612 [Report]

>>9086522
Read SICP and TAOCP1 first, you pleb.

Anonymous 2017-02-10 01:40:07 Post No.9086618
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Anonymous 2017-02-10 01:40:07 Post No.9086618 [Report]

>>9086522
Terrible for programming. I recommend Think Like a Computer Scientist, which teaches Python. I don't know of any good intro programming books that teach C++; I'm of the opinion there aren't any

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They are trash.

Read this and "Effective C++" by Scott Meyers.

Anonymous 2017-02-10 04:02:17 Post No.9086934
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Anonymous 2017-02-10 04:02:17 Post No.9086934 [Report]

>>9086522
go to /sci/'s wiki. They have a huge list of books to learn programming. Don't read that shit

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