Discovering Modern C++

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1. rramadassDec 2024
   Not sure about what you mean by "fun" but Peter Gottschling's Discovering Modern C++ An Intensive Course for Scientists, Engineers and Programmers is pretty good. For a catalog of shiny new C++ features Marius Bancila's Modern C++ Programming Cookbook is comprehensive.
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2. rramadassDec 2023
   I am not the person you asked the question to, but my recommendation would be;

   1) Discovering Modern C++: An Intensive Course for Scientists, Engineers, and Programmers by Peter Gottschling - Not too thick and focuses on how to program in the language.

   2) Software Architecture with C++: Design modern systems using effective architecture concepts, design patterns, and techniques with C++20 by Adrian Ostrowski et al. - Shows how to use C++ in the modern way/ecosystems i.e. with CI/CD, Microservices etc.

   Optional but highly recommended;

   a) Scientific and Engineering C++: An Introduction with Advanced Techniques and Examples by Barton & Nackman - Old pre-Modern C++ book which pioneered many of the techniques which have now become common. One of the best for learning C++ design.

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3. rramadassSep 2022
   * Discovering Modern C++ by Peter Gottschling - Good fast coverage of the features.

   * The C++ Programming Language, 4th edition by Bjarne Stroustrup - The biggest change in the language was the introduction of C++11 and this book covers it well.

   * A Tour of C++, 3rd edition by Bjarne Stroustrup - Summary of all changes upto C++20.

   * Software Architecture with C++: Design modern systems using effective architecture concepts, design patterns, and techniques with C++20 by Adrian Ostrowski et.al. - More like a broad survey rather than in-depth but covers development in a "modern ecosystem".

   * Modern C++ Programming Cookbook: Master C++ core language and standard library features, with over 100 recipes, updated to C++20, 2nd Edition by Marius Bancila - A series of articles one each for a language feature.

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4. jzlJun 2018
   There are several good books about c++11 and c++14, though I'm not sure about 17.

   "Effective Modern C++: 42 Specific Ways to Improve Your Use of C++11 and C++14" https://www.amazon.com/Effective-Modern-Specific-Ways-Improv...

   "Discovering Modern C++: An Intensive Course for Scientists, Engineers, and Programmers (C++ In-Depth Series)" https://www.amazon.com/Discovering-Modern-Scientists-Program...

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5. SXXMar 2018
   As others noted best way to learn is to use it. Pick any open source you like, compile and test it, learn it's code, try to fix some bugs or implement features, ask questions from other developers, get feedback on your code. That way you'll learn all caveats of practical C++ development and tools.

   Additionally while traditional and more detailed books already posted here I'll just add one I personally liked: Discovering Modern C++ by Peter Gottschling. It's had exactly information I would expect be needed for person who already have reasonable experience in programming, but want short introduction into C++.

   Disclaimer: I'm certainly not someone you can call experienced C++ programmer since I just developing and manage open source project for 3+ years. So take my opinion with a grain of salt.

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6. zensavonaMay 2016
   Thanks so much for those very specific book recommendations! I'm working through "Discovering Modern C++" by Peter Gottschling which I'm finding pretty good. Those two books by Will Pirkle sound great and are now on my to-read list, I did some Googling before for audio specific C++ books but didn't come across them.

   Also I've found some of the talks from JUCE Summit to be quite insightful.

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