Free Online C and C++ Documentation, Tutorials and Books (thefreecountry.com)

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Free Online C/C++ Tutorials and Documentation

Looking for free online C++ tutorials? Or free online C tutorials? (Or other such free online documentation on C/C++?) This page contains some links to free electronic documentation, guides, tutorials, references, Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), books (ebooks) on C, C++ and the Standard Template Library (STL). The various free documentation often come either as browsable web based HTML documents, PDF files (which can be read using any of the freely available PDF viewers), or PS (PostScript) files. While some must be read online, others allow you to download a set to your computer for offline reading.

Note that not all of the online tutorials are error-free, and many are incomplete. In general, if you need a reliable guide to C/C++ that has been peer-reviewed and edited, it is best to buy a good book on the language. Some frequently recommended books on C/C++ are listed on the Frequently Recommended Books on C/C++ page. Of course if you just want to take a look at what the language is like, these online guides allow you to take a free look without having to buy a book.

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Free Online C++ Tutorials

C++ Beginner's Guide: This is (probably) a subset of the old edition of Herbert Schildt's C++ Beginner's Guide (now in its second edition for the printed book). It takes you through all the necessary aspects of programming in C++, from learning about data types, operators, program control statements, arrays, strings and pointers to functions, classes, inheritance, virtual functions, polymorphisms, i/o, exceptions and templates.
Data Structures and Algorithms with Object-Oriented Design Patterns in C++: This online book, by Bruno R. Preiss, on data structures and algorithms, deals with data types and abstraction, stacks, queues, deques, ordered lists and sorted lists, hashing, hash tables, scatter tables, trees, search trees, heaps, priority queues, sets, multisets and partitions, dynamic storage allocation, sorting algorithms, graph algorithms, etc. The source code for the examples may also be downloaded from the site.
Numerical Recipes in C: This book, published originally by Cambridge University Press, is now available in PDF as well as PostScript. (Unfortunately, each chapter of the book must be downloaded as a separate PDF file, negating the value of using PDF as a distribution format.) Note that this is an old edition of the newer Numerical Recipes 3rd edition book.
Optimizing C++ - the WWW Version: Learn how to optimize your C++ program with this free online book.
Who's Afraid of C++? - the WWW Version: This online book is designed for someone with previous programming experience, although the newcomer will not be entirely lost if he/she puts in some effort (or so the site seems to say).
C++??: A Critique of C++ (3rd Edition): This online book by Ian Joyner criticizes the flaws in both C++ and C.
C Elements of Style: This is an abbreviated version of the 1992 book on C. Both HTML and PDF versions are available.
Incompatibilities Between ISO C and ISO C++: Need to know the differences between C and C++? This document compares the differences between C++ (as ratified by ISO in 1998) and the various standards specifying the C programming language (including the latest version of C as ratified by ISO in 1999). It's a fairly detailed document and definitely worth a look for those programming in C and C++.
Thinking in C++, 2nd Edition, Vol 1 and Vol 2: Bruce Eckel's book "Thinking in C++" is available online, free of charge, from his website in both HTML or PDF format. Volume 1 is the same as the printed version available from Prentice Hall. Volume 2 can only be obtained online at present.
C++ Programming Howto: This is the online C++ Programming Howto guide - learn how to avoid memory problems in C++ and write programs in C++. Applies to Windows, Linux, MSDOS, BeOS, Macintosh, VAX VMS, MVS, AS/400, Solaris, HP/UX, etc, etc ("all operating systems" claims the author).
C++ in Action: Industrial Strength Programming: This book teaches C++ programming "from the perspective of a professional programmer". The book is Windows-biased, in that you are brought through the process of developing C++ programs on Windows.
A Beginners C++: You can download Postscript versions of this draft version of a book designed for an introductory computer science course in Australia. The electronic book is designed for newcomers to C++ wishing to learn the C++ programming language. If you need a free Postscript viewer, you might want to try Ghostview.
The C++ Annotations: A good online tutorial on C++ that assumes you are already a C programmer so it doesn't start from ground zero. You can download the entire annotations in various text formats too.
Object Orientation FAQ: This is a FAQ that deals with writing object oriented programs.