Some reading Nov 21 2005

I’ve decided that maybe it’s time I went back and filled in gaps in my knowledge in the C/C++ programming languages. As such, I picked up some reading material. Firstly, C Pocket Reference is a nice, concise reference to various aspects of the C syntax, and the C standard library. I’m working my way through it at the minute, and finding equal measures of stuff I know, and stuff I don’t :-P

Next up, Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 24 Hours, a book I figured I’d work through, and will probably end up skimming through the first half, just brushing up on the basics, and then concentrate on some of the stuff I’m not so comprehensive on in the second half of the book - some of the more advanced topics.

So I hope to work through these two books over the next week or so, and maybe think of a few cool test apps I can knock up to practice my C/C++. I really want to tidy my skill-set in these languages, as I think they are the foundation to good coding elsewhere, and to having a good knowledge of ‘how stuff works’. We’ll see how I get on with the books, and whether they are as useful as I hope they are :-)