[.ca] Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 10 Minutes (ISBN 0672324253)

10 minutes?:
I was fuming when this book popped into my peripheral vision at a store. 10 minutes? Not likely! This book NEEDS A BETTER TITLE. What kind of respected publisher would print such a falsity. Perhaps "Brush up with C++ in 10 Minutes" would be a better tag.

Only 11 yrs old and I learned some new C++ debug tecniques!:
Basically the only new things i learned from this book are debugging tecniques using "try" and "catch". This is a total beginner's guide.

Only 11 yrs old and I learned some new C++ debug tecniques!:
Basically the only new things i learned from this book are debugging tecniques using "try" and "catch". This is a total beginner's guide.

Informative but dry:
Because learning programming is such a dry topic, it's really important that the author doesn't write in the same manner. I picked this book up having had no programing experience before and unfortunately this book didn't enlighten me as much as I had hoped it would. My displeasure isn't with the material in the book (which is very thorough considering its small size) but rather with its presentation. It was hard to stay focused on learning syntax when sifting through a barrage of technical terms and explanations. Also, the lessons do not build on one another as well as some other sources I've read since then. Overall, I would recommend this to anyone migrating from another language or anyone needing a refresher course. However, this book is not ideal for someone with no programming experience in the past. For that I would recommend the tutorials at www.cplusplus.com

A concise book for the beginner or intermediate:
Don't listen to the angry reviewers who not only were foolish enough to believe the publisher intended for you to get through a 200+ page book on programming in 10 minutes, but were also so impatient as to skip the introduction where the author explains that you will learn how to program in separate 10-minute lessons. This is an outstanding book for those of us who approach a programming language and are falling asleep with a 1000 page book that insists you read 50 pages on every minute detail of a simple topic. I found it extremely helpful to read through such a concise explanation before referring to the larger texts for more details when I need them.