I have a good understanding of OO from java and C# and I’m lucky in my engineering courses to have been exposed to the evils of both assembler and C (pointers are my playground 😀 ).
However, I’ve tried looking into C++ and the thing that gets me is the library code. There are so many nice examples of how to perform the bread and butter tasks in java and C#, but I’ve not been able to find a good explanation of how to do these things in C++.
I’d love to expand my knowledge into C++ to add to my skillset but I’ve not had a chance to be exposed to people and communities that are keen on these things.
Could anyone here recommend some good open source projects or tutorials which are useful. Bonus marks if they involve coming from java or C# into this environment.
I’d suggest that you work your way through the excellent Andrew Koenig and Barbara Moo book ‘Accelerated C++’ (sanitised Amazon link). This book teaches you C++ rather than assume that you know C and then look at the C++ bits bolted on.
In fact, you dive in and are using STL containers in the early chapters.
Highly recommended.