Beginners book ??

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I would like to get into learning C++ for Windows, but all the books I have teach only console programming. What would you suggest as a beginners level book, that's either free, or very low cost? This is so I can 'dip my toes into learning', so to speak.

Thanks..

[Golden Lizard]

If you want C++ for Windows, I presume you want to learn either WinApi or MFC. For that I recommend Pretzold's book(you can get it 2nd hand for 5 bucks). Not really for " beginners", but it teaches WinApi from start.

https://www.amazon.com/Programming-Windows%C2%AE-Fifth-Developer-Reference/dp/157231995X

If you want to use other frameworks, like Qt or wxWidgets, then it depends on what you want to learn.

If the price concerns you, then there are also some pretty good internet tutorials out there. Like forger's one:
http://winprog.org/tutorial/

[Thomas1965]

Here is the free online version of Charles Petzold's Programming Windows. The source code is available at his website.
https://www-user.tu-chemnitz.de/~heha/petzold/petzold.htm

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Thank you Golden Lizard and Thomas1965. Though it's cheaper to view the book online, I think it's better to purchase it for the 5 to 6 dollars, so I can read it in front of the computer screen, and have to flip from one screen to another.