Learn C++ for Game Development

I was persuaded to buy this book just looking through the preview on here. The material is succinctly written, yet rigorous enough that you get a proper understanding. I like books that go into appropriate depth, and it makes the more advanced concepts such as polymorphism easy to understand. I'm not a beginner, but anyone who is new gets a thorough explanation of the features of C++ before the concepts of game programming are explained. It even goes into memory management and templates.If you're new, or already have a grasp of the features of the C++ language, this is a great addition to your shelf.

Fantastic book for both complete beginners and people who have been programming for a while. Introduces critical concepts such as inheritance and polymorphism in a practical way that makes it easy to understand. Plenty of code examples complement the text.

Title borders on false advertising. Beginners to C++? -don't waste your money. Aspiring game developers? -don't waste your money.

As described

I am coming to this book after having learned how to program in C#. I thought C++ would be the next logical step, and was looking for a good book to get started in the language, preferably with a lean towards game development. This book seemed ideal. I was wrong. This book does a very poor job of introducing concepts and explaining what you are actually doing, and why things are being done. It covers a great deal of topics, but it does not adequately explain any of these topics in the depth necessary. Someone with little to no programming knowledge will be entirely lost trying to learn from this book.