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is there a better place to start learning?
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Yes, try a book. Several people recommend Deitel & Deitel, but I don't. I'm sure it's a fine book, but it is expensive and is generally used as a college text. Also, it is over 1500 pages. Probably the best C++ book you can get for a beginner is "
Accelerated C++ " by Andrew Koenig, who was also on the C++ standards committee. Weighing in at only 336 pages, it uses an alternative approach to learning C++. It teaches you the most useful concepts first, rather than the most primitive. It is well-respected in the C++ community, and has been proven successful at Stanford University.
My suggestion is to get the Koenig book, read it and do the examples, then move on to a book covering the language in depth, like Bruce Eckel's "Thinking in C++".