Effective Modern C++

the big 4, 2 very large dense books, and 2 small, very very very dense books: - Lippman et al, C++ Primer, 5th ed - Stroustrup, The c++ Language, 4th ed (which has earlier version "A Tour of" as 1st 150 pages - Meyers "Effective C++", 3rd ed and - "Effective Modern C++" http://www.aristeia.com/books.html (don't dismiss the others cause theyre 14+ years old, either

I'm going through that right now, and finding it incredibly good, but still fairly outdated. It was written for Java 6, while Java 7 and (especially) 8 have more or less re-written the language. All of the advice is still really great, but some of the items are workarounds for weaknesses in the language that have since been strengthened. I'm working through Java 8 in Action[0] in parallel, and it's been a good experience. I've also been enjoying this Modern Java blog series, which is book-ish[1]. In a similar vein, I really enjoyed Effective Modern C++[2]. I think The Ruby Way[3] is still the best ruby book, and a new edition just came out earlier this year. I'm looking for a good book about modern javascript if anyone has any suggestions. [0]: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20534354-java-8-in-actio... (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20534354-java-8-in-action) [1]: http://blog.paralleluniverse.co/2014/05/01/modern-java/ [2]: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22800553-effective-moder... (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22800553-effective-modern-c) [3]: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4514.The_Ruby_Way

Haven't done any writing of C++ since college, and not too much reading either, but just flew through Effective Modern C++, and found it to be a great, information-dense, and eye-opening read. Highly recommended.