Are C++ tutorials really effective?

Can someone plz tell me about the effectiveness of programming tutorials?Are C++ tutorials really effective?
C++ is darn effective if you go through it thoroughly..By learning this tutorials u can cover most of your projects as well as u can make softwares too...! But u've to learn every basics soundly so that u can easily make important codes by using ur skill..! All the best dude...may ur future shine! C ya!Are C++ tutorials really effective?
As effective as you want them to be.
They are very effective if u r sincere.


A very good c++ tutorial online is Bruce Eckel's Thinking in C++ @ http://www.mindview.net/Books/TICPP/Thin鈥?/a>





What u hv to keep in mind is just like real books, u will hv to maintain a schedule, be serious and not slacking off!!!


And u will find that online tutorials helping u more than any books.


Many online tutorials are latest, watched by pros as a result errors are corrected faster than U can spot them!!!! And many pros put in their thoughts which u can see as comments. They comment from practical world experience. Its an experience which has immensely helped me sharpen up my C++ skills.


Hoping that u will find this online learning experience a Life changing one.
Yes, they certainly are effective. The only problem with tutorials instead of a physical book or a class is that it is a different medium. That is not a tangible problem as much as a perception problem. Every tutorial, as every book, is written with a slant toward some way of looking at doing whatever it is talking about. Occasionally, when the author's slant changes or the topic changes enough that it must change, the reader becomes confused or looses interest.


You have to choose a tutorial that suits your level of basic knowledge about the topic. You can't expect to read Eckel's books ( an excellent advanced read ) and get everything you need from them if this is your first programming language or you can't design an object oriented program and know nothing at all of the method.


Tutorials also get a bum rap sometimes simply because the person(s) using them try to push into a subject that is beyond them, then give up and later say ';Tutorials are trash, get a book';. You'll have to decide which one or ones are right for you to start with and continue with. You also have to give it a decent try. They package the compiler with the books that cost a lot for a reason: so you can work with the book's text examples. Get a compiler and use it with the tutorial.


I hope these rantings and suggestions on tutorials will help you out. The URL below has links to tutorials, compilers and other programming goodies that you might find useful.