Good books to learn programming?

[ricther02]

Hi. I'm totally new to programming and software and writing code. I would like to know what are some good books to use to help teach yourself how to program? Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Emily]

What language do you want to learn?

 

[ricther02]

Well, I basically want to learn a widely use language(like C,C++,?) and then expand and learn as many languages as I can.

 

[developer]

Programming in C++ by Mr. Robert Lafore.
ASP.NET unleashed by Mr Stephen Walther.
The HTML Black Book by Mr. Steven Holzner.

 

[Nikon]

Just go to a local book store, into the computer section, find a language that fits you, and use it. I suggest learning C++ and PHP togather (i did vb and php but i cant do php very well at all) because it will allow you to have communicative scripts (so you can do auto update ect ect)

 

[ricther02]

Alright. Thanks for the replies.

 

[Ebene]

Absolute Beginners Guide to C by Perry

best book ever

 

[Mohan Giri]

Tell me the concept of PHP programming

 

[gab00n]

Well if you want to learn programming the correct way try find a book written by a computer science professor. There are plenty of books out there just written by programmers who do not code correctly or safely so they teach you how to be a bad programmer.

For C++ i would recommend D.S. Malik, you can get it from walmart.com
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.gsp?product_id=2585362

 

[gab00n]

Here is a link that i forgot to post it has a bunch of free books.

http://www.techbooksforfree.com/