The best book for the job is ???

[Scotty]

Will someone please give me the BEST books to learn programming with?? Please!
I have found some really good tut's on line but no HARD ideas on books. Too many I guess. HELP!!!!! Scotty

[Scotty]

I like this idea!!
Quote from Demosthenes:
"Personally, I have been a fan of the Deitel and Deitel series.
But, everyone I know with these self-help books usually tell the same story. They attempted reading them, then gave up and left the book on the shelf to collect dust. The best way to learn is not from a book, but from a person and just coding. Anything beyond procedural C programming is all abstract, sometimes highly abstract, and books just fail to convey important facts. I still recommend finding someone who knows it or going to community college. Programming is a group activity, seriously. No good program is written by a single person locked in his/her room.

Those books are good references, but read like a car's owner's manual. Simply put, you can learn from those books, but it will take longer and you will benefit less than by having a person explain it. I know this is not what you want to hear and that I will be, in all likelyhood, ignored, but just sharing experiences."
I agree