General Tutorials and Programming Resources

Online resources

• Learn Code the Hard Way
  • Without a doubt, the best, most comprehensive tutorials for Python and C in existence.
• CPlusPlus.com
  • Website providing syntax, examples, and forums for C and C++ code for almost all of the standard library that should be on all *nix systems.
• StackOverflow
  • Very popular and friendly programming community providing solutions to problems, and helpful tips for all programming languages.
• TopCoder C++ Standard Templace Tutorial
  • Highlights the power of the C++ Standard library
• LeetCode’s Algorithm Problem Sets
  • One the best places to practice for coding interviews.

Books

• General programming best practices - all of these books are quick reads, and will save you tons of time in the long run
  • Clean Code, by Robert C. Martin
  • Pragmatic Programmer, by Hunt and Thomas
  • Debugging: The 9 Indispensable Rules, by David Agans
• C++
  • Effective C++, by Scott Meyers A great second book on C++, going deeper into the language’s constructs and best practices. Also check out his other books