What are the best resources or books to prepare C/ C++ STL, Data Structures and Algorithms ?

Question

Dear All,

I want to re-phrase my question.

I want to prepare on CS fundamentals like Data Structures, Algorithms and programming languages like C and C++. There are lots and lots of material out there and I would appreciate if you experts can point me towards some standard resources/books for this technologies.

Thanks.

Answer 1

There are a lot of reference material for C++.

From the webz:

• C++ FAQ Lite.
• SGI STL's docs are great (Note that some of the documentation are items that exist in SGI's implementation, but may not be available in other STL libraries).

Really there are 4 books that I believe every C++ developer should have access to:

• Effective C++ by Scott Meyers
• More Effective C++ by Scott Meyers
• The C++ Programming Language by Bjarne Stroustrap
• Effective STL by Scott Meyers

You get extra credit for owning:

• Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software (for learning patterns, not for curing insomnia)
• The Art of Computing by Donald Knuth

There are many other excellent books for C++, but these are the ones I highly recommend.

Answer 2

The best book on the STL, in my opinion, is The C++ Standard Library by Josuttis.