C++ - Need to learn some basics in a short while

Question

For reasons I will spare you, I have two weeks to learn some C++.
I can learn alone just fine, but I need a good source. I don't think I have time to go through an entire book, and so I need some cliff notes, or possibly specific chapters/specialized resources I need to look up.
I know my Asm/C/C# well, and so anything inherited from C, or any OOP is not needed.
What I do need is some sources on the following subjects(I have a page that specifies what is needed, this is basically it, but I trimmed what I know):

1. new/delete in C++ (as opposed to C#).
2. Overloading cin/cout.
3. Constructor, Destructor and MIL.
4. Embedded Objects.
5. References.
6. Templates.

If you feel some basic C++ concept that is not shared with C/C# is not included on this list, feel free to enter those as well. But the above subjects are the ones I'm supposed to roughly know in two week's time.
Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

Edit: I want to clarify - I don't expect to study for two weeks and then go and write Quake.
I need to get to a level where given some code and a while to think about it, I can understand it. nuances like ++X vs X++ don't matter as much as knowing what the main keywords are, etc.

Answer 1

I know you said you didn't want to read a book but "Accelerated C++" is probably what you want. It was actually was used in like a 2 week crash course at Stanford from what I remember to get people up to speed on C++.

Answer 2

This site is your best bet. Although its a great reference anyway, the way the questions are phrased and organised you'll be able to get up to speed quicker:

http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/

Answer 3

Thinking in C++, Volume II. Free, well written and available online.

http://www.mindview.net/Books/TICPP/ThinkingInCPP2e.html

Answer 4

I will be honest with you. In 2 weeks, you won't be able to learn the whole C++.
Let me rephrase that, because no one will ever know everything about C++ (it is very huge and yet it's still growing), you won't be able to learn everything you need to become an expert C++ programmer.

However, if you do have some good programming background, many concepts in C++ will sound familiar to you. This will help you learn complex concepts quicker than novice programmers.

I would suggest you to go to C++ FAQ Lite
because it is the site that lists all the main concepts of C++.

Don't expect to program something enterprisy after going through the site, because that ability comes after you have coded some extensive systems in C++. However, the site will definitely help you to understand what C++ looks like and other people deal with in C++.

GOOD LUCK :)

Answer 5

If you do not have time to go through an entire book, you may try an online tutorial such as the one at http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/.

However, it will be useful to go into more depth about common pitfalls and good practice in C++. A good online resource for this is the C++ FAQ lite, at http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/ .

If you decide to buy or borrow a book, "Effective C++" by Scott Meyers would be a good choice. You do not need to read it front to back, as each chapter is dedicated to a specific problem you are likely to encounter when writing C++ code, and can be read separately.

Answer 6

If you need quick explanations of specific sections of the language, http://www.learncpp.com/ is also a good resource. The caveat is that their webserver is dog slow most of the time (which is unfortunate, because they have some really good explanations).