Best way to learn c++?

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Well since I have finished my sql programming course early at school I have 6 weeks of I.T. lessons with no work to do in, so I thought I should teach myself c++ in the lessons instead. I have been learning it so far using the tutorials on www.cprogramming.com , what is generally regarded as the number 1 book for learning c++?

And what is the difference between C, C#, c++ etc?

When it comes to learning graphics programming, which would you reccomend learning directx or opengl? Most games that I've seen seem to use directx?

 

[Energize]

Now I'm unsure of wether to learn C# or C++ lol. Later this year we are doing a java course, do you think I should start learning java earlier instead?

 

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Can you reccomend any Java Ide's?

 

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You know on second thoughts I will stick with c++ for now. I tried eclipse and netbeans and god they try to make it complicated, creating classes etc, settings up directories, tons of errors. With bloodshed dev c++ it just lets me start coding straight away. I think I'll let my teacher sort out all that stuff.