On 05/21/2010 06:51 PM, Benjamin Scott wrote: > On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 6:37 PM, Bruce Labitt > <bruce.lab...@myfairpoint.net> wrote: > >> OpenCV appears to require a good C++ background, >> which I don't have now. ... Any advice? >> > Tell your employer you need some C++ training in order to do your > job effectively. > > Or if you're afraid they'll terminate you and hire someone else, > seek learning on your own time and dime. > > I taught C++ at Northeastern and have been employed as a C++ software engineer for quite a while. One of the books that I recommend is the "C++ How to Program" series by Deitel. Harvey Deitel was supposed to be my OS professor when I was working for my MCS degree at BU, but he went to BC. His books are, IMHO, very complete, and while the one that I used at NEU is aging, I still use it for reference. Another book that I liked was the C++ Primer by Lippman and Lajoie, but I don't think it has been updated recently.
The issue with C++ (and other OO languages) is that it is important that you think in OO. Template classes in C++ are very powerful as is polymorphism. The product I work with is over a million lines of C++, and it uses polymorphism very heavily, and it is a true C++ system in contrast to some other systems I have worked with that were C compiled with C++ and a few classes mixed in. -- Jerry Feldman <g...@blu.org> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846
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