It is probably best to think of C++ as an expert language; even if you learn parts of it well enough, you can easily be burned by what you don't know. There is

It is probably best to think of C++ as an expert language; even if you learn parts of it well enough, you can easily be burned by what you don't know. There is really no such thing as a tutorial for C++ when a statement as simple as "a += b" could have dozens of different meanings in a program. You are better off honing your skills in some powerful scripting languages such as Python or Perl, or even by starting with C itself, and perfecting that before tackling C++.