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Does anyone have a good recommendation for a cannonical reference on Modern C++14?

I have experience with C++ but its the old kind with raw pointers.

My usual starting point is Herb Sutter's books, with Bjarne's bible handy when I need it. I'm not sure where to start with modern C++.

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"The C++ Programming Language" has been updated in 2013, and includes C++11 changes: http://www.stroustrup.com/4th.html

"A Tour of C++" (also by Bjarne) is a quick overview of the language (including C++11 changes): http://www.stroustrup.com/Tour.html

Another very useful resources is the FAQs from "Standard C++ Foundation": https://isocpp.org/faq

I'd second "Effective Modern C++" by Scott Meyers and point out that while the book was written for C++11 most of the new features of C++14 extend and polish off those existing features. Now const expressions are more flexible and powerful, template meta programming is more powerful and in general they fix a bunch of smaller issues with the standard library. So you'll learn those things as you get to them.

The official C++ FAQ is good:

https://isocpp.org/faq

Scroll down to the sections on C++11/14.

If you have experience with C++ already then go with "Effective Modern C++" by Scott Meyers.

Not exactly canonical (it's a wiki), but otherwise excellent:

http://www.cppreference.com

Modern features are clearly delineated as such.

Check all of Herb Sutter's CppCon videos from 2015-2016, especially this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfmTagWcqoE

He does a great job of walking through the thought process of deciding which of the options makes sense in different situations.

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