Super basic C++ question

[IOInterrupt]

Hello, I am new to C++ and needless to say, SFML.  I have a really basic question regarding the object initialization.  While I have no experience with C++, I have been developing with PHP for 7+ years so I do have a understanding of programming fundamentals. 

As an example:
    sf::VideoMode videoMode(320,240);
    sf::Window window(videoMode,"Basic Display Window");

Are these statements initializing the variables and then immediately running the constructor method with the given parameters?  It just looks a little foreign to me and I would expect something more similar to.

sf::VideoMode viewMode = new sf::VideoMode(320,240);
sf::Window window = new sf:Window(videoMode,"Basic Display Window");

Any articles that you might be able to link to as well would be greatly appreciated.

[Laurent]

I don't think that learning C++ on the SFML forum is the best idea ever...

Why don't you buy a good book, or at least read a good online reference about the language?

[eXpl0it3r]

Yes the first example is indeed C++ the second is more like Java or PHP.

C++ is not a language you can just learn by working a bit with it, but it's quite complex and reading a book is mandatory, but please make it a good book, so you don't learn unnecessary ways of doing things.

Also for general C++ questions Google might give you a much faster and mostly better answer.

[IOInterrupt]

Thanks guys.  I read a good chunk of 'Thinking in C++' quite a while back, but I guess I will need to dig into it again, because I don't recall objects being initialized like that....I thought maybe I was seeing as shorthand version or something.