Absolute C++ (3rd Edition) [Paperback]

Walter Savitch (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0321468937 | ISBN-13: 978-0321468932 | Publication Date: March 17, 2007 | Edition: 3

   Organized around the structure of the C++ programming language, Absolute C++, Third Edition, benefits C++ readers of all levels with its comprehensive coverage and accessible style. Best-selling author Walt Savitch presents concepts and techniques in a clear, concise manner using understandable language and code enhanced by a suite of pedagogical tools.

C++ Basics; Flow of Control; Function Basics; Parameters and Overloading; Arrays; Structures and Classes; Constructors and Other Tools; Operator Overloading, Friends, and References; Strings; Pointers and Dynamic Arrays; Separate Compilation and Namespaces; Streams and File I/O; Recursion; Inheritance; Polymorphism and Virtual Functions; Templates; Linked Data Structures; Exception Handling; Standard Template Library; Patterns and UML.

For all readers interested in the C++ programming language.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Walter Savitch is Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at the University of California at San Diego. He received his PhD in mathematics from the University of California at Berkeley in 1969. Since that time he has been on the faculty of the University of California in San Diego (UCSD). He served as director of the UCSD Interdisciplinary PhD program in Cognitive Science for over ten years. He has served as a visiting researcher at the Computer Science departments of the University of Washington in Seattle and and at the University of Colorado in Boulder, and has been a visiting scholar at the Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica in Amsterdam.

Product Details

• Paperback: 976 pages
• Publisher: Addison Wesley; 3 edition (March 17, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0321468937
• ISBN-13: 978-0321468932
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.5 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #119,703 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great intro to C++ book, March 28, 2009

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Michael Nichols "Software Engineer, Jazz Trum... (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Absolute C++ (3rd Edition) (Paperback)

I used this book in my equivalent 'Programming 101' course in college. It is an excellent introduction to object-oriented programming in general and C++ programming in particular.

I really like this book because of the excellent code examples and maybe even more for the bad code examples. I don't mean bad as in poor quality, I mean bad as in bad programming practices, or 'Don't program like this!'. These pitfalls to avoid (as they are called in the book) were especially useful to me as I was learning how to write code for the first time. The pitfall sections show several alternative ways to write the same code, or ways to try to code something showing which are best practices, which work but are bad practices, and which don't work at all.

Even though I took my 'Programming 101' class with this book a few years ago, I still keep it as it is an excellent C++ reference. If I've been writing in some other language like Python or Lisp, this book helps me remember all those pesky little syntax details that C++ that everyone hates so much.

Bottom Line: If you need a beginning C++ book, especially if you've never programmed before, or you want a general C++ reference, this is an excellent book for you.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolute brillian author, January 27, 2008

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Svitlana Zheleznyak (NY, Brooklyn) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Absolute C++ (3rd Edition) (Paperback)

This book worth every penny, Walter Savitch's books teach me Java and now teaching me C++ I get A on both college classes using his books

2.0 out of 5 stars Not good at all, January 13, 2012

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This review is from: Absolute C++ (3rd Edition) (Paperback)

Information is not compact and spread out over several pages, there nos no summary that summarizes everything shortly on one page. Too much unimportant information in between. Does not seem to get to the point. Just a confusing book.