C++ Standard Library From Scratch (From Scratch) [Paperback]

Pablo Halpern (Author), Jesse Liberty (Foreword)

Book Description

Series: From Scratch | Publication Date: November 15, 1999

C++ Standard Library From Scratch walks you through the analysis, design and implementation of a functioning personal information manager (PIM) using strings, streams, and the Standard Template Library. You will learn all the critical programming concepts and techniques associated with the Standard Library in the context of creating a working application, the "TinyPIM" address and calendar application. Every example builds the application throughout the book. In the end, you will have created an application that allows you to track contacts, sort addresses, and enter events and appointments.

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C++ Standard Library From Scratch walks you through the analysis, design and implementation of a functioning personal information manager (PIM) using strings, streams, and the Standard Template Library. You will learn all the critical programming concepts and techniques associated with the Standard Library in the context of creating a working application, the "TinyPIM" address and calendar application. Every example builds the application throughout the book. In the end, you will have created an application that allows you to track contacts, sort addresses, and enter events and appointments.

About the Author

Pablo Halpern , lead consultant at Halpern-Wight Software, Inc. His experience includes: C++ (since 1989), C (since 1982), Pascal, Visual Basic, Perl, Korn Shell, Assembly languages (680x0, 80x86, others) and several others. Operating Systems: Unix, MS Windows NT, OS/2, MS-DOS, VMS. Window and Graphics Packages: X.11/Motif, MS Windows, Presentation Manager, Macintosh, and others. Pablo is currently involved with the design and implementation of a distributed book-on-demand publishing system and is designing and implementing a general-purpose workflow manager designed using UML and the Rational Rose modeling tool.

Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Que; 1st edition (November 15, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789721287
• ISBN-13: 978-0789721280
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 7.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,456,773 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #94 in Books > Computers & Technology > Programming > C > Language

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good alternative text to STL, January 26, 2000

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Brent Knigge (Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: C++ Standard Library From Scratch (From Scratch) (Paperback)

The author starts off by saying that this book is nothing like any other book on the market. Well that's true. It takes the reader from an application idea through to design and various concepts, until arriving at the finished product. Perhaps the title is a little underserving of the by products that the book offers, like object design and implementation to name a few. This approach is excellent for realising the full potential of the STL while developing an application.

The layout needs to be improved, there is just far too much writing! Although the material is covered in depth, the amount of reading required may entice some people to gloss over some of the paragraphs and miss vital pieces of information. Information that could be broken down into point form or highlighted, to make it easy to locate.

Another downer is that the author did not include an appendix of the STL (or the parts that he used) or list some of the algorithms available with the containers. This means the purchase of another book.

On a plus though, the author replied to my email on the same day which redeems one of his lost points.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gain valuable hands on STL experience, May 23, 2002

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James P Goodrich (Chino, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: C++ Standard Library From Scratch (From Scratch) (Paperback)

I am half way through this book and thoroughly enjoying it. The STL is incredibly powerful. I have read Josuttis' book, which is also a great book, but once I finished it, I felt that I had a obtained a great appreciation for the STL, but was still a little uncomfortable using it. With this book I feel that I am getting a better feel for the library because I'm actually using it in the context of a real application and am able to experience first hand the usage and trade offs of the different containers/algorithms contained within the STL. Between the two books, I think that I will be well on my way to becoming STL proficient. Simply by working through this book, you will gain many months worth of valuable programming experience.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally,a Book Concise and simple enough even I can follow., April 6, 2000

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Roberto Torres (USA (New York City)) - See all my reviews

This review is from: C++ Standard Library From Scratch (From Scratch) (Paperback)

I am currently a student of C++ at Columbia University CTA track program. I was having difficulty following and understanding the concepts of container classes in the STL. How to use them, when they are more effective and appropriate were concepts I quickly and easily picked up by reading this book. It took my anxieties away and revived my interest in object oriented programming using C++. If you are an average Joe who happens to love programming with C++ this is the book to have. If you are a genious, I am sure there is something in it for you as well.

Good luck.