Complete C++ Training Course, The (4th Edition) (Prentice Hall Complete Training Courses) [Paperback]

Harvey M. Deitel (Author), Paul J. Deitel (Author)

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ISBN-10: 013100252X | ISBN-13: 978-0131002524 | Publication Date: April 11, 2003 | Edition: 4

Harvey and Paul Deitel are world famous for their best-selling books on programming and their signature LIVE CODEA (R) approach to teaching programming languages. Using their new book C++ How to Program, Fourth Edition and the C++ Multimedia Cyber Classroom, the team at Deitel and Associates, Inc. provides the fastest and most effective way to learn how to program in C++. The course covers every key concept and technique ANSI C++ developers need to master: control structures, functions, arrays, pointers and strings, classes and data abstraction, operator overloading, inheritance, virtual functions, polymorphism, I/O, templates, exception handling, file processing, data structures, and more. The multimedia CD-ROM allows you to "learn by doing" with over 250 LIVE-CODEA (R) programs consisting of over 14,000 lines of code. Listen as the experts provide over 14 hours of detailed audio descriptions of the code, then fine tune your skills with hundreds of programming exercises and interactive exercises. Take advantage of the exceptionally comprehensive coverage of C++ programming concepts in the fully searchable e-book on the CD and the printed edition in the package.You'll be a C++ expert faster than you ever imagined! To follow the DEITELA (R) publishing program, please register atwww.deitel.net/newsletter/subscribe.html for the new DEITEL BUZZ ONLINEe-mail newsletter.

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MASTER C++ DEVELOPMENT—HANDS-ON! Created by leading corporate trainers Deitel & Associates, Inc., this hands-on, interactive training course combines the world's #1 C++ training CD-ROM, The C++ Multimedia Cyber Classroom, Fourth Edition, and the leading C++ textbook, C++ How to Program, Fourth Edition. Start with basic syntax, then master functions, arrays, pointers, classes, data abstraction, inheritance, polymorphism, I/O, templates, file processing, data structures, preprocessing and more. This new edition contains enhanced coverage of strings, arrays, exception handling, and operator overloading, plus a hands-on OOD case study updated for the latest UML standard and an exciting new chapter on Web programming with CGI and XHTML. With its unique combination of live code, audio commentary, and in-depth printed and online explanations, you'll master C++ faster than you ever thought possible!

Covers all this: Syntax, control structures, functions, arrays, pointers, strings, object- oriented techniques, data abstraction, I/O, templates, exception handling, file processing, data structures, STL, Web programming with CGI and XHTML and more! Includes UML/OOD case study: fully updated for the latest standard. Contains hundreds of tips and tricks for building more robust, reliable, high-performance code.

• More than 17+ hours of detailed audio instruction walks you through 267 complete, ready-to-run programs—20,000+ lines of syntax colored Live Code™ you can load, run, and adapt! Key code segments are highlighted in yellow.
• Test your knowledge with hundreds of interactive self-review questions and programming exercises!
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About the Author

Harvey M. Deitel is one of the world's leading computer science instructors and seminar presenters. Paul J. Deitel has taught programming at many of the world's leading companies. Together, they have authored numerous books and multimedia packages, and are principals of Deitel and Associates Inc., a leading global training and content creation firm.

Product Details

• Paperback: 1400 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR; 4 edition (April 11, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 013100252X
• ISBN-13: 978-0131002524
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 7.3 x 2.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,332,392 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The book is good but the multimedia CD is deplorable, January 15, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Complete C++ Training Course: The Ultimate Cyber Classroom (2nd Edition) (Paperback)

The book is a good start for those interested in learning c++ for the first time, but is by no means a comprehensive coverage of the language. Especially when covering the advanced topics such as multiple inheritance, templates, and exceptions it falls a bit short of what you really need to know. Also, the multimedia CD's content is ok but the navigation tool is horrendously bad and seems only geared to a sequential coverage of the subject matter. You'd be hard pressed to use it as an occassional reference. The audio presentations on the CD sounds like that Rabbi on the Seinfeld show. The voice is so nasal and monotone it is sure to drive you crazy.

19 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A ponderous tome by any standard... and weak as it is large., April 1, 2001

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Jerry R (Community College -- Eugene OR) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Complete C++ Training Course, The (3rd Edition) (Computer Training Course) (Hardcover)

Do authors ever read their own material? To see a book published on a programming subject without errors would be a real treat. Punctuation and grammar are poor, sentences run on and on and on ad nauseum.

Don't bother with the CD, it's limited usefulness matches the book. This is no where near a comprehensive coverage of any language let alone the one it's about.

DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY. I wouldn't have the book were it not shipped free to our department for evaluation.

16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The book is medicre. The multimedia CD is usseless., January 4, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: The Complete C++ Training Course: The Ultimate Cyber Classroom (2nd Edition) (Paperback)

I knew nothing about C++ when I started, and I know a little bit after going through the first three chapters. Even if the book is not bad, but I wish I had bought another. It contains didactical mistakes, like add compications when introducing a new subject. The exercises are not enough to complete understanding of the subject. There are also repeated exercises almost in the same page!

The multimedia CD was a complete disapointing! It doesn't really add anything to the book and it is not interactive at all.

The package comes with a CD, Microsoft Visual C++, but once I installed, I could not find any explanation of how to run it.