C++ How to Program (4th Edition) [Paperback]

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

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0130384747 | ISBN-13: 978-0130384744 | Publication Date: August 12, 2002 | Edition: 4

For Introduction to Programming (CS1) and other more intermediate courses covering programming in C++. Also appropriate as a supplement for upper-level courses where the instructor uses a book as a reference for the C++ language. This best-selling comprehensive text is aimed at readers with little or no programming experience. It teaches programming by presenting the concepts in the context of full working programs. The text has an emphasis on achieving program clarity through structured and object-oriented programming, software reuse and component-oriented software construction. The Fourth Edition reflects the suggested improvements of a distinguished team of industry professionals and academics.

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From the Back Cover

The complete, authoritative DEITEL^™ LIVE-CODE^™ introduction to C++, Object-Oriented Design (OOD) with the UML^™ and Web programming with CGI.

This Fourth Edition of the world's most widely used C++ textbook explains C++'s extraordinary capabilities, presents an optional object-oriented design and implementation case study with the Unified Modeling Language (UML) from the Object Management Group^™, and introduces n-tier Web-applications development with CGI.

Dr. Harvey M. Deitel and Paul J. Deitel are the founders of Deitel & Associates, Inc., the internationally recognized corporate-training and content-creation organization specializing in C++, C, Visual C++^® .NET, Java^™, C#, Visual Basic^® .NET, XML, Python, Perl, Internet, Web, .NET and object technologies. The Deitels are the authors of several of the world's best-selling programming-language textbooks, including Java How to Program, 4/e, and Internet & World Wide Web How to Program, 2/e.

In C++ How to Program, 4/e, the Deitels introduce the fundamentals of object-oriented programming and generic programming in C++. Key topics include:

• Control structures/Functions/Pointers
• Classes/Objects/Encapsulation
• OOP/inheritance/Polymorphism
• Object-Oriented Design with the UML
• string and vector objects
• Pointer-based arrays and strings
• Exception handling/Operator overloading
• Templates/Data structures/Files/Streams
• Standard Template Library (STL)
• Bit and character manipulation
• Namespaces/Run-Time Type Information
• N-tier Web applications/CGI/XHTMLTM^™

C++ How to Program, 4/e, helps students build real-world C++ applications. It includes:

• Hundreds of LIVE-CODE^™ programs with screen captures that show exact outputs
• Extensive Internet and World Wide Web resources to encourage further research
• Hundreds of tips, recommended practices and cautions—all marked with icons

C++ How to Program's teaching resources include Web sites (http://www.deitel.com, http://www.prenhall.com/deitel and http://www.informit.com/deitel) with the book's code examples (also on the enclosed CD) and information for faculty, students and professionals; an optional CD (C++ Multimedia Cyber Classroom, 4/e) with solutions to approximately half the exercises in C++ How to Program, 4/e, interactivity features—including hyperlinks and audio walkthroughs of the code examples.

About the Author

Dr. Harvey M. Deitel, Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) of Deitel & Associates, Inc., has 41 years experience in the computing field, including extensive industry and academic experience. Dr. Deitel earned B.S. and M.S. degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. from Boston University. He worked on the pioneering virtual-memory operating-systems projects at IBM and MIT that developed techniques now widely implemented in systems such as UNIX, Linux and Windows XP. He has 20 years of college teaching experience, including earning tenure and serving as the Chairman of the Computer Science Department at Boston College before founding Deitel & Associates, Inc., with his son, Paul J. Deitel. He and Paul are the co-authors of several dozen books and multimedia packages and they are writing many more. With translations published in Japanese, Russian, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Korean, French, Polish, Italian, Portuguese, Greek, Urdu and Turkish, the Deitels' texts have earned international recognition. Dr. Deitel has delivered professional seminars to major corporations, government organizations and various branches of the military.

Paul J. Deitel, CEO and Chief Technical Officer of Deitel & Associates, Inc., is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sloan School of Management, where he studied Information Technology. Through Deitel & Associates, Inc., he has delivered C, C++, Java, Internet and World Wide Web courses to industry clients, including Compaq, Sun Microsystems, White Sands Missile Range, Rogue Wave Software, Boeing, Dell, Stratus, Fidelity, Cambridge Technology Partners, Open Environment Corporation, One Wave, Hyperion Software, Lucent Technologies, Adra Systems, Entergy, CableData Systems, NASA at the Kennedy Space Center, the National Severe Storm Laboratory, IBM and many other organizations. He has lectured on C++ and Java for the Boston Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery and has taught satellite-based Java courses through a cooperative venture of Deitel & Associates, Prentice Hall and the Technology Education Network. He and his father, Dr. Harvey M. Deitel, are the world's best-selling Computer Science textbook authors.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 1408 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 4 edition (August 12, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0130384747
• ISBN-13: 978-0130384744
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.8 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (69 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #420,639 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best C++ Book Yet, September 29, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: C++ How to Program (4th Edition) (Paperback)

I am currently a Computer Science major. Until now I couldnt find a C++ book that I felt was better than our text book. Browsing through C++ book after C++ book has led only to dissappointment. I have spent the last year looking for a great C++ reference book that also explains things in a straightforward non-egotistical way.
I hit the jackpot when I went to Amazon and went for the best reviewed book.
'C++ How To Program' explains the most important aspects of programming in a straightforward manner. The example codes are reader friendly due to the color highlighting and all work.
This covers everything from variables to data structures! The book has the added bonus of CGI implementation. Preprocessor is covered as well as an intense explanation of classes, which make C++ the great object oriented language it is.
I recommend this book to any Computer Science major or aspiring computer programmer

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quite possibly the best C++ book ever written!, July 8, 2003

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Rick Pierson (Dothan, AL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: C++ How to Program (4th Edition) (Paperback)

Quite possibly the absolute best C++ book ever!

The book covers everything from the very simplest concepts (starting off with the standard "Hello World"-type program that explains that statements must end with semicolons, the use of curly braces, that every program starts execution at the main function, and so on) up to topics such as templates, pure virtual functions, polymorphism via base class pointers to derived classes, structured exception handling, and more.

One of the best things about this book is that it EXPLICITLY teaches you good programming practices, all the way through. Some C++ books meant for beginners try to teach you the language and don't even bother to try to teach you how to write programs correctly. Not this book. Time after time they tell you the proper method of writing code, as well as explaining why it should be done that way.

Also, the authors practice what they teach (and preach). For example, chapter "X" explains how to create templates, then when chapter "Y" creates a generic data structure, like a stack or queue, the authors do so using templates. Some other books teach you something in one chapter and then seem to forget it even exists.

Also, at least the version I have, comes with a Visual C++ 6.0 compiler (its a learning edition or something, not the full version. But who would expect that anyway?).

It's a pretty hefty price compared to many other C++ books. But, not trying to sound too much like an "infomercial", this is probably the only text you will ever need for C++ programming. So you save money by buying this one text instead of buying two or three that each does only a part of what this book does.

Oh, let me clarify something. This book does a pretty comprehensive coverage of ANSI/ISO Standard C++, the subject of the book. It does not teach C++ .NET (but, the same authors do have another book for that!).

Finally, I ran across this book when tutoring someone in a college C++ programming course. So even university professors recognize the worth of the text.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A remarkable text book, December 26, 2003

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Dylan v.d Merwe (South Africa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: C++ How to Program (4th Edition) (Paperback)

At first I considered C++ How to Program a text book. The thing is, it's not like any text book I've ever seen! It's written in language that's easy to understand, has many diagrams that helps your knowledge and is of a very high quality.

As a gift to anyone who has the slightest interest in programming this would be the book to give. It may come with a hefty price tag, but this is money that's not going to waste.

The book comes with exercises (very good idea!) although most of them don't have the answers. This comes in a separate book. The thing is, if you've taken your time and worked through the chapter then you will be able to solve the exercises. It's such a great feeling when you work out something challenging without referring to any answers. Doing things your OWN way in programming is something that many programmers should adopt.

I was reading C++ From The Ground Up (3rd Ed) by Herbert Schildt and I thought that it was a good book. The thing was that he really made topics like pointers immensely hard! I started getting frustrated and felt as though I needed a break from C++, which I took and moved to other languages. I was then given Deitel's C++ How to Program and it made C++ fun. Not many books, or even people, can do that. I am enjoying working through this book!

Overall this book is for the beginner to intermediate programmer looking to dip into the C++ pool. It's bloody good and I'd recommend it to anyone. I even sent the authors an email asking a question to which I received a timely response. Impressive stuff that was! The colors used makes life easy and the way the authors describe topics will suit even the dimmest of people.

This book ideal if you're bored and want to acquire a new skill, struggling with a C++ subject at school and need some help, taking a course at university and find their textbooks bland or even if you're in a work environment. This book will serve you well.