An Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming in C++: with Applications in Computer Graphics [Paperback]

Graham M. Seed (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 15, 2001

This book introduces the art of programming in C++. The topics covered range from simple C++ programmes to programme features such as classes, templates, and namespaces. Emphasis is placed on developing a good programming technique and demonstrating when and how to use the advanced features of C++. This revised and extended second edition includes: the Standard Template Library (STL), a major addition to the ANSI C++ standard; full coverage of all the major topics of C++, such as templates; and practical tools developed for object-oriented computer graphics programming. All code program files and exercises are ANSI C++ compatible and have been compiled on both Borland C++ v5.5 and GNU/Linux g++ v2.91 compilers. They are available from the author's web site.

Product Details

• Paperback: 1012 pages
• Publisher: Springer; 2nd edition (June 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1852334509
• ISBN-13: 978-1852334505
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,068,524 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy it for the graphics, March 18, 2000

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Tomas Björklund (Lund, Sweden) - See all my reviews

This review is from: An Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming in C++ (Paperback)

The book is very good for learning C++. One drawback though is that he bases many examples on earlier examples. That way it's hard to grab the book and open it up in the middle. Don't expect to learn much about graphics and absolutely don't buy the book for it. I haven't yet been able to understand that chapter. He introduce windows programming for the graphics without laying much of a foundation behind it.

But if you don't care about the graphics the book is great.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good book for scientific C++, August 10, 2003

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D. Mills "WatchThis" (Silly Valley, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: An Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming in C++: with Applications in Computer Graphics (Paperback)

Despite its title, this book makes a great introduction to C++ for scientists and engineers who routinely deal with advanced mathematics. Development of the matrix and vector classes are a highlight of the book. As noted in other reviews, the author can take a basic idea for a class and embellish it, adding features and alternative implementations as he goes. At first this is disconcerting, but for readers desiring an in-depth look at various aspects of C++ user-defined classes, it is invaluable.

The author also defines his own complex number class. Although users of Visual Studio C++ can get by with the standard template implementation of 'complex', the development of a complex number class is a valuable scientific learning exercise.

I came to this text as a moderately experienced scientific programmer, and benefited from many aspects of the presentation. I was attracted to the mathematical developments described above and have used several of them in my own code. Readers who are scientifically inclined and frustrated with the mundane code examples in many introductory texts will take delight in this treatment. It is also a good companion to 'guru' texts such as Stroustrup's, which lay out the theoretical framework of C++ but are short on worked examples.

I'm sympathetic to readers who bought this text as an introduction and felt a bit bewildered. I agree, it's not well-suited to most novice programmers. To reach its ideal audience it needs to be retitled and marketed differently.

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This is a bad introductory C++ book, March 30, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: An Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming in C++: with Applications in Computer Graphics (Paperback)

This is a bad introductory C++ book. It does NOT have much
to do with Computer Graphics. Don't buy it either for computer
graphics or for learning C++ if you are a totally beginner.