The Late Night Guide to C++ [Paperback]

Nigel Chapman (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0471950718 | ISBN-13: 978-0471950714 | Publication Date: October 24, 1996 | Edition: 1

The Late Night Guide to C++ Nigel Chapman Did you ever stay up late into the night, working on a computer program? Not because you had to but because there was something fascinating about making that program work that was just.worth staying up for? If this sounds familiar then this book is aimed at you. In a good-humoured style, The Late Night Guide introduces C++ to the experienced programmer. It assumes no prior knowledge of the language and unlike the endless dry reference manuals has one mission: to restore the fun and excitement to jaded programmers. Completely up-to-date, it conforms to the latest published C++ standards. Starting with the simplest features of the language, The Late Night Guide to C++ develops and introduces key aspects of C++, including: object-oriented Programming, abstraction, inheritance, templates and the standard template library, exceptions, classes, pointers, arrays and more. By the end of the book the programmer will be able to write robust C++ peograms with confidence. Visit our Web Page http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

For that legion of programmers dragging their feet into the world of C++, here is a tutorial with just the right attitude. A non- threatening approach for C++ neophytes that weren't born yesterday, it explores the concepts and constructs of the object-oriented language in the context of languages this crowd is already familiar with and loath to abandon--languages like Pascal, Fortran, Prolog, and C. Along the way, readers discover both the good and the bad aspects of C++.

From the Back Cover

The Late Night Guide to C++ Nigel Chapman Did you ever stay up late into the night, working on a computer program? Not because you had to but because there was something fascinating about making that program work that was just.worth staying up for? If this sounds familiar then this book is aimed at you. In a good-humoured style, The Late Night Guide introduces C++ to the experienced programmer. It assumes no prior knowledge of the language and unlike the endless dry reference manuals has one mission: to restore the fun and excitement to jaded programmers. Completely up-to-date, it conforms to the latest published C++ standards. Starting with the simplest features of the language, The Late Night Guide to C++ develops and introduces key aspects of C++, including: object-oriented Programming, abstraction, inheritance, templates and the standard template library, exceptions, classes, pointers, arrays and more. By the end of the book the programmer will be able to write robust C++ peograms with confidence. Visit our Web Page http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/

Product Details

• Paperback: 376 pages
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; 1 edition (October 24, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471950718
• ISBN-13: 978-0471950714
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,520,548 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Dr. Nigel Chapman is an internationally respected author of major college textbooks and professional books on Web design and development, digital media and programming languages, and is a Web and multimedia applications developer.

A graduate of Cambridge University, Nigel Chapman has taught and studied at several of the world's best universities. Nigel was a Lecturer then Senior Lecturer in Computer Science at University College London for 11 years, and formerly a Lecturer in Computing Science at the University of St. Andrews (Scotland). He holds the following university degrees:

* Ph.D. in Computational Science, The University of Leeds
* Postgraduate Diploma in Computer Science, University of Cambridge (Clare College)
* M.A. converted from B.A. (Hons) in Engineering, University of Cambridge (Clare College

Customer Reviews

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good theory, January 8, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Late Night Guide to C++ (Paperback)

This book was not meant to compete with the Teach Yourself Foo in 21 Days For Dummies In A Nutshell books. It does a great job, however, of helping an experienced programmer learn C++. It also does a good job discussing when and why you might want to use certain more esoteric features of the language.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good for experienced, October 24, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Late Night Guide to C++ (Paperback)

It is jump start but with a lot of theory and technical stuff. It is definitely not like teach yourself in 21 days. I find this book helpful but I couldn't say that's right for others. I like this book a lot.

0 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This book is the pits, April 8, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: The Late Night Guide to C++ (Paperback)

As a proffessional windows developer, I am keen to get intoc++. Unfortunately this book is not the one to use to get youkickstarted into the world of c++ (contrary to the blurb on the back cover) . I own MS VC ++ and tried to use it to duplicate some of the examples in the book. I couldn't get past page 34 because the code snippets would simply not compile. In short, I would look elsewhere if you are looking to fast track your way to VC++.