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Excellent coverage of Standard C++!, September 9, 2000
This review is from: Standard C++ with Object-Oriented Programming (Paperback)
Among the myriad of superficial C++ books available on the market today it is exciting to see a book that offers comprehensive and in-depth coverage of C++ as an object-oriented language. As a C++ developer I have come across various C++ books. The majority of them either teach C++ as a "better C" barely touching upon the concept of a class, or introduce object-oriented features of the language without giving realistic examples or explaining how, and more importantly, why a particular construct should be used. In contrast, Wang's "Standard C++ with OOP" gives a strong emphasis on using object-oriented approach to problem solving and introduces in a clear and concise manner the C++ features available to support this approach. The book is full of realistic examples reinforcing the understanding of inheritance, polymorphism, operator overloading, templates and so on. The exercises at the end of each chapter further reinforce the understanding of the material. The value of this book is further increased by the fact that it is one of the few available books that cover the C++ standard. Features such as namespaces, the string class, RTTI and the STL are covered in detail. The book also presents an excellent reference. I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in learning beyond the basic C++ constructs and is serious about understanding C++ as a powerful object-oriented language. I consider this book to be one of the very few that are worth keeping.
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C++ and Object Oriented programming, November 14, 2000
This review is from: Standard C++ with Object-Oriented Programming (Paperback)
I bought this book trusting in the previous reviews and the table of contents. I must say, that I'm very pleased with what I got. Wang starts of with 2 primers (the first 2 chapters: the first on C++, the second on OO), which will get you started and going, and then continues with going moore deeply into the world of C++. OO techniques are discussed more deeply in later parts of the book, but most examples along the book are in a natural way based on classes. I have examined many books about C++, and this is my personal favourite from now on. The good thing about this book is, that it is only about 550 pages (I hate those 1000 page manuals you know you will never be able to finnish), but covers all the modern koncepts like namespaces, exceptions, and of course OO, in a clear way. I would have prefered this book hard-cover, and with few more pictures and diagramms (and perhaps the OO diagrams could have used a notation that would be more similiar to UML). Also the part on STL is a bit thin, but the most used libaries, like the vector are discussed. But compared to dozens of other books out there, I am very happy to own this one.
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Excellent coverage of Standard C++!, September 9, 2000
This review is from: Standard C++ with Object-Oriented Programming (Paperback)
Among the myriad of superficial C++ books available on the market today it is exciting to see a book that offers comprehensive and in-depth coverage of C++ as an object-oriented language. As a C++ developer I have come across various C++ books. The majority of them either teach C++ as a "better C" barely touching upon the concept of a class, or introduce object-oriented features of the language without giving realistic examples or explaining how, and more importantly, why a particular construct should be used. In contrast, Wang's "Standard C++ with OOP" gives a strong emphasis on using object-oriented approach to problem solving and introduces in a clear and concise manner the C++ features available to support this approach. The book is full of realistic examples reinforcing the understanding of inheritance, polymorphism, operator overloading, templates and so on. The exercises at the end of each chapter further reinforce the understanding of the material. The value of this book is further increased by the fact that it is one of the few available books that cover the C++ standard. Features such as namespaces, the string class, RTTI and the STL are covered in detail. The book also presents an excellent reference. I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in learning beyond the basic C++ constructs and is serious about understanding C++ as a powerful object-oriented language. I consider this book to be one of the very few that are worth keeping.
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