C++ from the Beginning (2nd Edition) (International Computer Science Series) (Paperback)

by J. Skansholm (Author)

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C++ From the Beginning covers the whole of the C++ language from simple basics to advanced language constructs. The emphasis is on building programming skills via examples and exercises, integrating object-oriented programming with object-oriented design while teaching the basics of the language. It is a book with a dual purpose: to teach the fundamental principles of good programming, and to provide an accessible and direct introduction to C++. It is ideal for beginners taking their first programming course, and for programmers with some experience requiring a thorough introduction to the C++ language. Since the publication of the first edition of this book in 1997, the ISO standard for C++ has been approved. This new edition of the book covers the ISO standard. The standard incorporates a library of utility classes called the STL (Standard Template Library) not previously included in the core of C++. This book describes these new classes as well as advanced topics such as exceptions, streams, templates and function objects.

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C++ From the Beginning

covers the whole of the C++ language from simple basics to advanced language constructs. The emphasis is on building programming skills via examples and exercises, integrating object-oriented programming with object-oriented design while teaching the basics of the language.

It is a book with a dual purpose: to teach the fundamental principles of good programming, and to provide an accessible and direct introduction to C++. It is ideal for beginners taking their first programming course, and for programmers with some experience requiring a thorough introduction to the C++ language.

Since the publication of the first edition of this book in 1997, the ISO standard for C++ has been approved. This new edition of the book covers the ISO standard, which incorporates a library of utility classes called the STL (Standard Template Library) not previously included in the core of C++. This book describes these new classes as well as advanced topics such as exceptions, streams, templates and function objects.

New to this edition

• The class string and the STL class vector are used in a natural way throughout the book

• Additional chapter on the new standard template library (STL) based on the ISO and ANSI standard of 1998

• UML is now used in the chapter on object-oriented program development

• Borland C++ has been replaced with Microsoft's Visual C++

• Three new appendices have been included

Jan Skansholm is a lecturer in the Department of Computer Science at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden. He is the author of the best-selling Ada95 from the Beginning, and Java from the Beginning.

 

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Product Details

• Paperback: 648 pages
• Publisher: Addison Wesley; 2 edition (September 9, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0201721686
• ISBN-13: 978-0201721683
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,470,275 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A very good and complete book !, December 23, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: C++ from the Beginning (International Computer Science Series) (Textbook Binding)

This book does deserve its name for sure, since it can be read by any beginner, but also goes well further than a lot of other books on the subject. Most of the common advanced topics - (true) polymorphism, templates, and even some often-used structures - are covered in details enough to allow the reader to understand and efficiently use them. All along the text, the examples are longer enough to be useful, and shorter enough to stay what they are meant to be: examples... Though I would not consider this book as The reference, I would recommend it to any person wishing to gain serious confidence in object-oriented programmation in C++.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good but not a reference book and lack examples., April 4, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: C++ from the Beginning (International Computer Science Series) (Textbook Binding)

I had some prior knowledge about programming concepts before reading this book and I was glad of that. Although the book covers very basic issues as well as fairly complicated issues like data encaptulation, inheritance and polymorphism I found the book to lack a lot of examples. It's my experience that only I can teach my self a given programming language through writing examples and "play" with these. The examples in the book however, are small and always assumes you've just made the prior part of an example a few pages back and that just doesn't work for me! It's not a bad book but you'll need to supplement with another book to show you more examples.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent for Beginners, December 24, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: C++ from the Beginning (International Computer Science Series) (Textbook Binding)

The type of the teaching for this book is all build-up upon the examples and it doesn't refer to the C knowledge of the reader,so even if you don't know anything about C,this book can take you to the medium level.Good starting book.