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Programming: Principles and Practice Using C++ 1st Edition

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  • Paperback: 1272 pages
  • Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional; 1 edition (December 25, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0321543726
  • ISBN-13: 978-0321543721
  • Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 1.5 x 9.2 inches
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  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (86 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 starsNot what I was expecting
By Claudio Puviani on December 25, 2008
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For some reasons, I had expected a book on reflections on Stroustrup's philosophy of C++ programming aimed at experienced practitioners. I was quite surprised by the heft of the book, but much more so by the content. It's a book for non-programmers or beginners to teach them how to program with C++ as the vehicle and it's structured for use as a textbook for a first year college course.

Physically, the book is massive, weighing in at over 1200 pages. It is printed on good quality semi-glossy paper and the extensive use of color will remind some of the Deitel & Deitel series, at least superficially.

The prospective student will probably benefit from a comparison of this book to the existing leading tutorial books. The leaders, by popularity or quality, are (in no specific order): Lippman, Lajoie, & Moo's C++ Primer (4th Edition), Eckel's Thinking in C++: Introduction to Standard C++, Volume One (2nd Edition) (Vol 1) and Thinking in C++, Volume 2: Practical Programming, Dietel & Deitel's C++ How to Program (6th Edition), Koenig & Moo's ...Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsNo better place to start C++ than here...
By Richard Elderton on April 23, 2009
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I had just finished reading Herbert Schildt's book C++: The Complete Reference and had resolved not to read another door stop before devoting much more time to practising the new techniques I had learned. Then I got wind of Bjarne Stroustrup's new book for beginners: Programming Principles and Practice Using C++. Now Dr Stroustrup occupies a very elevated position in the panoply of C++ deities; his words are cast in stone and he is often referred to as "the creator" of C++ (read: he invented it). Most programming tutorials have shortcomings of one kind or another, so I was intrigued to discover what sort of a job BS had done. I was not disappointed.

Firstly, his approach is not to treat learning C++ as a purely language-technical issue, but to talk about programming as a means to the solving of problems, and use C++ (the most versatile and widely used programming language we have) as a vehicle to do this.

After a dedication to Lawrence Petersen, his collaborator on this project, there is an interesting chapter concerning the place of computer systems in modern life.

Programming is introduced in the conventional way with the simplest concepts, then the learning curve becomes progressively steeper (a feature which is required of a reasonably complete introduction to the subject, even given the 1264 pages of this book).

BS uses several techniques that I had not seen before. All the code is printed in a bold typeface in blue. That makes it easier to distinguish code terms from other, possibly similar words within the body text. He does not use unnecessary spaces in his code. This helps to clarify where spaces are actually required by the syntax as opposed to merely beautifying the code.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsVery good, but not simple.
By Wyatt Willoughby on May 26, 2009
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I agree with Hubert above. This book is great for the "advanced beginner". I too have been through several of the shorter, more to the point, "teach yourself C++"-style books. I am glad that I did those first. I am totally self-taught and unfortunately have no mentor to ask anything. This is the first book that has spent any time on data validation and parsing and has introduced catching errors as part of the bigger picture rather that a discrete subject. This is the way it should be be done.

Chapters 6 introduces parsing. This has been the missing link for me. As soon as you start writing anything beyond the simplest of programs you run into the problem of needing to validate and make sense of user input. You always just knew that there had to be a "standard" way of doing this because the problem is so fundamental, however, the answer is not obvious. I developed a far simpler "home-grown" parser for an ip address calculator program I wrote but using token objects is FAR superior. (which makes me wonder about how many other things I know nothing about) It is not simple and I spent a lot of time reading and trying to truly internalize the chapter and doing the exercises. However, I do wish that more of the answers were published on his site for those of us working at home alone without the benefit of a professor.

Also, graphics and GUIs are given some coverage. This is also unusual for a beginner book. None of the others that I have does this. I think it is important to show that C++ is graphics friendly early on otherwise the ignorant get the impression that only newer languages like VB can handle such things.

So, basically I see this book as a cornerstone in your self-education.Read more ›
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