Teach Yourself C++ in 21 Days (Sams Teach Yourself...in 21 Days (Paperback)) 2nd Edition

by Jesse Liberty (Author)

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Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 21 Days, Second Edition is a hands-on guide to learning object-oriented programming design and analysis. You'll gain a thorough understanding of all basic concepts, including program flow, memory management, and compiling and debugging. To better facilitate retention and promote learning, the book is structured in the form of a 21-day self-paced workshop. This book breaks down the concepts into easy-to-understand chapters, using many listings to illustrate not just code, but how to improve upon code. It's fully revised, updated, and ANSI compliant.

Teaches the basic of Object-Oriented Programming with C++
Completely revised to ANSI standards
Can be used with any of the C++ compilers on the market

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With Teach Yourself C++ in 21 Days, author Jesse Liberty presents a rapid and well-organized program for getting up to speed in C++ programming. By making the seemingly complex world of C++ digestible in daily doses, Liberty delivers a tutorial that keeps you motivated and yields serious results.

This book uses a chapter-a-day approach, with the course outline clearly presented inside the front cover so you'll know exactly where you're headed. Unlike many C++ tutorials, this book doesn't put you to sleep early on with object-oriented programming (OOP) theory. Instead, it quickly makes you productive with the basics of the C++ language and then reinforces your new knowledge with OOP as you move through the teaching program.

The first week introduces you to the fundamentals: the anatomy of a C++ program, variables, expressions, functions, program flow, and the basics of classes. Week two introduces some of the more sophisticated elements of the language such as pointers, arrays, and function overloading in a clear and effective manner. The final week concludes your crash course with advanced topics: streams, advanced inheritance, the C++ pre-processor, templates, and error handling. One day is also devoted strictly to object-oriented analysis and design. Each chapter finishes with a daily summary, a Q&A section, a quiz, and a series of excellent coding exercises.

This tutorial, which is designed to teach you to write industry standard ANSI C++ code, requires no previous programming expertise. If you want to get serious with C++ in a hurry, this book is an excellent way to go.

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The proven, best-selling elements of the Teach Yourself series and the immense popularity of the C++ programming language make Teach Yourself C++ in 21 Days, Second Edition the most efficient way to learn programming with C++. And since it doesn't focus on any one particular compiler, it allows the reader to jump from one compiler to another. - Teaches the basic of Object-Oriented Programming with C++

- Completely revised to ANSI standards

- Can be used with any of the C++ compilers on the market

Product details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Sams; 2nd edition (May 1, 1997)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 792 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0672310708
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0672310706
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.94 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 2 x 7.5 x 9.5 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #5,476,233 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1,095 in C Programming Language
- #1,734 in C++ Programming Language
- #12,923 in Computer Programming Languages

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Todd Hawley

Not bad but could have been better

Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2002

As a technical writer wishing to know more about programming languages, I bought this book in the hopes of learning more about C++. The introductory chapters were fine and I was grasping the concepts fairly well, until the chapter on Object Oriented Programming and also the chapter about pointers. It was at this point I became lost.
That's one problem with this book. You're going along fine and all of a sudden you realize you've missed something somehow. I reread several chapters but yet still could not follow what the author was talking about.
This really is not an introductory book in spite of the title.

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m-organ@nwu.edu

Some improvement required

Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 1997

I am halfway through this book and I am not terribly pleased with it so far. The typos are somewhat disconcerting, but what is especially annoying are the difficult concepts, presented earlier in the book which are not explained very well. The chapter on Advanced Functions is confusing, as is the explanation of passing by references for objects. These concepts look to be important for the rest of the book, so I'm a little nervous!

The exercises are also not adequate. They are simply too easy and they don't encourage mastery of the difficult material. Sometimes the exercises don't even match the chapter material! For example, in the chapter on references, most of the questions deal with pointers, which were not covered in that chapter. As well, the questions dealt with references to simple variables and not the trickier references to objects. Without appropriate exercises, it is difficult to feel confident about continuing on -- I feel like I am not grasping all the material yet I am answering the exercises correctly.

I should mention that I am not a complete neophyte in computing, having programmed for 3 years, including OO stuff.

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Paul O' GRADY

Reasonable Introduction To VC++ With Major Drwabacks

Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2003

I was familiar with C++ prior to using this book to code in VC++ for the first time. The examples within offer a good range of the features a user is likely to use. However, the book falls short in two major areas. The first is that the examples in the book are littered with mistakes and typos which means that these examples won't execute unless you have sufficient knowledge on how to correct them, which is unlikely. The second is that whilst the book tells you how to do certain things, it doesn't really go into enough detail as to why you do them; the concepts and wider contexts are not explored.
Whilst you could forgive the author for the level of detail he chooses to put in the book, there is no excuse for the amount of typos and errors in the tutorials - he should have had at least one independent person with little knowledge of VC++ to try out the book, then he would have spotted the mistakes before the book went on the market.
To summarise, this book could teach you VC++ in 21 days if you didn't spend half your time trying to figure out why the programs don't actually work.

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GTI7321@aol.com

C++ in 21 days is selling like hot cakes!!!

Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 1997

I am a new student at Florida Tchnical College and I am enrolled in the C++/Java course. Until my purchase of Jesse Liberty's " Teach yourself C++ in 21 days" I was in serious danger of failing my C++ course. In just one week of reading Mr Liberty's book I have made a dramatic turnaround. This increase of understanding has not gone unnoticed. Several of my class mates have gone out and purchased a copy of the book and have asked the school to consider adding the book to the curriculum. This book is the best so far for the new programmer. My professor has also purchased a copy of the book and is encouraging students in his other classes to do the same. Thank you very much Mr. Liberty for sharing your knowledge of C++ in such a comprehensive way! The knowledge gainned far over rides the Typo's.

Future C++/Java programmer!

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toto747@concentric.net

teach yourself C++ in 21 Days by Jesse Liberty; 2nd Edition

Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 1997

I purchased the book teach yourself C++ in 21 Days which was also the first book that I bought through Amazon Press. I have to say that of the few self help styled books that I have used on various subjects like QBasic, Unix, Windows NT etc. yours was by far the easiest and best written one. I have already recommended it to several of my friends and applaud you on the high standards you upheld in writing and editing this book. In the future, when the occasions arise, I will first look to you to see if the topic I am looking for is one of yours.

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DonX

Great Beginner's Book

Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 1997

This is a great book for the people who start learning C++. It presents C++ thinking and Object Oriented Programming concepts very well. I've read a couple of other C++ books sometime ago but never managed to finish reading of them. This book, however, makes me stick to it from start to end.

I feel that it could be even better if

1. some of the errors were eliminated before it was published, and

2. introduction to the formatted output methods is included.

Overall, a great book to help you learn C++

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LouTR

Great Book. Highly recommended

Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 1997

Well written, easy to follow technical books are not easy to find. This book is both. I was skeptical that I could teach myself to program using only a book and a compiler. But so far, so good!

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djdevo@acsworld.net

Excellent Book for First Time Users of C++

Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 1997

Jesse Liberty has done a remarkable job of writing a self teaching course on C++. I have shown other people the book and they say that they are getting some of the same kind of course work in College. For a person who loves programming and programming languages, this book is a good intro for beginners to a new programming language. I hope that Jesse Liberty comes out with more detailed and indepth books on this languages and other languages Thank You, Devin J. Olmes

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