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Title: Problem Solving and Program Design in C by Jeri R. Hanly, Elliot B. Koffman, Frank L. Friedman ISBN: 0-201-59063-8 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co Pub. Date: August, 1995 Format: Textbook Binding Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $69.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.42 (12 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: More bad than good
Comment: This book is not for beginners to programming. The examples are hard to follow. They start with a simple idea then the next example adds information to the example and then you get lost. How about one idea at a time and several examples of that one idea. That would be better for beginners. I have read other C programming books and this is not the best. Waite's group books are the best there is. Next in line would be the How to Program series by Deitel & Deitel. The best point of the book is how it discusses pointers. Since pointers are a concept that folds many ideas into one the authors chose to discuss pointers in regards to these separate ideas. Meaning that there is no single chapter on pointers but parts of four different chapters. The other strong point of this book is that you do get a compiler to work with, so it isn't all bad.
Rating: 5
Summary: An excellent programming textbook!
Comment: I have used this book for several consecutive terms in teaching the Introduction to Programming course at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). Students have found the text accessible, and very well organized.
Personally I believe it is an excellent introduction for those who would like to learn how to program and how to use the C programming language. The exposition style is clear, and suited for readers coming from various backgrounds. The book covers all the fundamental topics of programming in ANSI C, starting from data types, continuing through control structures up to text and binary files, library functions and conditional compilation. It offers nice summaries on each individual topic, well chosen examples and plenty of self-check exercises, problems and projects to experiment on. The order in which concepts are introduced is specifically tailored to make learning easy, and the examples are chosen such that they can be run on a large variety of C compilers. I highly recommend the text, whether for use in the classroom, or for the individual study of the C programming language.
Rating: 3
Summary: Problems with Problem Solving and Program Design in C
Comment: This book is a average book overall, however some problems I had with the book was the author's assumption on certain aspects and the readers knowledge (or lack thereof) of certain algebraic principles that they used on their programming examples and relational theories. There are good examples of coding and programming, especially if you to the publishers site to ftp the code examples. As a beginning programmer myself, I can honestly say this may not be the best book for beginners. I can only recommend an outdated "From C to C" that treats the reader more like a "true novice", and explains the steps a little more clearly than this book.
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Title: Just Enough UNIX by Paul K Andersen, Paul Andersen ISBN: 0072463775 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math Pub. Date: 10 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $72.45 |
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Title: Programming Logic and Design - Comprehensive, Second Edition by Joyce Farrell ISBN: 0619063157 Publisher: Course Technology Pub. Date: 15 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $56.95 |
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Title: Murach's Beginning Visual Basic .NET by Anne Prince ISBN: 1890774154 Publisher: Mike Murach & Associates Pub. Date: June, 2002 List Price(USD): $49.50 |
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Title: C How to Program, Fourth Edition by Harvey M. Deitel, Paul J. Deitel, Deitel, Assoc., Deitel, Associates ISBN: 0131426443 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 18 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $88.00 |
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Title: Design Concepts for Engineers (2nd Edition) by Mark N. Horenstein, Mark N Horenstein ISBN: 0130934305 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 20 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $33.33 |
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