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Title: Jamsa's C/C++/C# Programmer's Bible by Kris Jamsa ISBN: 0-7668-4682-2 Publisher: OnWord Press Pub. Date: 18 December, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $68.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.41 (17 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: Sloppy merchandising
Comment: The only reason I bought this book was for the compiler. I'd already tried to download and run the free Borland C++ 5.5 compiler with no success. The book refers to the enclosed compiler as being a Turbo C++ Lite. So I bought the book thinking the enclosed compiler would be in a nice, easy to install package, much like Matlab, Autocad, etc. I soon found out that the enclosed compiler was actually the free download of Borland C++ version 5.5 which I can't run on my computer.
Very lazy and sloppy packaging. I expect better from a PhD/MBA. I'm thoroughly pissed.
Rating: 4
Summary: Excellent coverage of a variety of topics
Comment: I bought this book after doing some research for a good C++ book. I had decided on a completely different title when I discovered this one on the shelf and I bought it instead.
This book is not "light reading" by any stretch of the imagination. It is instead almost 1200 pages of fact after fact about C, C++ and C#. It is divided up into sections and subsections, covering first the C language, then moving on to C++, and finally introducing C#. Under each language the author has gone into very deep details about even some of the most obsure topics, making everything very accessible with example code and detailed explanations about the topics he is addressing. The reader will be hard-pressed to come away with a lack of understanding.
The coverage of standard language constructs is very deep. The C++ coverage includes a lengthy section for STL topics, writing your own templates. These are hot topics and the coverage will not disappoint.
Where this book really shines is, as stated above, its depth in coverage. While not exhaustive, it covers some topics in so much detail that a reader will have no doubts regarding the functionality available.
Some of the material is very dated. For example, there is a hefty section about memory model programming, dating back to the 16-bit OS days. For a huge majority of us, this information is historical in value. Anyone still working in the 16-bit world will benefit more. Another section that shows its age involves direct screen writes, again going back to the days prior to 32-bit Windows.
This book has one flaw, in my opinion, and it's that it's geared towards Windows developers. I suppose the C# aspect is indicative of that for now, but other more fundamental operations, such as spawning child processes, are discussed in a very Windows-centric way. I think the book would have been perfect if there was some contrasting information for the way UNIX and Mac handle this kind of operation.
For the Windows developer, there are several sections adding up to over 250 pages that discuss Windows application development. AFTER that, it plunges into .NET topics, giving an excellent primer.
Although this book is geared towards Windows developers, much of it can be applied to other platforms. It is an outstanding book for its coverage of the languages it targets and should be considered when searching for a book on C or C++.
Rating: 5
Summary: Thank God for something easy to follow!
Comment: Had to take a course on C. The textbook was awlful(C by Dissection). This book saved me. Thanks again JAMSA!!
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Title: Object-Oriented Programming in C++ (4th Edition) by Robert Lafore ISBN: 0672323087 Publisher: SAMS Pub. Date: 19 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $44.99 |
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Title: Microsoft Visual C# .NET Language Reference by Microsoft Corporation, Microsoft Corporation ISBN: 0735615543 Publisher: Microsoft Press Pub. Date: 06 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: Programming Windows with C# (Core Reference) by Charles Petzold, Charles Petzold ISBN: 0735613702 Publisher: Microsoft Press Pub. Date: 19 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $59.99 |
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Title: C# and the .NET Platform, Second Edition by Andrew Troelsen ISBN: 1590590554 Publisher: APress Pub. Date: 02 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $59.99 |
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Title: Introduction to MFC Programming with Visual C++ by Richard M. Jones ISBN: 0130166294 Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR Pub. Date: 22 December, 1999 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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