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Title: C++ from the Ground Up, Third Edition by Herbert Schildt ISBN: 0-07-222897-0 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 26 March, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.05 (57 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: For the skill level, it meets its goal
Comment: The book says specifically that it is written for beginner to intermediate level. This book meets that goal very well. I have an BS in computer science and I have worked in industry as a developer for over 6 years, several of these using C++. I brought this book, because I learned C++ by using it. Therefore, I only used a small subset of C++'s capabilities in my job, and I really wanted to know the language well.
There are several things that need to be taken into account when trying to learn C++. First, the authors of the actual C++ language estimate that it will take 6 months - 1 1/2 years to truly learn C++. Second, all college level computer science students take a class in algorithms, datastructure, object oriented programming, file systems, and software engineering. Chapters 1 - 9 cover the material that is usually taught in a standard "algorthims" class. Chapters 10 - 15 would cover the material that would be expected in a hands on object oriented programming class. Chapters 16 - 22 would cover the material in an advanced C++ class. Even after you finish this book, your education is not complete. This book only covers 1/3 of what is actually in the C++ language standards. "The C++ Standard Library" will teach you about STL: Standard Template Library -- material taught in a standard data structures class, and is another 1/3 of the language standards. Then you will need "Standard C++ IOStreams and Locales". This will cover the last 1/3 of the C++ langauge standards, file systems. Finally, you will need a book about interfacing with databases, so you can save the data, and GUI, so you can interface with the user.
I don't mean to discourage anyone from learning C++. I just wanted to provide realistic expectations. Starting at Chapter 6, I have been going through this book slowly, and I have been learning a lot about the details of C++. The book will not teach a person how to write algorithms or how to write object oriented code. It will just teach you how to do it in C++. Therefore, if you don't know the theory of these ideas, you will need a book to explain the theory.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent book for people wanting to learn C++
Comment: GREAT book!!!excellent for programming noobs
Rating: 5
Summary: Mainframe programmer got thru this book.
Comment: After 20 yrs of mainframe programming, this book was my first exposure to the realm of object orient programming. The book is written in simple terms, not like an IBM manual. There was almost always examples. So, if you didn't understand the text explanation, there was a short example. I like short examples, not examples that run on for pages. I studied this book on my own without an instructor.
At this point I understand syntax, but I feel I know nothing of object orient design. I understand mainframe design of application systems. But need to proceed to a second book, for the design concept in this realm of object orient programming.
This was an excellent first book for me.
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Title: Teach Yourself C++ by Herbert Schildt ISBN: 0078823927 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 01 October, 1997 List Price(USD): $27.99 |
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Title: C++ How to Program (3rd Edition) by Harvey M. Deitel, Paul J. Deitel ISBN: 0130895717 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 03 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $78.67 |
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Title: Somos Asi Listos by James Funston, Alejandro V. Bonilla, Daphne Sherman ISBN: 082191913X Publisher: EMC Paradigm Pub. Date: January, 2000 List Price(USD): $88.23 |
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Title: Visual C++ 6 from the Ground Up by John Paul Mueller ISBN: 0078825067 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 01 August, 1998 List Price(USD): $34.99 |
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Title: C/C++ Programmer's Reference by Herbert Schildt ISBN: 0072127066 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 27 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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