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Title: Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 24 Hours, Complete Starter Kit (4th Edition) (SAMS TEACH YOURSELF) by Jesse Liberty, David Horvath ISBN: 0-672-32681-7 Publisher: Pearson Education Pub. Date: 03 August, 2004 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.69 (13 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A clear introduction to C++ programming
Comment: One thing I really like about this book is the way the examples are done. Each example is as simple as it can be and still illustrate the point. No effort is made to make the samples do something functional, which allows the reader to concentrate solely on the concept and not get lost in a complex example. By keeping to things like very basic classes with only a few member variables, the examples are easy to follow. This book is a great place to start if you are a beginner.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great book for an indroduction to C++
Comment: The only experience I've had in programming, previous to reading this and one other C++ book, was a summer internship spent trying to learn Perl for a computational physicist. That said, I am a complete beginner to C++, and practically a beginner to all programming.
I found this book very easy to understand. The author does use a word or two per chapter that has not yet been introduced. However, understanding Libery's point never hinges on understanding a single term that hasn't been developed. Some chapters towards the middle of the book did move quickly and I had to re-read and work out the source code examples given more than once to understand them fully. I found most of the chapters to move a little slow for me though.
As should be understood from the title "in 24 Hours," this book is meant as an introduction. It should probably be read before taking a C++ programing course, or attempting more advanced C++ books. As another reviewer mention, this book lacks exercises. But, it does include numerous examples that should be typed out, compiled, and understood by the reader.
A great thing about this book is that it uses ANSI/ISO C++. That means that it works with all ANSI standard compilers, i.e. if you are using Linux, or a UNIX / FreeBSD based OS, you can use this book. It does come with it's own Windows compatible compiler/editor/debugger for you Winblows folks. I mentioned above that I bought two C++ books. One of them is not ANSI, and compiles poorly, if at all in Linux. Now that I'm learning what to look for, I've found a lot of books at the bookstore that do not use ANSI.
All-in-all, this is an excellent easy-to-understand introduction that should be used as just that.
Rating: 4
Summary: Got me started
Comment: I'm not a software type although I do have some background in programming. I wanted to learn C++ to build my own applications for my computer, but I wanted the learning curve to be reasonable so that I can do it on my spare time. I also wanted to learn programming C++ using my Visual C++ compiler. I purchased this book and Deitel's book "Introduction to MFC" which gets into using Microsoft Foundation Class. You can purchase both books from Amazon for under $45. The two books complemented each other perfectly, and in about 8 weeks spending about an hour each day, I can program applications using my compiler. These two books were perfect for a novice like myself. What was nice was that both books came with a working compiler and all the examples were available either as a download or was available on the CD-ROM. The book seems to give me all the command reference for ANSI and ISO C++ compiler which is a big plus if you also program for UNIX/LINUX systems. What these books doesn't do is that it won't teach you the more sophisticated operating system related things like how to access a disk or other I/Os. If you are trying to learn this level of programming, you need to move up to a higher level books such as the "Win32 System Programming: A Windows(R) 2000 Application Developer's Guide (2nd Edition)" by Johnson M. Hart. But to get started on C++ programming, after many false starts over the years, these two books did it for me.
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Title: Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 21 Days (4th Edition) by Jesse Liberty ISBN: 067232072X Publisher: SAMS Pub. Date: 15 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $34.99 |
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Title: Sams Teach Yourself Beginning Programming in 24 Hours by Greg Perry ISBN: 0672323079 Publisher: SAMS Pub. Date: 15 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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Title: C++ for Dummies (4th Edition, Completely Revised) by Stephen Randy Davis ISBN: 076450746X Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: January, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 10 Minutes (2nd Edition) by Jesse Liberty, Mark Cashman ISBN: 0672324253 Publisher: SAMS Pub. Date: 23 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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Title: Sams Teach Yourself Visual Basic 6 in 24 Hours (Sams Teach Yourself in 24 Hours) by Greg Perry ISBN: 0672315335 Publisher: Pearson Education Pub. Date: 23 April, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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