C++ Black Book (Book ) [With CDROM]

by Steven Holzner

Book Overview

This book was written to the most current ANSI/ISO specifications for C++. It presents file handling, virtual functions, exceptions, debugging, plus the standard template library. It also covers data... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1576107779
• ISBN13: 9781576107775
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Coriolis Group Books
• Length: 832 Pages
• Weight: 3.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 7.3" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

A good book for beginners.

I have had this book for several years and am just now using it to learn C++. The book has an unusual style in that it repeats itself adding slightly new increments as it goes along. This is great for a beginner or an intermediate programmer with some bad habits. It would drive an expert crazy. I have written this review because of the put-downs in several other reviews. Those reviewers are looking at the book from the perspective of someone who already knows it all. They obviously don't feel that they needed this book and perhaps they don't. I did and still do need the simplicity and patience exhibited by this author as I am trying to learn this difficult language without the help of a teacher or even mentor to answer questions. For this purpose the book is the best I have seen and I have half a dozen others.

Student

In simple words,This book rocks ....It Covers everything including STL.The concept of Classes is clearly explained through appropriate examples.Though one may feel the editing is bad,it actually gives you the chance to revise the concepts you already studied, while going through the chapter.so i think the editor did a good job.It's certainly one of the best books i've read on C++.

Comprehensive Problem Solver

"Comprehensive Problem Solver." That's the subtitle on the cover and I think it just about covers my thoughts. The information within is presented in a very understandable fashion and with excelent cross references to other related sections making it an outstanding book for reference. I am an advanced programmer, not a beginner or expert so many of the early topics were very understandable to me while still being advanced enough to be of use to me and not so advanced that I got lost. One caveat however, someone with zero knowledge of basic programming (functions, variables, operators, etc.) might have a little trouble at first until they read on further. The book gets up to speed fast and that might throw some of the brand new programmers for a few chapters.For those programmers transitioning from C to C++ (myself included) this is a wonderful reference since the author illustrates some of the basic differences between C and C++ even from the first chapter. The author uses only C++ code so you won't get confused by what is old C style code and what is the new (or even old) C++ way.Each time I thought this book wouldn't get better, it did. I highly recommend this book to programmers moving from C to C++ or to beginning/advanced programmers looking for more depth than a "Teach yourself" book.

Perfect

Being one of the best ANSI / ISO C++ books I have ever read, Holzner will cover everything about C++ with great detail. The format of this book is smooth to follow, showing you how to code efficiently and properly. The author describes the examples in the book line by line, explaining every section of the code. Beginning programmers, even with little or no experience, will be amazed at how effortlessly they can learn from this Black Book. As for any serious programmer, I would describe Holzner's work as the perfect reference for C++. Each topic presented will gradually help you to become closer to a programming expert.

Great Book, Must have for Beginners

The C++ Black Book is one of the best learning books for any future programmer. It does a wonderful job on explaination and description on coding, lines, and everything else in the book. And, unlike some learning books, their are no errors in the coding in this book (as far as I have read their have been no errors: Pg. 465).If you want to learn C++ and don't have time to learn 2 or 3 other languages, then pick up this book. It does not require you to have previous programming knowledge, so just pick up the book and you're ready to learn...