Collection and Container Classes in C++

by Tracey Hughes, Cameron Hughes, Tracey Hughes

A complete guide to streamlining the design process using today's most powerful new programming components Among the most important components in C++ programming today, collection and container classes can be used for modeling, simulation, GUI development, application frameworks, class libraries, object-oriented databases, persistent libraries, pattern classes, and much more. They also enhance code reuse and promote application modularity. In this...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471143375
• ISBN13: 9780471143376
• Release Date: June 1996
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 509 Pages
• Weight: 3.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.5" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Clear and Well-Paced -- A Masterpiece.

I'm not sure how to put this, but, this book has some of the best, most clearly written, and logically organized introductions to various aspects of the class concept in C++ programming. I had been struggling with the concept of the class constructor for about a month, rereading material in several different texts, but not really understanding it. This book iterates and reinterates the subject material so that there is no confusion. For example, on the constructor, the book explained the distinction between objects and classes, the concept of instantiation, provided examples of such and of member types, and the purpose of the class concept, and then, at the right time, explained it so: "The purpose of the constructor is to initialize an object of its class." T H A N K Y O U !!!!In ten minutes, I understood everything I had been struggling with for the previous 30 days. The book does the same thing with polymorphism, overloading, templates, and so forth. So -- I'm not sure if people who are specifically interested in Collections and Container Classes will get what they want from this book -- I'm not at that level to judge yet -- but this book is great for the beginner as a supplementary support text. Beautiful diagrammatics also.

Quite good but a bit too much review material

Quite a bit of the book is spent reviewing object oriented principles and data structures. Also, the title doesn't say it, but the book concentrates almost exclusively on the standard template library.