Essence of Programming Using C++

by Doug Bell

The Prentice Hall Essence of Computing Series provides a concise, practicle and uniform introduction to the core components of an undergraduate computer science degree. Acknowledging the recent... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0132061864
• ISBN13: 9780132061865
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Great for non object-oriented c++

This book is excellent at teaching the basics of c++. If you are trying to learn object-oriented c++: this is not the book. If you don't know c or anything and want a good framework, variables, if statements, loops,basic console input and output, pointers, arrays, functions, file input and output, strings and others then this is the book. I usually buy 2 books instead of one all encompassing book. The first book is the foundation so that I can understand the second in a more complete manner. Note: if you are using visual c++ or even c++ builder (definitely worth a look by the way) this book may confuse you since they are both tied into a graphical way of designing programs, and this book is a total beginner's book. If you are starting out with one of the free gnu compilers (e.g. Bloodshed Dev-C++) or something basic like borland c++ 4 then this book will be great and easy to follow. Then you can learn how to make classes and objects.

Excellent!

Well writeen, simple and efficient. It covers various program design methodologies and gives some good examples. Highly recommended to those who need an introduction to program design

Perhaps not the best start for wannabe C++ programmers...

...but all I wanted was to be introduced to general programming terms and concepts and this book was very useful for me! (The other similar book I tried -- one by Greg Perry -- was very, very verbose.) Although I played a little with Bloodshed's free Dev-C++, my real gain is that now I understand my three, once cryptic JavaScript books.