Sams Teach Yourself C++ for Linux in 21 Days [With CDROM]

by David Horvath, Jesse Liberty, David B. Horvath

Book Overview

Provides an understanding of the basics of C++ programming from a Linux perspective. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0672318954
• ISBN13: 9780672318955
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Sams
• Length: 1110 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.3" x 7.3" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Good for Experienced and Inexperienced Alike

I bought "Teach Yourself C++ for Linux in 21 Days" to broaden my understanding beyond my school's course material. I was interested in the exposition on analysis and design, including UML concepts. What an interesting book this turned out to be!There is plenty here for the beginning programmer. The authors lead the newbie right up from "what is a program," "what is a variable," and "what is a function" to the most advanced concepts of the language. The section on object oriented design was both clear and well-illustrated. I enjoyed the authors' sense of humor and professional perspective. I also enjoyed the simple (but rare) illustration of how to use ctags with vi. That bonus was worth the price of the book right there! The tips on coding style and inclusion guards were other gems. There is plenty more in this book to keep me growing. Sections covering namespaces, "catch," "throw," exceptions, and the Standard Template Library will keep me reading. These authors are truly the gurus' gurus.

A Good beginner's book and a good reference on C++

C++ for Linux provides sound fundamental concepts for someone new to C++. This is also a good reference book for programming in C++. I am a C programmer and I wanted to study C++ for my next project. I have greatly benefitted by studying this book.

Excellent!

I think that this book is perfect for the programmer that is used to Windows, but not familiar to Linux simply because that's exactly what I am. This book starts out from the very bottom just like most of the other Sams books, but it also covers advanced functions. I do think that they could have covered some of the chapters more extensively, but overall I liked it very much. I'd reccomend this book for beginners to Linux, no matter how good they are with C++. Sams did a great job with this one.