Practical Programming
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Book Overview
Best selling author Bruce Eckel has joined forces with Chuck Allison to write Thinking in C++, Volume 2, the sequel to the highly received and best selling Thinking in C++, Volume 1. Eckel is the master of teaching professional programmers how to quickly learn cutting edge topics in C++ that are glossed over in other C++ books. KEY TOPICS: In Thinking in C++, Volume 2, the authors cover the finer points of exception handling, defensive programming and string and stream processing that every C++ programmer needs to know. Special attention is given to generic programming where the authors reveal little known techniques for effectively using the Standard Template Library. In addition, Eckel and Allison demonstrate how to apply RTTI, design patterns and concurrent programming techniques to improve the quality of industrial strength C++ applications. MARKET: This book is targeted at programmers of all levels of experience who want to master C++.
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Rated 5 starsExcellent Book on C++
A very nice coverage of various topics in C++ are presented in this book. The chapter on templates could be best described as a summary for Josuttis and Vandervoorde book on C++ Templates and Aexanderscu Modern C++ design with enough practical examples. Templates could be a complicated topic in C++, but Eckle and Alison present the topic in an easy to understand manner. The coverage of design patterns is also very...
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Rated 5 starsThe best beginner/intermediate-level C++ book I've ever read
Bruce Eckel has an amazing ability to break down complex topics and make them easy to understand without simplifying or compromising the concepts themselves. Together, both volumes of Thinking in C++ make for the best crash course in C++ programming I've ever seen. Not only do they teach the fundamentals of the language itself and the standard template library, but they manage to imbue readers with excellent programming practices...
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Rated 5 starsThe only other C++ book you would need
There are plenty of C++ books out there. When it comes down to it, one would really need two books on C++. Well, this is the second book you need; with the first one being any of many classics including the first volume of this book. Just when you think you have read or have a reference to all the C++ topics, Eckel and Allison come out with their continuation of a classic - volume two of Thinking in C++. Exceptions, Templates,...
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Rated 5 starsDefies the First Law of Technical Documentation
The First Law of Technical Documentation states that:"The more complicated the subject, the less will be written about it, and the more likely there will be errors in what is written".This explains why typical programming books will have fifteen pages on If statements, but only a paragraph that says that "Interrupts can be serviced".Bruce does a masterful job of building the readers up so they are able to gradually yet thoroughly...
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Rated 5 starsExcellent followup to volume one
Volume Two picks up where the first left off, without skipping a beat. It starts by covering exceptions and unit tests, both of which should see more use in the real world. It then goes onto cover the standard C++ library in more depth that the first book. He then covers templates in a chapter that he calls 'Templates in Depth'. Yes, the coverage is long, about one hundred pages, but I would rename the chapter 'Templates at...
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