I think this is a terrific book. First time I read it, I had little to no C++ background, and I just couldn't make it work for me. I fell back on the HUGE Lippman Primer (also a terrific book). After doing the Java developer thing for a while, I got the C++ call again, and this time, this book was \*exactly\* what I needed to unlearn my Java and relearn my C++. The book is short, to the point, full of useful examples, and it is accurate. For relearning C++ after a stint with Java, you can find no better book. "Readers can pick up this book and become familiar with C++ in a short time. Stan has taken a very broad and complicated topic and reduced it to the essentials that budding C++ programmers need to know to write real programs. His case study is effective and provides a familiar thread throughout the book." --Steve Vinoski, IONA
For the practicing programmer with little time to spare, Essential C++ offers a fast-track to learning and working with C++ on the job. This book is specifically designed to bring you up to speed in a short amount of time. It focuses on the elements of C++ programming that you are most likely to encounter and examines features and techniques that help solve real-world programming challenges.
Essential C++ presents the basics of C++ in the context of procedural, generic, object-based, and object-oriented programming. It is organized around a series of increasingly complex programming problems, and language features are introduced as solutions to these problems. In this way you will not only learn about the functions and structure of C++, but will understand their purpose and rationale.
You will find in-depth coverage of key topics such as:
- Generic programming and the Standard Template Library (STL)
- Object-based programming and class design
- Object-oriented programming and the design of class hierarchies
- Function and class template design and use
- Exception handling and Run-Time Type Identification
In addition, an invaluable appendix provides complete solutions to, and detailed explanations of, the programming exercises found at the end of each chapter. A secondappendix offers a quick reference handbook for the generic algorithms, providing an example of how each is used.
This concise tutorial will give you a working knowledge of C++ and a firm foundation on which to further your professional expertise.
"Readers can pick up this book and become familiar with C++ in a short time. Stan has taken a very broad and complicated topic and reduced it to the essentials that budding C++ programmers need to know to write real programs. His case study is effective and provides a familiar thread throughout the book." --Steve Vinoski,IONA For the practicing programmer with little time to spare, Essential C++ offers a fast-track to learning and working with C++ on the job. This book is specifically designed to bring you up to speed in a short amount of time. It focuses on the elements of C++ programming that you are most likely to encounter and examines features and techniques that help solve real-world programming challenges. Essential C++ presents the basics of C++ in the context of procedural, generic, object-based, and object-oriented programming. It is organized around a series of increasingly complex programming problems, and language features are introduced as solutions to these problems. In this way you will not only learn about the functions and structure of C++, but will understand their purpose and rationale. You will find in-depth coverage of key topics such * Generic programming and the Standard Template Library (STL) * Object-based programming and class design * Object-oriented programming and the design of class hierarchies * Function and class template design and use * Exception handling and Run-Time Type Identification In addition, an invaluable appendix provides complete solutions to, and detailed explanations of, the programming exercises found at the end of each chapter. A second appendix offers a quick reference handbook for the generic algorithms, providing an example of how each is used. This concise tutorial will give you a working knowledge of C++ and a firm foundation on which to further your professional expertise. Want to learn how to program in C++ immediately? Want to start writing better, more powerful C++ programs today? Accelerated C++'s uniquely modern approach will help you learn faster and more fluently than you ever believed possible. Based on the authors' intensive summer C++ courses at Stanford University, Accelerated C++ covers virtually every concept that most professional C++ programmers will ever use -- but it turns the "traditional" C++ curriculum upside down, starting with the high-level C++ data structures and algorithms that let you write robust programs immediately. Once you're getting results, Accelerated C++ takes you "under the hood", introducing complex language features such as memory management in context, and explaining exactly how and when to use them. From start to finish, the book concentrates on solving problems, rather than learning language and library features for their own sake. The result: You'll be writing real-world programs in no time -- and outstanding code faster than you ever imagined. Finally, a great introduction to ANCI C++ for working programmers! Lippmann--who worked under the leadership of Bjarne Stroustrup, wrote the classic "C++ Primer", and now works as a C++ programmer at DreamWorks--teaches programmers exactly what they need to know to get immediate results. From start to finish, each concept and technique is presented through real programs designed to solve the problems C++ programmers are most likely to encounter. "Essential C++ presents the basics of C++ in the context of procedural, generic, object-based and object oriented programming. It is organized around a series of increasingly complex programming problems and language features are introduced as solutions to these problems. In this way you will not only learn about the functions and structure of C++, but will understand their purpose and rationale."--Jacket Ben shu yi 4 ge mian xiang lai biao xian C++ de ben zhi,PROCEDURAL,GENERIC,OBJECT-BASED,OBJECT-ORIENTED.Ben shu wei rao zhei yi xi lie zhu jian fan fu de cheng xu wen ti,Yi ji yong yi jie jue zhei xie wen ti de yu yan te xing zhan kai tao lun.
