C++ from the Ground Up - Softcover

Schildt, Herbert

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ISBN 10: 0078824052 ISBN 13: 9780078824050

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 1998

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Designed to teach readers how to program C++, this text presents examples of source code and shows the results that each code produces. The book encourages experimentation with the code presented to gain firsthand experience. C++ is the current state-of-the-art as applied to computer programming languages and is the choice of professional programmers worldwide. C++ combines power with flexibility, efficiency with elegance and tradition with innovation. Each element of C++ has real purpose and very few redundant features exist. The book covers the basics through to advanced topics and provides numerous examples to aid the learning process. Although the overall structure of the book remains the same (tutorial in nature), there are updates and changes to nearly every page, plus two additional chapters on the Standard Template Library (STL) and Run-Time Type ID (FTTI), as well as many other smaller language modifications. Herbert Schildt is the author of "C: The Complete Reference", "Teach Yourself C++" and "C++: The Complete Reference".

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The Authoritative Guide to C++. Second Edition, Covers All C++ Compilers.

Herb Schildt, the world's leading programming author, has updated and expanded his best-selling C++ from the Ground Up to include all of C++'s newest features. In this fast-paced new edition, Schildt fully explains the entire C++ language, from its fundamentals to its most advanced topics.

Written in the clear, uncompromising style that has made Schildt's programming books the choice of millions worldwide, C++ from the Ground Up, Second Edition starts with the basics, including an overview of C++ and the general form of a C++ program. You'll then progress to the fundamentals of C++ programming, including control statements, operators, variables, expressions, and data types. Next, you will learn about object oriented programming using classes and objects. By the time you finish, you will have learned about some of C++'s newest and most advanced features, such as the Standard Template Library (STL), namespaces, runtime type ID, and much more.

You will learn about:

- The general form of a C++ program
- Data types operators and expressions
- Control statements
- Functions
- Pointers and References
- Classes and Objects
- Function and operator overloading
- Constructor and deconstructors
- Templates
- Inheritance
- Virtual functions
- The C++ I/O system
- Namespaces
- The Standard Template Library
- Object oriented programming principles

Numerous, practical examples clearly illustrate each feature of C++. In addition, useful tips and points of interest are included throughout. Whether you are just beginning to learn C++ or simply want to come up to speed on all of its newest features, C++ from the Ground UP, Second Edition is the book for you.

About the Author:

Herbert Schildt is a world leading programming author. He is an authority on the C, C++, Java, and C# programming languages, and a master Windows programmer. His programming books have sold more than three million copies worldwide and have been translated into all major foreign languages. He is the author of numerous best sellers including C: The Complete Reference, Java 2: The Complete Reference, Java 2: A Beginner's Guide, C#: A Beginner's Guide, and many more. Schildt holds a master's degree in computer science from the University of Illinois.

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