C++: A Dialog: Programming with the C++ Standard Library - Softcover

Heller, Steve

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0130094021 ISBN 13: 9780130094025

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 2002

Synopsis

Appropriate for beginning to intermediate courses on C++ programming with the Standard Template Library (STL).

In this book, programming author Steve Heller teaches C++ programming with the Standard Template Library from the ground up, using real example code that has been carefully tested with novice programmers and refined to ensure its clarity and value. Heller demystifies both C++ and STL, focusing on the concepts and techniques that will help new C++ programmers write effective real-world programs as rapidly as possible. C++: A Dialog presents concepts in the form of a friendly conversation between an expert and a beginner, with Heller explicitly guiding students past the obstacles that typically cause them the most problems. The accompanying CD-ROM contains a commercial-grade version of Borlands powerful C++ compiler, which can run all the programs presented in the book―and any other C++/STL program students choose to write.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Simply the best way for beginners to learn standard C++.

C++: A Dialog is the easiest, most effective way for beginners to learn C++ programming.

Steve Heller teaches C++ from scratch, through a one-on-one conversation with an intelligent beginner who asks the questions you'd ask. Heller's unique dialog format is brilliantly designed to clarify the concepts you might otherwise find confusing, so you can quickly learn today's most powerful and valuable C++ development techniques.

Heller takes you from the absolute fundamentals through the construction of a complete inventory application, including a simple but effective user interface. Along the way, you won't just learn C++ features: you'll see exactly how professional programmers bring them together and put them to work.

Unlike many beginners' books, C++: A Dialog uses industry-standard C++ and the latest standard libraries―giving you skills you can use with any standard C++ toolset, in any programming environment. You even get all the example code and a standard C++ compiler on CD-ROM so you can write and compile your own standard C++ programs on any 32-bit Microsoft Windows platform.

CD-ROM INCLUDED

The accompanying CD-ROM contains the commercial-grade Borland C++ 5.5 compiler and its associated libraries, which supports the latest ANSI/ISO C++ standards, including the STL (Standard Template Library) framework and C++ templates.

Synopsis:

This book uses real-life examples carefully tested on real novice programmers to illustrate concepts in the language, rather than artificial, unrealistic examples that do not provide any guidance as to how to use these concepts in real programs. The book concentrates on the computer programming basics that novice programmers need as a foundation for learning how to write programs in the real world. It does not to teach every detail of the C++ language but provides you with the basics. It demystifies computers, so that anyone with the interest and desire to learn how they perform their seemingly magical feats can start down the road to mastery. The author had the help of a real, live novice in writing the book, to help ensure that points that are not clear to novices will be covered thoroughly. C++: A Dialog includes a commercial grade compiler that can be used to produce real programs. Heller uses a light writing style, to avoid "textbook boredom".

About this edition

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0130094021
• ISBN 13: 9780130094025
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 1122