Starting Out with C++: Early Objects: United States Edition - Softcover

Gaddis, Tony; Walters, Judy; Muganda, Godfrey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0136077749 ISBN 13: 9780136077749

Publisher: Pearson, 2010

Synopsis

Tony Gaddis’s accessible, step-by-step presentation helps beginning students understand the important details necessary to become skilled programmers at an introductory level. Gaddis motivates the study of both programming skills and the C++ programming language by presenting all the details needed to understand the “how” and the “why”―but never losing sight of the fact that most beginners struggle with this material. His approach is both gradual and highly accessible, ensuring that students understand the logic behind developing high-quality programs.

In Starting Out with C++: Early Objects, Gaddis covers objects and classes early after functions and before arrays and pointers. As with all Gaddis texts, clear and easy-to-read code listings, concise and practical real-world examples, and an abundance of exercises appear in every chapter. This text is intended for either a one-semester accelerated introductory course or a traditional two-semester sequence covering C++ programming.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Gaddis Books―Understanding from the Start!

Tony Gaddis's best-selling Starting Out With... series provides accessible, detailed presentations of programming concepts using an approach that will increase the confidence and competence of beginning programmers.

The Starting Out With... series includes textbooks that meet most course and teaching styles.

Starting Out with C++: Early Objects, 7th Edition ©2011

ISBN-13: 978-0-13-607774-9
ISBN-10: 0-13--607774-9

This book is ideal for a multi-term Introduction to Programming course or an accelerated one-semester course that introduces object-oriented programming early.

HIGHLIGHTS:

• Introduces object early― students learn to write classes and create objects in Chapter 7 before covering arrays and pointers.
• Covers both procedural and object-oriented programming.
• NEW! The VideoNotes integrated with this text help augment students' understanding of difficult topics by stepping through programming examples and problem solutions. Icons throughout the text― and a table inside the front cover― show which topics are expanded in a VideoNote. VideoNotes are available on this book's Companion Website at www.pearsonhighered.com/gaddis.

Starting Out with C++: Brief Version 6th Edition ©2010
ISBN-13: 978-0-13--602253-4
ISBN-10: 0-13-602253-7

This book fits a one-semester Introduction to Programming course that introduces procedural programming before objects.

HIGHLIGHTS:

• Covers procedural programming―control structures, functions, and pointers―before presenting objects.
• Introduces objects late― students learn to write classes in Chapter 13.
  
  Starting Out with Games and Graphics in C++ 1st Edition ©2010
  ISBN-13: 978-1-321-51291-8
  ISBN-10: 0-321-51291-X
  
  This book employs graphical examples and simple, complete video games to teach introductory programming skills and C++.
  
  HIGHLIGHTS:
  • Uses a late-objects approach, ensuring that students grasp programming fundamentals before moving on to more powerful object-oriented concepts.
  • Incorporates graphics, animation, audio, and game programming to motivate students.
  
  
  Starting Out with C++: From Control Structures through Objects 6th Edition ©2009
  ISBN-13: 978-0-321-54588-6
  ISBN-10: 0-321-54588-5
  
  This book is perfect for a multi-term Introduction to Programming course that includes coverage of data structures.
  
  HIGHLIGHTS:
  • Covers procedural programming―control structures, functions, and pointers― before presenting objects.
  • Includes four chapters covering data structures topics―linked lists, stacks and queues, recursion, and binary trees.,/li>
  • VideoNotes step students through programming examples and problem solutions.

About the Author

Judy Walters is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois. In addition to her many computer science courses, she enjoys teaching a freshman course on film and literature. She also enjoys studying foreign languages and cultures, and recently developed a new course in technology and society, which she taught in Costa Rica Fall 2005, as part of the college's international studies program.

Godfrey Muganda is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois, where he chairs the Computer Science Department. He teaches a wide variety of courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels including courses in Object-Oriented Programming, Comparative Programming Languages, and Complier Design. His primary research interests are in the Fuzzy Sets and Systems. He won the North Central College faculty award for outstanding scholarship in 1993.

Tony Gaddis is the principal author of the Starting Out with series of textbooks. Tony teaches computer science courses at Haywood Community College in North Carolina. He is a highly acclaimed instructor who was previously selected as the North Carolina Community College "Teacher of the Year,” and has received the Teaching Excellence award from the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development. Besides C++ books, the Starting Out with series includes introductory books using the Java™ programming language, Microsoft® Visual Basic® .NET, and Microsoft® C#®, all published by Addison-Wesley.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0136077749
• ISBN 13: 9780136077749
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 1200