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C++ Primer Plus (6th Edition) (Developer's Library)
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| Binding: | Paperback |
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| EAN: | 9780321776402 |
| Label: | Addison-Wesley Professional |
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| Publisher: | Addison-Wesley Professional |
| Studio: | Addison-Wesley Professional |
Editorial Reviews
C++ Primer Plus is a carefully crafted, complete tutorial on one of the most significant and widely used programming languages today. A friendly and easy-to-use self-study guide, this book is appropriate for both serious students of programming as well as developers already proficient in other languages.
The sixth edition of C++ Primer Plus has been updated and expanded to cover the latest developments in C++, including a detailed look at the new C++11 standard.
Author and educator Stephen Prata has created an introduction to C++ that is instructive, clear, and insightful. Fundamental programming concepts are explained along with details of the C++ language. Many short, practical examples illustrate just one or two concepts at a time, encouraging readers to master new topics by immediately putting them to use.
Review questions and programming exercises at the end of each chapter help readers zero in on the most critical information and digest the most difficult concepts.
In C++ Primer Plus, you’ll find depth, breadth, and a variety of teaching techniques and tools to enhance your learning:
The sixth edition of C++ Primer Plus has been updated and expanded to cover the latest developments in C++, including a detailed look at the new C++11 standard.
Author and educator Stephen Prata has created an introduction to C++ that is instructive, clear, and insightful. Fundamental programming concepts are explained along with details of the C++ language. Many short, practical examples illustrate just one or two concepts at a time, encouraging readers to master new topics by immediately putting them to use.
Review questions and programming exercises at the end of each chapter help readers zero in on the most critical information and digest the most difficult concepts.
In C++ Primer Plus, you’ll find depth, breadth, and a variety of teaching techniques and tools to enhance your learning:
- A new detailed chapter on the changes and additional capabilities introduced in the C++11 standard
- Complete, integrated discussion of both basic C language and additional C++ features
- Clear guidance about when and why to use a feature
- Hands-on learning with concise and simple examples that develop your understanding a concept or two at a time
- Hundreds of practical sample programs
- Review questions and programming exercises at the end of each chapter to test your understanding
- Coverage of generic C++ gives you the greatest possible flexibility
- Teaches the ISO standard, including discussions of templates, the Standard Template Library, the string class, exceptions, RTTI, and namespaces
Customer Reviews
Gene "Retired, chess @ 2011-10-21 Return of Stephen Prata
This was amazing. I was taking another look at my copy of The Waite Group's C++ Primer Plus by Stephen Prata, copyright 1991, with its amusing statement that it looked like C++ is going to be big in the 1990s, and I went on Amazon to see whether Stephen Prata, one of the best programming authors I have ever read, had written anything lately. Then I saw that a new version of that book had been released in the last few days!
So, though it was expensive, I bought the new version. It looks good on Kindle -- I checked the Amazon Kindle web version and checked it out on my Kindle 3. On the Amazon Web version, I found I could copy and paste programs into my Code::Blocks compiler and they worked fine. The source code is also available. The book is a quality production, even the Kindle version (and Kindle users know that quality is often overlooked by publishers).
You can tell in some ways that this edition is a rehash of old stuff, but the thoroughness and clarity of Prata's work continues to shine through. I was suprised that he didn't mention the Code::Blocks IDE, which seems to me to be the go-to IDE for these days, at least for free. There are many references to recent developments in the C++ world, which I appreciate.
So it looks to me like another home run by Stephen Prata!
So, though it was expensive, I bought the new version. It looks good on Kindle -- I checked the Amazon Kindle web version and checked it out on my Kindle 3. On the Amazon Web version, I found I could copy and paste programs into my Code::Blocks compiler and they worked fine. The source code is also available. The book is a quality production, even the Kindle version (and Kindle users know that quality is often overlooked by publishers).
You can tell in some ways that this edition is a rehash of old stuff, but the thoroughness and clarity of Prata's work continues to shine through. I was suprised that he didn't mention the Code::Blocks IDE, which seems to me to be the go-to IDE for these days, at least for free. There are many references to recent developments in the C++ world, which I appreciate.
So it looks to me like another home run by Stephen Prata!
D. Thakur @ 2011-12-19 Good coverage
I needed a book to rehash by c++ skills due to the nature of my current assignment. At the same time, I wanted a book with a fresher picture on c++ compared to some of the classics.
The question/answer exercises at the end are useful. I only did a select number of programming exercises per chapter and they seemed to correctly reinforce the concepts in the chapter.
Be warned that there are quite a bit of annoying errors/typos scattered throughout -- I couldn't locate an errata online.
In summary however, I consider this a good book for someone looking to quickly get up to speed on c++ and its recent developments.
The question/answer exercises at the end are useful. I only did a select number of programming exercises per chapter and they seemed to correctly reinforce the concepts in the chapter.
Be warned that there are quite a bit of annoying errors/typos scattered throughout -- I couldn't locate an errata online.
In summary however, I consider this a good book for someone looking to quickly get up to speed on c++ and its recent developments.
Razvan Pascalau @ 2011-12-16 very useful for students
I am a 4th year student at computer science engineering and i must say this book has been of much help getting me in touch with the obscure and also general aspects of the C++ language
Roman Fakhrazeyev @ 2011-11-28 Good Coverage of New Features
The book has a good coverage of the new features in C+11. It contains good runnable examples and is careful with appropriate terminology.
Global engineer @ 2011-11-27 Proofreader needs to be fired
This book does a pretty good job of introducing the language, but the massive number of typos and errors gets distracting, and occasionally frustrating, pretty quickly. i have found at least 6 typos in the first 3 chapters. Whoever proofread this should be fired, and fired now. They obviously didn't even bother reading the manuscript it seems.
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