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Summary: Great teaching and reference book
Review: I used C++ How to Program, 2ed, in my first 2 years at University and I found its explanations of the concepts and techniques excellent. I have Stroustrup's "bible" on C++, but I find it sometimes very dry and difficult to interpret. Deitel&Deitel has not disapointed me yet. I thoroughly recommend it, it is money well spent.
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Summary: Not a Good Reference Book
Review: I have just finished my first six months of studying OO Programming in C++. This book was recommended reading. Generally, it was useful. My main gripe with this book, however, is that it is structured as a "course", with a strong narrative story-telling style guiding the reader through the concepts and associated syntax. Maybe I'm just a lazy student ;-) but what I am looking for is a well organised, well indexed reference book that provides me with an easy way to look-up specific functions and signatures of the standard class library; and a quick way to reference little bits of knowledge that I needed refreshment over. As I'm burning the midnight oil rushing to finish my assignments, I found the strong story -telling narrative style of the book frustrating in trying to get to the specifics I was looking for, and the index pretty useless. So I'm here at Amazon looking for a better reference book - that's my testimony!
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Summary: The best programming book I have ever read!
Review: This book is by far the best programming book I have ever read. It is very well written and covers every aspect of becoming a highly proficient C++ programmer. I also had the pleasure of being recently taught C++ by the book's author, Dr. Harvey Deitel, at a 5 day seminar at his consulting firm in Sudbury, MA. Deitel and Associates is one classiest organizations I've had the pleasure to work with. I read an earlier comment about how this book does not have enough examples. This is clearly not the case. Every chapter has sample code that helps refine the lecture part of the book. I just spent 5 days with the Deitel's going through nearly 8 chapters worth of the sample code (there's another 16 or so chapters with tons of sample code...) and the examples were absolutely beneficial to the topic at hand. The exercises at the end of each chapter are very challenging and worth the investment in time. If you want to learn C++ in particular and great software engineering principles in general, I highly recommend this book. Stroustrup, the grandfather of C++, can only wish he could write like this...
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Summary: Great teaching and reference book
Review: I used C++ How to Program, 2ed, in my first 2 years at University and I found its explanations of the concepts and techniques excellent. I have Stroustrup's "bible" on C++, but I find it sometimes very dry and difficult to interpret. Deitel&Deitel has not disapointed me yet. I thoroughly recommend it, it is money well spent.
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Summary: This book is da bomb!!
Review: What can I say? This book is definitely the bomb, meaning the best. I cannot understand why some people do not like this book, it's probably cos they wanna spend under £20 only and buy one of them cheap, lame books that don't know where they're goin'. It might be even cos' these people can't read. I am currently studying computing at Westminster university, without having previous knowledge of computers. Previous knowledge? I never touched a computer before I started university, so it is obvious I wouldn't have the slightest clue about programming. Beginning with C++ is not the best introduction to programming because it such an advanced and complex language. I looked through many books including the C++ for dummies, as I am one myself, but it is way too complex, as it doesn't teach you the basics properly and jumps onto complex topics expecting a thicko like me to know the basics just like that. Even the basics are difficult to grasp. However, this book was recommended to me by some programming geniuses, and believe me, it is definately the book I'd recommend to everyone who is as thick as me. It covers and explains the most basic element, word for word to the most complex topics, and has key points to assist you with coloured illustrations to catch your attention. This is the the book for the beginners and the advanced students or those practicing programming. Although I've been doing C++ for nearly 7 months, I still haven't got a clue, not even the basics, as I only purchased this book 2 weeks ago. However, I have learnt more in the space of 2 weeks than I have learnt in the past 7 months, so there you go!!!
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Summary: Book for professional programmers
Review: This is the best C++ programming book that I have ever read. Its strong points are: 1. comprehensive and detailed 2. well thought out code examples to illustrate language features (clear and concise) 3. good explanation on why certain features are designed in a certain way (to reduce code, improve efficiency, improve readability etc) 4. focus on common programming errors This is a beginner's C++ book for people who is already adept in other "simpler" programming languages. It is NOT 1. a beginner's book for learning programming as C++ is a relatively complex language. 2. it does not explain non-standard "windows" programming such as those found in visual C++. (read windows api books) 3. it does not explain how C++ interact with other programming languages such as visual basic. (read DCOM books) My only complaint is that the "new" ANSI C++ features were crammed into the last few chapters without much code examples and/or explanations. These should be organized into their relevant sections at the beginning of the chapters.
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Summary: The best book for rookies
Review: I am studing computer science and this book has been a lot of help. The examples are easy to follow and the book guide you beutifully. It is an excellent book for rookies and for those who want to learn how to program.
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Summary: The best book for rookies
Review: I am studing computer science and I was a little lost in my class. That was when I decided to buy this book and it has help me a lot. Its easy to understand and it have very good examples. This book guide you from the easiest codes to the more complicated. I really recomend this book for the rookies and all the people who want to learn to program. Buy it, you wont be sorry.
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Summary: Excellent Book For C programmers to step up to OOP with C++!
Review: Having used other C++ texts, the Deitels' C++ How To Program, 3/e, is the best I've seen and used (no, I haven't examined the 4/e). This book goes from the very basics to pretty advanced C++ OOP concepts and applications, and the authors do an excellent job presenting the material. A working knowledge of C is very useful, in my opinion and experience, depending on how in depth you want to know C++. This book was recommended to me by a CS professor at a college where this book is used, including an advanced OOP course. This book was absolutely worth buying. More importantly to me, I ended up enjoying the C++ programming language after I switched to using this book. The Deitels go out of their way to load this book with portability issues. There are so many ways to point pointers to pointers, e.g., and get a program to work on one computer yet crash on another. Portability is a very important issue, especially if you plan to program for a living! Technical authors tend to excel at some subjects but not others. For this book, particularly if you're a
"self-starter/learner," I would recommend supplementing this with a C++ data structures book, or taking the time to print out header files and spending time studying "live code" from the links from the included disc. The Deitels seem to know their strengths, and the C++ How To Program, 3rd edition, is the best C++ book I have or have seen. The "Cyber Classroom" is not a requirement, but it is a welcomed addition to my library. For any C++ programming, whether or not you take C first, "The C Programming Language, 2nd edition," Kernighan/Ritchie, is a must for the libraries of all C and C++ programmers. Nothing is perfect, but I've seen books go through multiple editions and still contain the same errors in them. I gave this book 5 stars because it's excellent. It's over 1,000 pages, contains a great deal of code, and I really appreciate that, although the book comes with an intro version of ms vc++, the book shows errors generated by the Borland C++ compiler, too. MASM 6.0 is the only ms s/w I ever liked, so they stopped making it, LOL! I use Borland's C++ Builder, so this is really an added bonus for me.
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Summary: C++ How to Program Third Edition
Review: I really like the way this book is organized and presented and have decised to buy other books in the Dietel & Deitel line as well.
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