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Summary: really a great book!
Review: I got and read the contents of this book from the website of the authors. It's very clear for the beginner to learn A,B,C of the programming language, even you can suppose you have no idea about programming before. So you enjoy the happiness of beginning to program with C ++!
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Summary: NOT FOR BEGINERS
Review: I have seem many extreme opinions on this book. I have read it and the first time was awful, after getting into the later chapters and looking back at the earlier ones, the text seems much more friendlier. So if you have great patient and time to digest this book slowly, it is quite a good book. But for those who has a schedule to meet, this book can make you crazy. One thing I wanted to point out, this book virtually provides no detail explanation on the C++ syntax which is hard for beginners
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Summary: Fantastic - worth every cent!
Review: Great for complete novices, or for those wanting a 'deeper' more rounded study to C++. I originally brought a copy to assist me in my University programming units - but now keep one as a personal/professional 'reference' copy (I work fulltime in IT).
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Summary: Good content, could have a bit better organization
Review: I've used this book for the past 3 years. First I used it to learn C++ and now as a reference. It's an excellent book. It's got it's bads but it's goods far out weight the bads. The bad parts really have to do with the layout of the book. The programs in it that are left as exs are not so easy but hey that's the whole point. They've got to be challenging. 5 stars for sure!
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Summary: Do not, I mean *not* buy this book for any reason!
Review: I bought this book for a C++ class where the instructor couldn't speak a dime of English. Well, apparently neither can the people who wrote this book. It IS THE WORST BOOK WRITTEN ON C++ EVER. This book was my first introduction to C++, AND IT SET ME BACK. Now I am an affluent programmer, and I've easily bought 25 different programming related books. This is undoubtedly the WORST of them all. If you signed up for a class that requires this book, DROP OUT BEFORE ITS TOO LATE!
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Summary: Bad learning curve but GOOD BOOK otherwise
Review: -You can learn C++ from this book- I am just learning c++ right now, and I have bought 5 books. This book is different from others in the order of its topics. It doesn't start explaining the basics in detail like Teach Yourself C++ in 21 days. It has more advanced topics earlier and it saves "fun" stuff like character strings until later. Every chapter ends with a LONG review section. This is where some of the 1030 pages are stored. I give it 4 stars because while it IS for the beginner, it is not as easy to pick up as other books. I recommend: C++ from scratch (learn by building a program) Who's Afraid of C++? (maybe TOO descriptive) Teach Yourself C++ in 21 days (great all-around, in-depth book)
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Summary: Not for beginners!
Review: I just finished my first course in C++ using this book (w/ANSI/ISO draft standard inclusions), and I'm MAD AS HELL! This is NO book for beginners! Starting in chapter 5, the end of chapter exercises that actually want you to program are too time consuming and too complex for beginners. Beginners need short exercises, they're not ready to design a computer! I gave up on the chapter exercises. (So much for comprehensive application!) Now, the text isn't anymore friendly, either. There's way, way too much information for the beginner. Do I need to know every minute detail about every aspect of functions, operators, classes, etc. No! Not at this stage! I'd equate reading the text to trying to drink water from a fire hose! C++ beginners, expect to read paragraphs over and over again and expect to become discouraged. I can understand why folks who have programmed in C++ a while would like it. However, they can go "gaga" over it all they want; they won't change my opinion. Maybe after a few seasons of C++ programming, this would be a worthwhile book to glean additional information. Right now, I'd say any college professor who chooses this as a textbook for beginning C++ students should be shot!
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Summary: BAD as "JAVA How to program"
Review: This book is poorly structured.It mixed too much skills in the later chapters at the beginnig.If you were a beginner,you're better not to purchase it.My friend who bought this book to learn C++ quitted our computer programer. Recemmendation: Go and get the SAM's "Teach yourslef in C++ in 21 days".
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Summary: I really like this book
Review: I red the reviews of other readers here. They either like this book or they consider it to be poorly written. In my opinion, the attitude depends on what a reader expects from the book. If one thinks to receive ABC like explanation of C++ language as in Steve Heller's "Who's afraid of C++?", he/she may be certainly disappointed. On the other hand, if you really want to learn the language, this book is an excellent choice. I can just keep recommending this book.
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Summary: Good book to build a solid foundation in OO programming
Review: This book (C++) is used by my school's computer science, computer engineering and electrical engineering departments. I have seen plenty instructional C++ books but this so far is one of the best I have used. This book is organized in a logical and progressive manner. It starts out with very simple concepts such as variables and control structures, and at the very beginning stage the authors ask the reader to think about a situation where object-oriented design will be involved (without any detailed analysis in how to code it yet). As the reader moves on to the higher chapters the book will show how to tie the new idea into the original OOP problem. Starting at Chapter 6 and toward the end of the book, OOP concepts like classes, operator overload, inheritence, virtual functions, and standard template library are covered. The author also covers important concepts like file I/O, legacy C code, and some other subtle but important topics. This book is not platform-dependent, but the author does a good job in reminding the reader the subtle difference the different OS and hardware architecture will make in their program behaviors. Each chapter comes with a set of review and useful exercises that will definitely help the reader to practice what they learned (one can't learn programming by just reading - it's like saying to learn swimming by reading). This book is best for beginning C++ programmers who already have a bit experience in structured programming but want be exposed to OOP in C++. It is definitely not a quick reading (at over 1000 pages), but it's worth every minute. If you do the practice problems and read every chapter thoroughly, you should be able to test out Comp. Sci I & II. (then again, it depends on you) I gave it 4 stars because the book didn't talk much about debugging techniques.
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