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Summary: This book is Number 1
Review: I was a first time programmer and had never seen a line of code when I bought this book. It helped me so much with its easy to follow examples and beginner oriented chapters. This book is by far the best one out there.
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Summary: Great coverage, great problems, great advice, poor reference
Review: This book covers C++ in detail and offers much in the way of practical real-world "dos and don'ts". Also, it's got the best set of *challenging* problems I've ever seen. Within the first few chapters you're rolling up your sleeves and starting to think like a computer. And there are MANY problems, too. Unlike some books, the problems are not simple "go back a few pages for an identical example". They make you think -- and learn along the way. The book looks intimidating at first, and may not be right for someone who's looking for something "easy", but it's a real winner in the end. It warns of "common programming errors" and advises of "portability tips", among other things. One bad thing: It's not a good quick-reference at all. In fact, it's a poor one, so you might not want to buy it for that reason alone. To sum it up, it's challenging to work through, but a very rewarding learning experience. I highly recommend it to everyone that's SERIOUS about learning the *right* way to program!
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Summary: Good book for intermediate or advanced programmer.
Review: This book is good for intermediate or advanced programmers or students. I do not recommend this for beginners or students learning C++. The book is loaded with information, too much for beginners to digest. I would recommend this book for people who already some good understanding of C before.
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Summary: The WORST C++ book written
Review: I am in a college C++ course and find this book to be the worst one I have read on the subject. For a great C++ book, get "Learn C++ in 21 Days".
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Summary: Great text - but with one highly annoying publishing 'bug.'
Review: I used this book to learn C++, with my only prior experience being BASIC and HTML. Quite a bridge to gap, and this book made it as easy as could be. I recommend it to anyone interested in learning C++. The book has one problem, however. It's poorly constructed. Not in the sence of indexes and chapter organization, but how the people at the factory glued the damn thing together. Just about everyone I know who has used a copy of the book has had theirs fall apart within three months or so. The cover comes right off in a month or so, then pages start coming out.This book would be perfect if they made it a hardback.
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Summary: I would refer it to someone else...
Review: I had to have this book for a class and I have never programmed before. The book was a great learning tool and I passed with a "B".
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Summary: I have the both the book and the Cd-rom!
Review: I have both the multimedia cyber classroom and the 1150 page textbook "C++ how to program" by the same authors. For a training Cd-rom it is better than average for the beginner and excellent for the experienced programmer. Both the textbook and the cd-rom in reality are best for people who have experience in programming. I found the Cd-rom to be slightly easier to learn from because, it is interactive. But since I am a newbie programmer i still found both the Cd-rom and the text very hard! I have a 3.2 gpa and i am a junior with a double major in psych/psychobio. in college. And i found the cd-rom and the book hard! The best aspect of both the book and the CD-rom was that both are very well structured and and extremely information dense. To get thru all of that info will take at least 4 months (4 for the cd rom and 4 for the book!) In summary the Cd and the book are extremely similar in content with very minor differences and both are best for the experienced programmer. But the good side is that if one reads the text and Cd-rom slowly and thoroughly You will be a C++ wizard.
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Summary: Good C++; Weak STL
Review: This text is a minor modification of the excellent first edition, which I nearly wore out before it disappeared from my office. I recommended it to students and professionals visiting my lab and elsewhere as the single best introductory text of which I was aware (amidst a sea of strikingly poor programming books). The cover of the second edition advertises "Starring the Standard Template Library." The STL is by far the single most significant development in C++ since the first edition was printed. I anticipated a similar quality book with STL discussion in a starring role. Those looking for a comprehensive or integrated discussion of STL will be disappointed. Those, such as I, who do engineering/scientific/numeric work will be deeply disappointed. The backbone of high-performance numeric computing in C++ is embodied in valarray, slices, slice_arrays, etc. These long-awaited and essential components of the STL are not discussed, or even mentioned, in the text. The rest of the STL is relegated to two chapters at the conclusion of the book, added in post script fashion. The vast majority of the book doesn't even mention it, although it impacts most aspects of programming with C++. The STL is far more important and critical to good programming to be treated this way. Deitel and Deitel, whose competence is unquestioned, missed the mark with this edition with respect to STL.
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Summary: An EXCELLENT ADVANCED VIEW on C/C++ for any type of computer
Review: This book is EXCELLENT FOR THOSE WHO EITHER: (A) Have a good background in C. OR (B) Are experienced in other Object Oriented Languages and want to learn C++. OR (C) Are experienced programmers who want a reference book with multiple code examples with tips on writing better code. This book is the REQUIRED book for learning C++ on a 200 coarse level at my college. It is well worth the money for its size, index, and programming examples with explanations.
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Summary: Excellent C++ book. Very thorough. Good index.
Review: This excellent book is very thorough and well constructed. It has a good index...a MUST for a programming book. Each chapter highlights performance tips, good programming practices, and common mistakes to watch out for while programming. The example code does a very good job of illustrating the concepts being taught.
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