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Summary: The definitive C++ book
Review: You will not find a better C++ book anywhere. It might be too much for those with only a passing interest in the language but then this book is for people who want to learn how to program.
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Summary: Fundamental reference for any C++ Programmer
Review: Obviously a textbook, this book doesn't play around. Essential if you just want to learn the language, but little humor, and it does drag on a bit. Still, by far the best C++ reference out there (surpasses even Stroustrup's classic).
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Summary: Great book
Review: I think this is a great book. It is appropriate for people with little or no programming experience or for experienced programmers who want a deeper treatment of the language. I recomend it highly.
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Summary: This book is excellent!
Review: This book is extremely thorough and well written. The authors do a great job of keeping the text readable while providing a LOT of detail about the C++ programming language. The code samples are very good and help to illustrate the concepts clearly.
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Summary: Poor book for entry-level students.
Review: This is a required book for C++ at my state college. Being new to programming, I am STRUGGLING. I need a lot of repetition and practice programming. The exercises after each chapter do not do a good job of developing and reinforcing those skills. Part of the exercises (the major part) do not have the answers. The teacher's edition includes the answers (which my instructor doesn't use), but as a student, I cannot purchase that edition. I had to get another book from the library just to work through some examples.I also found much of the text difficult to read...simply too much of it before review and exercises. Again, not a good book at all for beginners in programming. Programmers in other languages, however, may enjoy it...very thorough.
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Summary: The best one I could find by far !
Review: I have used this book when I learned C++, and again as a reference then I upgraded to Visual C++. It is a very good book and I can recommend this book to anybody that wants to learn C/C++ or refresh their knowledge of the language. I am lecturing at the moment and it is a prescibed book for my students. I had an extensive hunt for something better but this was the best by far.
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Summary: Not the best book but fair
Review: In the comparison with "A Book on C," whose approachhas been imitated here, this book fails - definitions are omitted,which is a serious flaw. There is a good reason why the definitions are in "A Book on C." Also from time to time there are oximoronic statements and redundant blabber (the whole book could be better organized - that means shorter). Anyway the book is a way beyond the garbage that is flooding the market.
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Summary: a MUST for your C/C++ library
Review: this is a great book for the beginning programmer to the more expert. if you are an experienced c-programmer, it reviews some of the basic concepts (great pointer section) and delves into object oriented programming. if you are a beginner/novice, this is a great book to start learning from (did i mention pointers?)
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Summary: The Deitels's Preach C++, Some Hard Lessons To Follow
Review: The nature of this text is not only for an individual to learn C++ programming, but able to understand what is written in all program examples given. However, because there are so many good examples, the reader may feel overwhelmed by all lessons in the book, where simple concepts may be hard to acquire.
The Deitels certainly know the language very well, but I think they overlook their audience at times, and lose focus on the student's ability to learn everything all in one session. Their intention was well thoughtout for teaching C++, but in too many words for each chapter. Overall I was able to understand the basics of C++, and I pickup some helpful hints, but certainly has drawbacks. First, the reader will have to remember the notes from the summary in every chapter, or learn them very well. Second, each code example follows up to explain how the compiler deals with code. I feel only experienced programmers will benefit from this, and could be left out, with more focus upon what the program can actually do for each line typed, as opposed to how compiler sees each line of code.Reason for this is that your dealing variables mostly, and the ability by the reader to learn something, as opposed to spelling it out, word for word seems redundant over time. I would reccomend this title to intermediate programmers, or an individual who has some experience with "C" only. It's an excellent text for learning by example, however for a novice programmer, begin with the "C" language first, it makes a world
of difference later on. I purchased "Learning C++ Visually", which came with this book, and four instructional video tapes. If I had to learn it all over again, I would buy this book.
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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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