Absolute C++ CodeMate Enhanced Edition

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Summary: Review Of Absolute C++ Code Mate Edition
Review: I have been using Absolute C++ in my college Data Structures and Algorithms course for a couple of years now.

I searched long and hard for a good book on C++. This book has the clearest writing and has the best examples of any I reviewed.

The author takes a C++ novice from no experience to advanced concepts in C++ without skipping steps. He also does the steps in the correct order. This is not true of all texts.

I thought I had found a minor mistake in this book but when I wrote to Walter Savitch, I found that it was my error not his.

The new Code Mate edition includes the .net IDE. This 6 CD set is expensive to purchase. If you want your students to use .net or if you want .net yourself, this book is a way to go.

My students constantly compliment me on my choice of texts.

I use it as the basis of a distance learning course. Those students never come to class and must rely primarily on the text.
They do well with this text.

Kenneth L Moore
Associate Professor