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Summary: There is Coding and there is not Coding, there is no Try!
Review: #include "BuyThisBook.h" int main() { If you're reading this, you want to code in C++. Well, buy this book, and as Yoda says, "you WILL BE"! After only finishing chapters 8-9, I find myself really getting all this C++ stuff! And I aint no genius! I'm actually programming--coding--in C++. Hey, that makes me a C++ programmer, although a newbie, right? You are what you do. And no "kludgy", "spaghetti code" either. High praise for a highly readable, clearly annotated mentoring through a subject I thought at first glance I might never learn. Jesse provides resources in support of his book...(GO THERE), A BUNCH of other apparently great C++ books he's written, and wrote right back when I emailed him. I've already ordered his book "the complete idiots guide to a career in computer programming" ( also available from his site), and I can't wait to get started! lookout world--he he ;). I can't imagine a better series of books for teaching C++; it's kinda like sitting at the feet of the "guru" himself. Hmmm..... Buy it. Learn C++. Code great Codes. Or try one of his others in the series. Go to a bookstore and peruse Jesse's others there. Read sample chapters at his site. join his forum there. The Old Ones have said, "A journey of a thousand miles begins with but a single step". If ya want to learn some C++, take this one. return 0; }
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Summary: Great Book for Bigenners!
Review: Don't know where to start? well, THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU!!!
This book will help you STEP-BY-STEP to learn C++ from the ground up. This book is amazing, I even carry it with me to my friend's house, it's not a boring book, it's addictive!
The book includes guided examples, and after each example begins a line-by-line explaination for the code.
You yount be dissapointed by this book, get it now!
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Summary: An excellent resource for the novice programmer.
Review: I am currently working my way through your wonderfully informative book, "Teach Yourself C++ in 24 Hours". I've found it to be a well written, sometimes light-hearted approach, to learning what can sometimes be an overwhelming topic. I am a novice at programming, and as such, I am seeking to learn as much as possible in the near future. You book has certainly given me a head start. Again, I sincerely appreciate your clean, concise, writing style, and hope that you continue to publish your excellent series of instructional books.
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Summary: Very good for C programmer who want to start C++
Review: I'm a skilled C/ASM programmer. I got to know concept of C++ a few years ago, read a book of C++ for C programmers, yet I can't write C++ in real project. My current project is best to use C++ conceptually after I started it and I feel I have not enough knowledge of C++. I tried to read other books but they seem not simple nor easy. I just want to start ASAP, even ignore those advanced topics of C++. Last weekend I sat in the Borders for four hours until it closed. I went through near 18 chapters of the book. I may not be able to remember all the contents I read, yet it helps me a lot. The explainations of concept are simple, easy and accurate, or the best. Example programs are clear and helpful. Generally a reader goes through C++ without difficult. I've not completed it yet, and can't found it in local library, So I may buy one. This is a book very good for people to start C++. I strongly recommend people want to learn C++ go it first. I'm not sure whether it is suitable for people doesn't know C after I saw negative comments of somebody, but I doubt whether one can find better book for such people. Yesterday I read the first chapter of a C++ book written by the C++ father, that chapter is the most difficult one of his book. Yet I can understand now. Thanks for Jesse. I feel that the sample programs can be better if they would use shadow grey to emphasize the difference with previous samples. Please notice there are books with the same name, but different authors.
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Summary: It doesn't even deserve the one star.
Review: Is this book for new programmers? In a word: NO. ONE example, of many: In HOUR 5, Page 66. Local Variables. He gives you 22 lines to type in, after which he gives a "line by line" analysis, as with all exercises throughout the book. I studied the 22 lines, trying to figure out what it does and how it works and of course wanted to spot "local variables" before reading the analysis. I didn't get it. The third line just did not make sense to me, and as far as I could tell - the program didn't need it (of course it does need it, the way he wrote it. I tried to compile and run without the line to make sure) I "gave up" and read the analysis. SURPRISE! the "line by line" SKIPS line 3, leaving the reader in the dark. I cannot learn from code I do not understand. I cannot understand code that is not explained. So, I rewrote the 22 lines from scratch with what little knowledge I have. I only needed 13 lines AND still used an example of a LOCAL VARIABLE, which was the point the exercise. The binary, of course produces the same results, with new code EASIER to read. I was under the impression that programmers should be able to understand their own code. Perhaps that is flawed thinking. That is just one example. I don't have the time or energy to write down the MANY exercises in this book that are flawed in form, style or execution. Jesse Liberty is just a shoddy author. Whoever he chose to "proof" his book is a big a dolt as him as their are dozens of misspelled words throughout the pages. This book was written to make a quick buck of people wanting to better themselves, and its author and publisher gives little to no thought for quality. Nothing could convince me otherwise. I really wish I could recommend an alternative, but I have yet to find one. I wish I could explain how some of these people actually rated this book higher than one star.
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Summary: Not Clear Enough For Beginners
Review: My main beef with this book is that it brags about how it assumes you have no prior programming knowledge, and then it leaves you twisting in the wind in the very first program. I was stuck with compile errors and absolutely zero help from the author. I followed the instructions to the letter and even re-wrote AND proof-read the "simple" program several times. Fearing this as a sign of things to come, I returned this book the next day.
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Summary: Best I've Found So Far
Review: On the bright side, most of what is said in this book does make sense to the amateur computer programmer. I can't offer the view point of someone who is an absolute programming novice, but if I had to take a guess, I'd say this book is definately not for that person. This book expects you to have a least a basic understanding of some fundamental principles of programming, and by extension a few pieces of programming lingo as well, but not very much. The book doesn't suffer from the "unknown jargon" syndrome so much as it does from the "very-scantly-explained-small-topic" sydrome. By that I mean, there are subject matter scattered throughout the book that isn't necessarily important to know at the moment, but they are so vaguely explained that they distract and confuse the reader, leaving one to ask "what does he mean?" and totally missing point in the meanwhile. The most frustrating aspect of the book is the code. I've re-written most of the code in the book, and only one hasn't compiled (and even that was sort of an obvious typo). However, that's a long way from saying the quality of the examples given are high. The most striking thing about the code is that it lacks a lot of in-code comments. Comments would have made the examples more meaningful as the reader was doing them. In an attempt to make up for this, a "line-by-line" analysis of the code is offered after each sample listing, but that only spawns more problems. First, the analysis sometimes says it is refering to line numbers which, clearly, it is not. Sometimes the lines numbers it refers to are blank! Secondly, the analysis skips lines or gives very vague explanations as to what is going on, often leaving the reader wondering what went on in those line he or she didn't understand! Lastly, the book offers rather weak reviews and summarizations of the chapters. It asks questions that are not very important to your understanding of C++, and it doesn't offer any material for self-examination of topics. For instance, an assignment at the end of every chapter could have put the knowledge gained to the test. If you'd ask me if you can learn C++ from this book alone, I'd say 'sure' but it will confuse you every now and then with little explanation. Also, there is nothing that seperates it from 500 other C++ books that makes this one worth buying over the rest of the herd.
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Summary: Excellent tutorial for C++.
Review: Teach Yourself C++ in 24 Hours by Jesse Liberty is an excellent tutorial. Language capabilities are presented in an easy to understand format with sufficient programming examples and code analysis. After I studied the book I was able to program in C++ and follow programs already written. The simplified examples helped me concentrate on the concept and understand the logic. Excellent work indeed by the author. Reader, Daniel Williams
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Summary: Examples, step by steps but no explanation
Review: The text is clear and the lessons follow a smooth and logical sequence, with no mix-ups. If you're getting started in C++, I strongly recommend this book.
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Summary: Best I've Found So Far
Review: You can't teach yourself everything about C++ from just one book. You will need a few. But this one is the best I've found so far. Very well written, clear examples. This book is !!HEADS AND SHOULDERS ABOVE!! other C++ books geared for newbies, err Dummies. This book doesn't go into much depth with compiling code, I imagine b/c it depends somewhat on your compiler. Also prior programming experience is helpful obviously. But this book is VERY GOOD, the best I've found.
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