C++ for Dummies | 
| Author: Stephen Randy Davis
Publisher: For Dummies
Category: Book
List Price: $24.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  83 reviews
Sales Rank: 41730
Media: Paperback
Edition: 5
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 432
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.4 x 1.1
ISBN: 0764568523
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.133
UPC: 785555884854
EAN: 9780764568527
Publication Date: May 7, 2004
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Condition: CD missing ("source code from the nook and new C++ compiler on CD-ROM")
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Product Description
If you’ve thought of programmers as elite intelligentsia who possess expertise (and perhaps genes) the rest of us will never have, think again. C++ For Dummies, 5th Edition, debunks the myths, blasts the barriers, shares the secrets, and gets you started. In fact, by the end of Chapter 1, you’ll be able to create a C++ program. OK, it won’t be newest, flashiest video game, but it might be a practical, customized inventory control or record-keeping program. Most people catch on faster when they actually DO something, so C++ For Dummies includes a CD-ROM that gives you all you need to start programming (except the guidance in the book, of course), including: - Dev-C, a full-featured, integrated C++ compiler and editor you install to get down to business
- The source code for the programs in the book, including code for BUDGET, programs that demonstrate principles in the book
- Documentation for the Standard Template Library
- Online C++ help files
Written by Stephen Randy Davis, author of C++ Weekend Crash Course, C++ for Dummies, takes you through the programming process step-by-step. You’ll discover how to: - Generate an executable
- Create source code, commenting it as you go and using consistent code indentation and naming conventions
- Write declarations and name variables, and calculate expressions
- Write and use a function, store sequences in arrays, and declare and use pointer variables
- Understand classes and object-oriented programming
- Work with constructors and destructors
- Use inheritance to extend classes
- Use stream I/O
- Comment your code as you go, and use consistent code indentation and naming conventions
- Automate programming with the Standard Template Library (STL)
C++ for Dummies 5th Edition is updated for the newest ANSI standard to make sure you’re up to code. Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.
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 Good introduction to C++ ... Not so good Finishing September 30, 2008
This is a great book for those whom are unknowledgeable about programming. However, when you want to start making your own programs, you will find yourself frustrated. There are no lists of commands, you have to flip through the book and stop at examples to find them. Even more frustrating is the lack of libraries these commands are tied to. The author gives you a two-sentence explanation about libraries, but doesn't explain which ones have what relationship to which commands. Don't get me wrong here. This is a GREAT book to learn about why C++ does what, but you might want to also find something to accompany it.
 it was fine June 19, 2008
this book was fine, but simply not good enough. as a beginning programmer i found this book tremendously useful as it introduced me to the basic functions of c++ and how to do normal programming. however the object oriented programming section was nothing short of a disaster. in the beginning he clearly explained every necessary lined of coding and in the object-oriented section he basically cut the explanations way too much. this book is a begginers guide and everything should be clearly explained, he would used some algorithms like: (strimcp(maxnamesize-1) - that was for a system that the max character limit was 100, as you type in your name it subtracts after every character, i know what strimcp is but how am i supposed to understand why it's needed for that function. he uses maxnamesize in the beggining of the program to intitialize it and it's something in brackets like (maxnamesize, char* something i don't remember) and how am i supposed to know why it's there? he thinks everyone thinks like him
 The old codger April 23, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
--BUYER BEWARE! This book is a near replica of Mr. Davis' other book, "C++ Weekend Crash Course 2nd Ed." Don't do what I did and buy both of these hoping for a 1-2 punch into breaking into C++. When I say near replica, I mean word for word. Link Below.
C++ Weekend Crash Course
This book was something I was sure I could delve into when I saw it. It was one of those promisingly titled "...For Dummies" books. I bought this and dug right in. I have no programming experience. What I did have was a thirst for knowledge of C++ and an open mind. It got me through (roughly) half the book before I just couldn't take it anymore. Reading this book was like listening to an old codger tell you how he mowed his grass with fixed blades powered by his own two feet. Mr. Davis explained the concepts well enough for a basic understanding, but it was by no means built for a "Dummy." Some of the variables could have three or more characters before them. Following his naming convention, I was getting confused of what the variable did before I even got to the actual name of it! This review is short and to the point. Mr. Davis' book didn't make learning the language easy, fun, and even made me dreading looking forward to finding out more. I would not recommend it to anyone.
 Good Buy April 20, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Well written, fairly priced book that helped me get through a college class. I recommend it for any beginners doing C++ programming.
Terrible book... December 13, 2007
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
The explainations are just plain bad. When I stated reading this, I had a little experience with the Python programming language. I still had trouble reading this. Pay more and get a better text.
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