Teach Yourself-- C++ - Softcover

Stevens, Al; Stevens, Alan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1558281762 ISBN 13: 9781558281769

Publisher: MIS-Press, 1991

Synopsis

teach yourself®... C++ Fifth Edition This acknowledged classic programmer's book will teach you how to write more effective programs using C++. Living up to its reputation as a helpful how-to for every level of programming skill, this book demonstrates the hows and whys of C++ program design in an accessible, informative style. Teach Yourself®... C++, Fifth Edition helps you understand the differences between function-oriented and object-oriented programming and shows you how to use C++ to combine both paradigms. Author Al Stevens provides concise, easy-to follow tutorials that make learning C++ fast and easy. Get a solid foundation in such valuable concepts as default function arguments, variable declarations, inline functions, and global scope resolutions. Learn about the Free Store, the this pointer, class inheritance, and C++ input/output streams. For instructive reading and reliable spot reference, this is a must-have book for beginner and expert programmer alike.

• Thoroughly revised and updated to the latest ANSI standard C++
• Teaches the entire C++ language, including the C subset
• Comprehensive treatment of object-oriented programming in C++
• Covers the Standard Template Library and proposed Standard C++
• Includes several hundred fully working example programs that compile and run with any Standard C++ compliant compiler system
• CD includes all source code and Quincy 97- a complete Windows 95-hosted compiler and development environment to compile, run, and debug exercise programs

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From the Publisher:

Updated to include the latest ANSI/ISO C++ standards and follows the new Teach Yourself easy-to-use, modular layout.

Companion CD includes all source code and Quincy 99, a complete Windows 98-hosted IDE (integrated development environment) designed by Al Stevens and integrated with the example programs from the book. Quincy 99 contains a programmer's editor, the GNU C/C++ compiler, and interactive source level debugger.

Includes several hundred fully working example programs that compile and run with any Standard C++ compliant compiler system.

From the Back Cover:

Learn C++ programming from a Dr. Dobb’s Journal expert, right at home

Here’s your class schedule for learning the powerful, robust C++ language directly from an expert programmer and instructor. In this fully-updated volume, you’ll learn through a tutorial approach that provides a complete working program, not fragments, to teach each lesson. All code and examples are up to date and fully compliant with the latest updates to the C++ compilers, and every lesson is completely integrated with the Windows-hosted IDE on the CD-ROM. You learn at your own pace, from a leader in the field.

• Compile, run, and experiment with sample programs using the complete IDE and C++ compiler suite on the CD-ROM
• Gain a basic understanding of C++ history, the core C++ language, the standard C++ library, and the standard template library
• Start writing simple C++ programs quickly and progress at your own speed to advanced programming
• Understand functions, program flow control, structures and unions, and data type organization
• Explore pointers, addresses, and dynamic memory allocation
• Comprehend preprocessing directives and compile-time conditional directives
• Work with classes, constructors and destructors, conversion, class objects, and class members
• Learn from platform-independent examples that work with any platform

All this on CD-ROM

• Quincy 2002: Freeware Windows-hosted programmer’s Integrated Development Environment (IDE), created by the author.
• MinGW 3.2: Open Source GCC C/C++ compiler system.
• Example programs: All the source code for the program listings in the book.
• Wedit: Freeware resource editor.
• Artistic Style: GPL formatter that automatically reindents and reformats C/C++/C#/Java source code.

About this edition

• Publisher: MIS-Press
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 1558281762
• ISBN 13: 9781558281769
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 291