With Teach Yourself C++ in 21 Days, author Jesse Liberty presents a rapid and well-organized program for getting up to speed in C++ programming. By making the seemingly complex world of C++ digestible in daily doses, Liberty delivers a tutorial that keeps you motivated and yields serious results.

This book uses a chapter-a-day approach, with the course outline clearly presented inside the front cover so you'll know exactly where you're headed. Unlike many C++ tutorials, this book doesn't put you to sleep early on with object-oriented programming (OOP) theory. Instead, it quickly makes you productive with the basics of the C++ language and then reinforces your new knowledge with OOP as you move through the teaching program.

The first week introduces you to the fundamentals: the anatomy of a C++ program, variables, expressions, functions, program flow, and the basics of classes. Week two introduces some of the more sophisticated elements of the language such as pointers, arrays, and function overloading in a clear and effective manner. The final week concludes your crash course with advanced topics: streams, advanced inheritance, the C++ pre-processor, templates, and error handling. One day is also devoted strictly to object-oriented analysis and design. Each chapter finishes with a daily summary, a Q&A section, a quiz, and a series of excellent coding exercises.

This tutorial, which is designed to teach you to write industry standard ANSI C++ code, requires no previous programming expertise. If you want to get serious with C++ in a hurry, this book is an excellent way to go.


Sams Pub.
This book is a timesaving guide to learning C++. Using the proven techniques of the Teach Yourself series, this essential guide teaches users how to write programs in a matter of days. Covers all the key topics and commands of C++. Teaches the basics of object-oriented programming. Teaches C++ without the need to know C or any other programming language. Covers C++ Programming.


Book News, Inc.
New edition of a tutorial that shows how to master the basics and move on to the more advanced features and concepts of C++ programming. Software expert and author Liberty covers object-oriented design, programming, and analysis, as well as sophisticated programming techniques with functions, arrays, variables, and pointers. He also introduces the Unified Modeling Language, discusses object-oriented linked lists, and includes coverage of the Standard Template Library and namespaces. Complies with the new ANSI-ISO standard and requires no programming experience. -- Copyright © 1999 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR All rights reserved Book News, Inc.®, Portland, OR


Book Description
Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 21 Days,3rd edition is a hands-on guide to learning object-oriented programming, design and analysis. Readers will gain a thorough understanding of all basic concepts, including memory management, program flow, compiling, and debugging in 21 days. Readers will learn through enhanced examples how to write fast, powerful programs, compile the source code, and create executable files. Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 21 Days,3rd edition has been updated to be compliant with the finalized ANSI/ISO C++ Standard, and includes additional bonus days on namespaces, the Standard Template Library and distributed computing. We've included a glossary of terms and clarified of some of the examples found in the advanced topics chapters, per readers' suggestions.


Book Info
Provides you within 21 days, the skills you need to get up and running efficiently. With this complete tutorial, you'll master the basics and then move on to the more advanced features and concepts of C++ programming. Softcover.


From the Publisher
The proven, best-selling elements of the Teach Yourself series and the immense popularity of the C++ programming language make Teach Yourself C++ in 21 Days, Second Edition the most efficient way to learn programming with C++. And since it doesn't focus on any one particular compiler, it allows the reader to jump from one compiler to another. - Teaches the basic of Object-Oriented Programming with C++

- Completely revised to ANSI standards

- Can be used with any of the C++ compilers on the market


From the Back Cover
Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 21 Days,3rd edition is a hands-on guide to learning object-oriented programming, design and analysis. Readers will gain a thorough understanding of all basic concepts, including memory management, program flow, compiling, and debugging in 21 days. Readers will learn through enhanced examples how to write fast, powerful programs, compile the source code, and create executable files. Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 21 Days,3rd edition has been updated to be compliant with the finalized ANSI/ISO C++ Standard, and includes additional bonus days on namespaces, the Standard Template Library and distributed computing. We've included a glossary of terms and clarified of some of the examples found in the advanced topics chapters, per readers' suggestions.


About the Author
Jesse Liberty, President of Liberty Associates, Inc. is the author of Sams Teach Yourself C++ Programming in 21 Days,(1st and 2nd editions) and Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 24 Hours. Jesse authors a monthly column in C++ Report, one of the most widely read C++ programmer reference periodicals. Liberty Associates provides on-site training and mentoring, consulting and contract programming. Jesse was a software architect for Xerox, a distinguished software engineer for AT&T and Vice President of Citibank's Development Division. Jesse Liberty is an established author of books on the topic of C++ and object-oriented design and analysis.

ANNOTATION

An ideal way for C programmers to move to the world of Object-Oriented programming and C++. The proven techniques of the "Teach Yourself" series make this book the essential guide to learning C++ no matter what compiler is being used. The only way to learn to program is to write code. With this guide you'll be writing programs in just a matter of days.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Learn object-oriented design, programming, and analysis; write fast, powerful programs, compile the source code, and create an executable file; understand the new ANSI standard and what it means to your programs; do sophisticated programming with functions, arrays, variables, and pointers; learn to expand your program's power with inheritance and polymorphism; master the features of C++ by learning from a programming expert; and works with all ANSI C++ compilers.

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