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.


From Book News, Inc.
This guide is designed to teach the basics of C++ programming language to beginners using the familiar one-a-day chapter format. The chapters carry the reader through the history of the program and its basic anatomy, and into variables and constants, expressions and statements, functions, object-oriented programming, looping, pointers, references, and advanced functions--including the default constructor and operator overloading, object-oriented analysis and design, inheritance, arrays and linked lists, polymorphism, streams, namespaces, templates, exceptions and error handling. Liberty has published numerous guides to C++.Book News, Inc.®, Portland, OR


Book Description
Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 21 Days, Fourth Edition provides a straight-forward tutorial approach to programming in C++. It assumes no prior knowledge of programming and offers both solid instruction and the authors insights into best programming and learning practices. The book also provides a foundation for understanding object-oriented programming.


Book Info
A quick tutorial in C++, with twenty-one one-hour lessons designed for the way self-study learners acquire knowledge. Shows how to master the new and advanced features of C++, where to get expert tips on implementing C++ in the corporate environment, and work with ANSI C++ compilers, even without previous programming experience. 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, Fourth Edition provides a straight-forward tutorial approach to programming in C++. It assumes no prior knowledge of programming and offers both solid instruction and the authors insights into best programming and learning practices. The book also provides a foundation for understanding object-oriented programming.


About the Author
Sams Teach Yourself C++ in21 Days, Fourth EditionAbout the Author

Jesse Liberty is the author of a dozen books on C++, C# andobject-oriented analysis and design. He is president of Liberty Associates, Inc.(http://www.LibertyAssociates.com),where he provides .net development, contract programming, mentoring, consulting,and training.

Jesse was a distinguished software engineer at AT&T, a software architect for Xerox and LinkNet (PBS), and vice president of Citibank's Development Division. He lives with his wife, Stacey, and his daughters, Robin and Rachel, in the suburbs of Cambridge, Massachusetts. He supports his books on his Web site at http://www.libertyassociates.com—click on Books and Resources.© Copyright Pearson Education. All rights reserved.

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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