Book Description

Join the leagues of thousands of programmers and learn C++ from some of the best. The fifth edition of the best seller Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 21 Days, written by Jesse Liberty, a well-known C++ and C# programming manual author and Bradley L. Jones, manager for a number of high profiler developer websites, has been updated to the new ANSI/ISO C++ Standard. This is an excellent hands-on guide for the beginning programmer. Packed with examples of syntax and detailed analysis of code, fundamentals such as managing I/O, loops, arrays and creating C++ applications are all covered in the 21 easy-to-follow lessons. You will also be given access to a website that will provide you will all the source code examples developed in the book as a practice tool. C++ is the preferred language for millions of developers-make Sams Teach Yourself the preferred way to learn it!

About the Author

Bradley L. Jones is the site manager for a number of high-profile developer sites—including CodeGuru.com, Developer.com and VBForums.com. He is an executive editor of Jupitermedia's EarthWeb channel, which is a part of Internet.com. He is also an internationally best-selling author who wrote the original 21 Days book: Sams Teach Yourself C in 21 Days.

Jesse Liberty is the president of Liberty Associates, Inc. www.libertyassociates.com where he provides training and custom programming. Jesse is the author of numerous books on C++, C#, Web development and object-oriented analysis and design. He was a Distinguished Software Engineer for AT&T and Vice President of Citibank's Development Division.

FROM OUR EDITORS

The Barnes & Noble Review
Now in its Fifth Edition, Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 21 Days is a truly superb tutorial for anyone who￯﾿ﾽs new to C++: flat-out novices, programmers migrating from C, and those moving from other languages.

Lead author Jesse Liberty has a reputation for excellence in training programmers. (That excellence is grounded in real-world experience: He rose to the positions of distinguished software engineer at AT&T and vice president of technical development at Citibank.) Coauthor Bradley Jones, likewise no slouch, manages three of the world￯﾿ﾽs leading developer sites, including CodeGuru.com. Together, they￯﾿ﾽve systematically updated this book -- making it a remarkably simple and well-organized route to C++ mastery.

Today￯﾿ﾽs C++ programmers work very differently from their predecessors. Liberty and Jones have revamped this book to reflect contemporary C++ development at its best -- including ANSI/ISO Standard C++, the Standard Template Library, and namespaces.

Your 21 lessons begin with an explanation of the C++ development cycle and the anatomy of a typical C++ program. You￯﾿ﾽll master basic syntax (variables, constants, expressions, statements, functions, program flow). Next, the authors turn to objects and classes, pointers, references, and other C++-specific techniques likely to be unfamiliar to those moving from other languages.

By now, you￯﾿ﾽll be ready for a deeper understanding of object development -- including analysis, design, inheritance, and polymorphism. In Week 3, you￯﾿ﾽll move to downright advanced techniques (for instance, templates and stream-based I/O).

There are plenty of examples, annotated with easy-to-understand discussions and actual sample output. Plus: a handy quiz at the end of every chapter. Sure, you don￯﾿ﾽt get a ￯﾿ﾽlive￯﾿ﾽ instructor. But this C++ course has gone through more refinement than anything you￯﾿ﾽre likely to find at your neighborhood training emporium. Bill Camarda, from the March 2005 Read Only

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