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Summary: A textbook to read, not just carry or leave on a shelf
Review: There have been textbooks that I have barely skimmed, but this is one I read and reread. This book was great. It was easy to follow and the examples and exercises actually taught me what I needed to know.
It was very clear and explained concepts in a logical easy to understand way. I am a non-trad student with no computer background and this book helped me to enjoy something new.I strongly recommend it. I didn't see any typos, but then again, I read the book and understood it.
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Summary: A textbook to read, not just carry or leave on a shelf
Review: There have been textbooks that I have barely skimmed, but this is one I read and reread. This book was great. It was easy to follow and the examples and exercises actually taught me what I needed to know.
It was very clear and explained concepts in a logical easy to understand way. I am a non-trad student with no computer background and this book helped me to enjoy something new. I strongly recommend it. I didn't see any typos, but then again, I read the book and understood it.
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Summary: Very incomplete and boring
Review: This book is too incomplete, even for just focusing on OOP with C++. I have another book which I also find inadequate, however while that book only diverts about 3 chapters to OOP, it does a better job of covering it then this entire book.
OOP Using C++ focuses too much on tutorials and spends little time explaining the concepts that the book introduces. Many examples at the end of each chapter take up several pages because the author steps you through every step of creating the example (once should have been enough... after the first chapter the user should not need to be reminded to "Open a new file in your C++ editor and type the statements that include the header files you need..."). The examples used in the book are all very similar and you quickly get tired of typing in the customer's last name...
The book has too much useless text and it is often hard to find a piece of useful information. It is basicly a programming novel. It covers the absolute basics of OOP without going into enough detail about how things really work. This is not a good thing, even for beginners, because if you do not learn how to use OOP well, you'll never write good code....
This is a truly boring and useless programming book that I regret ever purchasing. If you are a beginner, DO NOT GET THIS BOOK, it will break your C++ style and you might find it hard to adapt to what is considered "good programming style" at a later stage.
I recommend C++ Primer, it is much more detailed, costs less and covers much more C++ for beginners, including OOP.
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Summary: The best book for student with prior programming experience
Review: This is my C++ textbook in college. I found it extremely useful because the author taught me the complex theories in the simplest way. I like the exercises. There are only 3 to 6 programming exercises at the end of each tutorial (chapter), which motivate me to finish ALL the exercises, often in a single day. The experience of following the "Teacher's Pet" series of examples was fantastic, it helped me to understand the concepts, then, apply them in the exercises. However, there are weaknesses. The book is not up to date to match the latest version of C++. This book is also not suitable for those without prior programming experience (Pascal, C, C++ fundamentals, etc).
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Summary: PERFECT BOOK !!!!!!!!
Review: We used this book in our advance C++ class, which was taught by the writer, Prof. Joyce Farrell herself. The writer is an A++ teacher in UWSP. She is not only a teacher who has a terrific skill in C++ but also she has a wonderful way of teaching. The way how she approached the course was just PERFECT!. This book is written exactly 100% similar to how she gave a lecture in class. In this book, there are a lot of exmples that are very good for a person who hate to read theory to much instead of jumping to the codes. I want to say thank you to Joyce Farrell for all her teaching to me. She is a MOST-WANTED teacher & writer.
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