Teach Yourself C++
Whether you're a veteran C programmer with years of experience or a relative newcomer who's curious,...
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Whether you're a veteran C programmer with years of experience or a relative newcomer who's curious, Herb Schildt's Teach Yourself C++, Second Edition is the tightly focused, no-nonsense primer you've been looking for. Flip through this book and you'll find the uncompromising style that has made Schildt's programming books the choice of millions of readers worldwide. Schildt distills his vast programming knowledge and teaching experience using concise instructions, succinct explanations, and page after page of practical examples and skill-sharpening exercises. You won't waste time wading through a sea of unnecessary material of needless digressions. Instead, you'll be writing C++ programs by the end of the first chapter and programming like a pro by the time you finish this book.Teach Yourself C++ is based on short, carefully structured lessons. Schildt begins every lesson with a description of a C++ programming principle, moves on to examples showing that principle in action and ends with exercises that reinforce what you've learned. The lessons are arranged sequentially so that each one builds upon the last and prepares you for the next. And because every chapter begins and end with a skills check, you always know when you need a review, or when it's time to advance.Dive into these lessons and immerse yourself in C++. You'll learn about the principles of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP), classes and objects, constructor and destructor functions, function and operator overloading, virtual functions, inheritance, C++'s object-oriented I/O system, templates, exception handling, references and much, much more.Whether you program for DOS, Windows, Unix, or any other operating system - and regardless of the compiler you use - Teach Yourself C++, Second Edition is the best book you can buy to learn C++.
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