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C++ Programming Fundamentals (Cyberrookies Series)
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Author: Chuck Easttom
List Price: $34.95
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ISBN: 1584502371
Publisher: Charles River Media (01 January, 2003)
Edition: Paperback
Sales Rank: 1,051,444
Average Customer Rating: 4.21 out of 5
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Customer ReviewsRating: 2 out of 5
Easy to follow, but way too many mistakes.
This book really is fundamental and really easy to follow. There are though, a lot of mistakes. It's geared to people with no prior programming experience who want to start doing useful things quickly. If you want more solid and reliable knowledge, or are looking to program more seriously rather than for fun, I advise you to steer clear of this book.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Top 10
I have been programming for a long time. But from time to time I like to look over beginners books, to see how good they are. This one is pretty good. The code examples that I checked (about 1/4 of them) worked exactly as written. The text was very clear. The code and the text follow ISO standard C++ pretty well, and let you know anything that deviates.
I thought that this is one of the top 10 best beginners books. Deitel and Deitel are just too complex for beginners (but a great place for you after you have a few months of C++ under your belt), Schildts books are too long, etc. This book is short and to the point. In a little over 300 pages you get the essentials of C++. However it should be noted that you get the ESSENTIALS...it does not even try to cover many advanced topics. And thats probably one of the books strengths. It does not confuse the beginner with extra things they don't need.
I think if you are looking for a first C++ book then this is one of the top 10 on the market...
Rating: 5 out of 5
I liked it
I liked the book. I was able to understand it quite easily. THe code samples (at least the ones I tried which is about half) worked exactly as written. I thought the book was great. From the reviews it seems a few people did not like it and I am not sure why. It was easy to follow, the code worked as written, and the code seemed to match ISO C++ standards (I only learned that later when I compared the code to the standards, I did not know about ISO when I started the book). Thats really what I want out of a book: clarity and accuracy.
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