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Practical C++ Programming |
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by Steve Outline
Published by O'Reilly Review by Carl Fritch This is one of the better books on learning how to program C++ that I have seen. The book is intended for someone who has little or no experience programming so a large part of the book is dedicated to basic syntax with C and C++ examples. The book is also good for experienced programmers who want to learn C++. Most of the book is devoted to the basics of C++ coding starting the traditional "hello world" program and ending with some more advance topics like linked lists and binary trees. There is a good section on the standard template library, something that is very hard to find in any book on C++ I've seen. The book also spends a lot of time promoting design, coding style, and testing which is sometimes left out of books that teach you how to program. He also covers a lot of useful ideas on what not to do as a programmer helping you to avoid common traps that programmers can get into with C or C++. On a critical note I think I would like to see a few more coding examples. He does seem to cover the information quite quickly and maybe this could be a problem for someone who has no experience with compilers and coding. I recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn C++ and basics of Object Oriented programming. The book uses standard C++ code so it is not tied to any specific compiler or programming environment. Carl Fritch,
Sr. Software Engineer Ingenix Corporation
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