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| C++: A Beginner's Guide, Second Edition (Beginner's Guides (McGraw-Hill)) | 
 enlarge | Author: Herbert Schildt
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 9829
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 576
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.1
Dimensions (in): 9 x 7.2 x 1.3
ISBN: 0072232153
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.133
UPC: 783254043275
EAN: 9780072232158
ASIN: 0072232153
Publication Date: December 1, 2003
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Best beginner's guide out there August 28, 2008
In my honest opinion, as a person who really needs concepts to be "dumbed down" before I can absorb it, this is really THE starting point for learning C++. It contains no unneccesary frills or flowery language in the text and has a wealth of code examples to get the point across. It has bonus expert sections that beginners may decide to skip, and for the more initiated it explains many questions that crop up regarding the language.
I base this review from my experience from reading this book after reading "C++ For Dummies" which was quite average and used too many colloquialisms which made the text very wordy. Seeing as programmers usually think more in terms of algorithms as opposed to large paragraphs of "fun" explanations, this clearly swings the vote in favour of Herbert Schildt's book.
An excellent read!
very good inroduction to C++ May 18, 2008
this is a very good book as an introduction to C++. The book provide you with codes that are suitble for both windows and linux. It has some explaination about G++ the C++ complier that often used in linux as well as the book gives some explaination about visual C++. If you are a total novice, this book takes it easy with novices. If you are an advanced programmer with any other language but C then this book is a very good start to C++ and to some extend C. Best to learn this book in linux, try to avoid Visual C++ because it is almost a new language created for the .net. With the dotnet microsft has put java, C++ in its pocket and now even javascript and more language has fallen into microsoft trap of cross platform application development. Java is going to be the worst injury from the .net once the .net travels to linux(advancement in the mono project) Java won't be used that often for one simple reason, All the .net language are almost the same and that include the similarties of deferent types of langauge for example Viusal C++ is more related to VB.net than the original C++ programming language even though VB.net and C++ totally different in syntax.
Generally speaking C++ is not a very good start for learning programming however the more advanced you become the more you relise the importance of C++ so cut it short and start with C++.
The good thing about this book is that it explains things step by step if you are a bignner then you will appreciate it. If you are an intermediate programmer with other languages such as C#, then this book will consalidate the programming elements that you need in any programming language. if you are an advanced programmer (sure you will know what to buy as an introduction to C++) This book will be helpful and depends on what you define helpful.
Satisfied February 5, 2008
This is a great book, it brings you through the basics step by step and brings you on to more complicated stuff the more you progress throughout the book, i highly recommend people to buy this book and i can assure you if your dedicated in learning C++ this book will help you bigtime..
 Good for new programmers October 14, 2006
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
It is the best choice for those who are beginner in programming. It assumes that you know nothing about programming.
But if you know C language or the basis of programming, you should try other books. Because it is a time waste for them. I regret a little for buying this book because I know C and it is like repeating same things in many pages of this book
Great much better than others` August 4, 2006
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I love this book, its simply fantastic. I have tried another C++ Beginners book and i *thought* c++ was ridiculously hard and i would never acomplish it. ( sams teach yourself c++ in 21 days ) i mean i had read like 2 hundred pages of this book and it was still on the basics - i think i hadn't even reached the cin >> command !! this one however does move at an okay pace. Herb Shild really knows his stuff, sometimes however he explains it a little TOO thoughrouly and i end up having to re-read certain parts of the chapter again. There is a learning cve towards the end of this book though. it suddenly becomes a lot more comlicated once you hit the pointers, although im pretty sure this is because i had a little experience in the BASIC language, and nothing at all like pointers ever came up. I attempt to read 1 chapter in a go, although after i feel my brain has been fried in the latter parts of the book.
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