Book Description
"Readers can pick up this book and become familiar
with C++ in a short time. Stan has taken a very broad and
complicated topic and reduced it to the essentials that
budding C++ programmers need to know to write real programs.
His case study is effective and provides a familiar thread
throughout the book." --Steve Vinoski,IONA
For the practicing programmer with little time to spare,
Essential C++ offers a fast-track to learning and working
with C++ on the job. This book is specifically designed to
bring you up to speed in a short amount of time. It focuses
on the elements of C++ programming that you are most likely
to encounter and examines features and techniques that help
solve real-world programming challenges.
Essential C++ presents the basics of C++ in the context of
procedural, generic, object-based, and object-oriented
programming. It is organized around a series of increasingly
complex programming problems, and language features are
introduced as solutions to these problems. In this way you
will not only learn about the functions and structure of C++,
but will understand their purpose and rationale.
You will find in-depth coverage of key topics such as:
* Generic programming and the Standard Template Library
(STL) * Object-based programming and class design *
Object-oriented programming and the design of class
hierarchies * Function and class template design and use *
Exception handling and Run-Time Type Identification
In addition, an invaluable appendix provides complete
solutions to, and detailed explanations of, the programming
exercises found at the end of each chapter. A second appendix
offers a quick reference handbook for the generic algorithms,
providing an example of how each is used.
This concise tutorial will give you a working knowledge of
C++ and a firm foundation on which to further your
professional expertise.
