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Learning C++ Doesn’t Have to Be Difficult!
Have you ever wanted to learn programming? Have you ever wanted to learn the C++ language behind many of today’s hottest games, business programs, and even advanced spacecraft? C++ Without Fear, Third Edition, is the ideal way to get started. Now updated for the newest C++14 standard and the free Microsoft Visual C++ Community Edition, it will quickly make you productive with C++ even if you’ve never written a line of code!
Brian Overland has earned rave reviews for this book’s approach to teaching C++. He starts with short, simple examples you can easily enter and run. Within a couple of chapters, you’ll be creating useful utilities, playing games, and solving puzzles. Everything’s simplified to its essentials, patiently explained, and clearly illustrated with practical examples and exercises that help you make progress quickly.
Overland reveals the “whys” and “tricks” behind each C++ language feature. And you’ll never get bogged down in complex or pointless examples He keeps you 100% focused on learning what works and what matters—while having fun!
This new and improved edition
- Covers installing and using the free Microsoft Visual C++ Community Edition—but you can use any version of C++
- Explains valuable improvements in the new C++14 standard
- Modularizes C++14 coverage so it’s easy to write code that works with older versions
- Teaches with even more puzzles, games, and relevant exercises
- Offers more “why” and “how-to” coverage of object orientation, today’s #1 approach to programming
- Presents more ways to use Standard Template Library (STL) code to save time and get more done
- Contains an expanded reference section for all your day-to-day programming
Whether you want to learn C++ programming for pleasure or you’re considering a career in programming, this book is an outstanding choice.
PDF C++ Without Fear A Beginner Guide That Makes You Feel Smart Brian Overland Books
"I bought this book a while ago when I humored my husband about my poor computer skills. I read pretty far the first day to creating the fahrenheit converter. Because of his lessons before that I was able to use the fahrenheit template to create a grocery savings calculator the first day. It's a great book! I have it on kindle but I am thinking of splurging to purchase it on paper."
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C++ Without Fear A Beginner Guide That Makes You Feel Smart Brian Overland Books Reviews
- First a very good primer on C++. I've learned much from it. Advanced topics are stated to be such, and are handled only after the necessary basics are introduced. The really nice thing is that it does NOT require a thorough understanding of the c language to understand and learn from the book.
The book includes instructions for using with two different IDEs (Integrated Development Environments). The problem is, these seem to be aimed at the Windows market. For LInux users, these instructions are not so helpful. I have been using the KDE development system, and there are some differences in coding when using this. The "using namespace" macro doesn't seem to have any effect. I'm actually having to include the std (or whatever) prefix to each operator aside from the usual math and assignment operators. - I bought this book a while ago when I humored my husband about my poor computer skills. I read pretty far the first day to creating the fahrenheit converter. Because of his lessons before that I was able to use the fahrenheit template to create a grocery savings calculator the first day. It's a great book! I have it on kindle but I am thinking of splurging to purchase it on paper.
- I think this is a great book, although I did just find a print problem. As each piece of code in the book often builds on the last, the author just prints a copy of the old code with the new changes in bold. On page 301 with the program Fract3.cpp the changes are not in bold. And the author forgot to leave in #include <stdlib.h> at the top of the file along with the other includes. Other than those two small problems I found I think this is an excellent book.
- I'm about halfway through this book and have learned a lot, and I think I'd recommend this to others with one warning there's some unfortunate typos/mistakes, including one in the example code so far. Other than that, I really like how easy the author made it to go into each topic quickly or in-depth, depending on your style.
I have the version, and on my Keyboard it's much easier to follow along with the orientation set to sideways; otherwise, the example code get chopped up and isn't very readable. On the iPad app everything is displayed just fine. - If you enjoy project oriented learning, this is a really good way to learn C++. Not a great reference manual but fantastic to learn how to use C++ making projects. It covers pointers, the trickiest part of C++ clearly and concisely.
- Outstanding book, but I sent it back, because page one gave me a headache, just trying to comprehend the syntax.
- Truly this book dispels any fear of a programming language one may have. Although i suggest if you truly fear a programming language maybe you should study another topic. One who has arachnophobia should not study arachnids. Sky divers cannot have a fear of heights, you catch my drift? Sure one can conquer their fear, but what happens when it creeps back up again? Is there a second book or in this case second first-year compendium that gets you over that seeping fear when you move on to advanced c++? There may be, but I'm not so sure.
But when all is said and done, C++ ain't that bad. But that's only if you think being trapped in a cave with a horde of flesh eating zombies chomping away at your dead family. Your mom's already beginning to rise from the dead, and all you have is a pistol with one bullet, and your only hope is to somehow ricochet the bullet into every zombie's head or at least enough for your to slip through uneaten. If that ain't bad, than C++ is a walk in the park with a pretty girl and a bottle of Bollinger Brut. - The book does as it promises - it gets you (my son) programming right away. It presents the details of what the statements are doing slowly and not overwhelmingly. I didn't give it 5 stars because the accompanying CD for the compiler and the run environment didn't load right (and seemed primitive - have to load/run from a DOS prompt???). HOWEVER, we simply went to Microsoft's site and downloaded the FREE Visual C++ Express edition which makes compiling and running SIMPLE so you can focus on the programming. It even gives you an express version of SQLServer.
