Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 21 Days (5th Edition) (Sams Teach Yourself)

The C++ Standard Library : A Tutorial and Reference

The C++ Programming Language (Special 3rd Edition)

Accelerated C++: Practical Programming by Example

C

C++ Primer Plus (5th Edition) (Primer Plus (Sams))

Format: Paperback
Author: Stephen Prata
ReleaseDate: 15 November, 2004
Publisher: Sams
Rating:

Great book
I bought this book to build my knowlage of C++. I'v have some experience with C, C++, and C#(my favorite). I have learned alot from it. It can be read cover to cover and it makes a good reference also. Even though im mainly a C# programmer it helps to know C++. This book is pretty easy to read and the aurthor explains everything in plain english and has plenty of simple examples to complement what he is trying to teach you. Although I couldnt understand some things like explicit template specialization.

So far so good.
So far, I've enjoyed this book. Let me start off: This book has over 1000 pages and will take quite a long time to finish. Only one problem though. Ending a chapter with programming exercises is great! However, the author does not provide example answers in an appendix at the end of the book like he does for the review questions, -so you are left to speculate whether your answer to each question is correct, something that could lead to confusion. Aside from that, I couldn't find a thing wrong with the book! I really enjoyed the hand holding that goes on throughout the text and feel this is necessary for a beginning book. Let's face it, learning to program is tough! This book is awesome and provides the foundation, or seed from which a student could easily understand, and grow what will be a fruitful learning experiance into their foray of C++ programming. .

OOP with C++ , Good but not Great !
Some of my friends found it to be very ambiguous and confusing. I bought this book while taking my first CS classes at the university and it just put some order in my OOP understanding. For any student who's taking CS classes I would advise to look around, this book is good but not great!

It's geared toward the beginner/novice programmer and the info is in depth.

Bottom line: 3 stars.