Absolute Beginner's Guide to C
Takes beginners on a deluxe tour of the ins and outs of C programming. It provides detailed information in a friendly, informative manner, and talks to you at your level, without talking down to you. Absolute Beginner's Guide, Second Edition, teaches you the basics of C, including how to organize a program, print to the screen, and store data. Numerous concepts, such as variables, operators, file I/O, pointers, arrays, and functions might seem foreign now, but with this book, you will become a proficient C programmer. Friendly icons highlight notes, clues, pitfalls, warnings, and rewards to make the text easier for you to follow and understand. A tear-out card of C functions, a hierarchy chart, a special "Where Do I Go From here" section, and other useful quick reference materials are also included for your convenience. Learn C programming terms and concepts in a non-cryptic style which presumes no prior programming knowledge or experience.
- Cost: $9.89
- Pages: 309
- Edition: 2nd edition
- ISBN: 0672303418
Accelerated C++
After a tour of basic C++, the book looks at more advanced C++ features, such as templates, including built-in support for containers. Besides tapping the strength of Standard C++, you also will learn to design with your own templates. All examples make use of the command line and console (without GUI programs), but the advantage is that this code should run on any of today's operating systems and compilers. Later sections cover the basics of class design, which include good coverage of operator overloading and inheritance. Topics covered include: Introduction to C++; Console I/O with stream classes; Basic string handling; Loop and flow-control statements; Arrays; functions; methods; Standard Template Library; Iterators; Sorting and generic functions; Basic class design; Pointers and arrays; File I/O; Memory management including statically and dynamically allocated memory; Stream support; Conversion operators; Operator Overloading; and much more.
- Cost: $39.99
- Pages: 336
- Edition: 1st edition
- ISBN: 020170353X
Beginning C++
Even working C++ programmers may not be familiar with all the advanced features of the Standard C++. The approach throughout Beginning C++ is to cover what C++ does out of the box. (One good reason to consider C++ instead of Java, for example, is that C++ is very close to becoming an international standard, while Java continues to fragment amid proprietary disputes between vendors such as Sun Microsystems and Microsoft.) Even early chapters introduce Standard Library features along with basic C++ data types, keywords, operators, and flow control statements. The built-in C++ string class gets full coverage, all before the book introduces the concepts of pointers. Later chapters explore topics in class design, which lets you design custom effective classes in C++. Thorny issues in class design, such as inheritance, virtual methods, and the proper use of default and copy constructors, as well as advantages of operator overloading are included.
- Cost: $27.99
- Pages: 953
- Edition: 2nd edition
- ISBN: 186100012X
Beginning Visual C++ 6
Visual C++ 6 is the latest incarnation of Microsoft's premier development product for C++ developers. It contains the latest version of the MFC&T (Microsoft Foundation Classes & Templates) which has virtually become the Industry-wide library used to write Windows programs. Visual C++ 6 also contains the Active Template Library 3.0 ( ATL ) , which is a framework and collection of Wizards for writing ActiveX & COM controls. This book is a tutorial in use of all the major functions of Visual C++ 6. Proven teaching methods guarantee success to novice C++ programmers with a complete tutorial from 'vanilla' C++ , through to OO programming, Windows and using MFC&T. Each concept is supported by graduated code examples and the reader will be coherent in writing a real Windows program and controls by the end of the book. The author covers all the bases here in a title that will certainly compare favorably with any other Visual C++ tutorial on the market.
- Cost: $34.99
- Pages: 1181
- Edition: 1st edition
- ISBN: 186100088X
Borland C++ Builder 6 Guide
C++Builder 5 Developer's Guide is a completely new book authored by insiders of the C++Builder development community. You will learn advanced debugging techniques using CodeGuard, master multi-tier distributed applications with MIDAS 3, discover the latest in multi-media techniques with OpenGL, DirectX, and others, master memory management, learn how to build a chat system with TCP/IP, and more. XML, HTML, CORBA, VisiBroker, ActiveX, and COM+ Server are new features covered by this new edition. Born from exchanges on "The Bits" C++ Builder technical discussion list, this book includes articles by 34 contributors from around the world who set out to explore not only material new to version 5, but also developer techniques and topics not covered anywhere else. The result is a guide to help developers expand their existing C++ Builder skills to create better, larger, more complex applications. This is not a C++ primer on the C++ Builder application.
- Cost: $41.99
- Pages: 1128
- Edition: 1st edition
- ISBN: 0672324806
Building Your Own C++ Compiler
Holmes satisfies the dual demand for an introduction to compilers and a hands-on compiler construction project manual in The Object-Oriented Compiler Workbook. This book details the construction process of a fundamental, yet functional compiler, so that readers learn by actually doing. It uses C++ as the implementation language, the most popular Object Oriented language, and compiles a tiny subset of Pascal, resulting in source language constructs that are already a part of most readers' experience. It offers extensive figures detailing the behavior of the compiler, especially as it relates to the parse tree. It supplies complete source codes for example compiler listed as an appendix and available by FTP. Holmes satisfies the dual demand for an introduction to compilers and a hands-on compiler construction project manual in Building Your Own Compiler. This is an excellent choice for novice programmers wanting to build a compiler.
- Cost: $34.80
- Pages: 112
- Edition: Facsimile edition
- ISBN: 0131821067
C For Dummies
C For Dummies, Volume Two, is the much awaited sequel to C For Dummies, Volume One. It's the rest of the story filled with relevant information that C programmers need to know. This down-to-earth reference explores the short history of the C language and provides helpful tips that show users how to trouble-shoot in C. Soon, you'll be able to figure out functions and find out how to deal with the ever-changing variables and math associated with C programming. It's actually explained in a way that makes C fun and easy to understand! This book includes advice on how to get the best hand-holding information ever written about pointers; Create large projects; Find detailed information about strings, structures, and disk access; Discover a C language summary; Read special information about Borland and Microsoft compilers; Implement tips and tricks from C gurus; Ace the fun quizzes and final exams that appear after each lesson and chapter.
- Cost: $17.49
- Pages: 1068
- Edition: paperback, Volume 2
- ISBN: 156884915X
C for Linux Programming
Sams Teach Yourself C for Linux Programming in 21 Days presents C programming techniques in a logical and easy-to-follow sequence that helps you understand the principles involved in developing C programs. You'll begin the basics of writing a program, then move on to arrays, pointers, disk input/output, functions, and more. Learn the basics of C, including variables, constants, conditional statements, loops, pointers, data structures, input/output, and functions. This book presents C in the most logical and easy-to-learn sequence, and is geared towards programmers learning the C language for Linux. Also included will be additional material needed to develop and execute programs for Linux. Erik de Castro Lopo is a professional Research and Develpoment engineer who lives and works in Sydney Australia. He used UNIX extensively while at University and discovered Linux in 1995. He is a regular visitor to the Linux Usenet newsgroups.
- Cost: $20.99
- Pages: 768
- Edition: Book and CD-ROM edition
- ISBN: 0672315971
C Programming Language
This book is meant to help the reader learn how to program in C. It is the definitive reference guide, now in a second edition. Although the first edition was written in 1978, it continues to be a worldwide best-seller. This second edition brings the classic original up to date to include the ANSI standard. We have tried to retain the brevity of the first edition. C is not a big language, and it is not well served by a big book. We have improved the exposition of critical features, such as pointers, that are central to C programming. We have refined the original examples, and have added new examples in several chapters. For instance, the treatment of complicated declarations is augmented by programs that convert declarations into words and vice versa. As before, all examples have been tested directly from the text, which is in machine-readable form. This second edition of The C Programming Language describes C as defined by the ANSI standard.
- Cost: $40.00
- Pages: 272
- Edition: 2nd edition
- ISBN: 0131103628
C++ (Teach Yourself Books)
Teach Yourself C++ is a concise guide to one of the most popular programming languages in use today. All aspects of the programming are clearly explained, with examples and exercises used throughout. The book covers data storage and flow control, standard library functions, the preprocessor, pointers and reference variables, object-oriented programming. Richard Riley is an experience computer programmer and has written extensively in C++, Perl, Java, JavaScript and HTML. Topics include and introduction to C++, C++ compiler, the code linker, handling data, physical memory, casting, control statements such as the if statement and switch statement, loops, break and continue, arrays, handling strings in C++, declaring functions, data scope, the C Standard Library, header files, classic C I/O, simple file handling, Blocked I/O, trick string manipulation, dynamic memory allocation, the preprocessor, the #include directive, macro traps, and much more.
- Cost: $10.47
- Pages: 192
- Edition: paperback
- ISBN: 0658006967
