Essence of C++ - Softcover

Bell, Douglas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0132061864 ISBN 13: 9780132061865

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 1996

The Prentice Hall Essence of Computing Series provides a concise, practicle and uniform introduction to the core components of an undergraduate computer science degree. Acknowledging the recent changes within Higher Education, this approach uses a variety of pedagogical tools-case studies, worked examples and self test questions - to underpin the student's learning. The Essence of Programming in C++ is an introduction to the concepts and techniques of programming. It assumes no prior knowledge of the subject, and enables the reader to write small and medium sized programs in the popular C ++language. This book embraces all the significant areas of programming including control structures and arrays. Functions and parameter passing are explored along with the testing and debugging of programs.

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Review:

The Essence of Programming in C++ contains a simple introduction to looping constructs, functions, and arrays, but neglects to discuss the language features that make C++ an object-oriented system. If C++ is your first programming language, then this book might serve as a starting point, but you will have to turn to another manual to learn about classes, inheritance, and hierarchies. (The author states that object-oriented programming is beyond the scope of the manual.) Because of this omission, The Essence of Programming in C++ is indistinguishable from a C programming language manual and is not recommended for someone who already knows C.

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Compares all the leading methods for creating a program's structure, and helps programmers understand when each is most appropriate.Program design is about the way programmers create structures for their programs. The book covers several of the most commonly-used approaches, showing when each approach is valid, and which have general utility. It helps programmers select the methods that are best for them and their applications. It covers essential program design topics including functional decomposition, data structure design, dataflow design, object-oriented design, design notations, and design guidelines.Any programmer or programming student.

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