Beginning C++

What's Great About this Book?

• Written by Ivor Horton, author of bestselling Beginning Visual C++5 (1861000081)
  
• Goes from first steps in programming and takes nothing for granted
  
• Covers enough ground to write useful applications
  
• Loaded with examples and exercises
  
• Covers the standard C++ for any platform - PC, Unix etc

No knowledge of other programming languages is assumed. Ivor teaches C++ as a first step in programming, taking a complete novice to a competent programmer. The explanations are therefore thorough and leave no gray areas. This also makes the book useful for people with limited programming experience in another language who want a thorough grounding in C++.

This book is not specific to any compiler or computer, making it a valuable learning tool regardless of whether you are using an old 486 with DOS, or the latest Sun SparcStation. This is an easy-going tutorial, based on a proven formula of step-by-step examples and friendly explanations.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1: Basic Ideas

Chapter 2: Basic Data Types and Calculations

Chapter 3: More on Handling Basic Data Types

Chapter 4: Choices and Decisions

Chapter 5: Loops

Chapter 6: Arrays and Strings

Chapter 7: Pointers

Chapter 8: Programming with Functions

Chapter 9: More on Functions

Chapter 10: Program Files and the Preprocessor

Chapter 11: Creating your own Data Types

Chapter 12: Classes

Chapter 13: Class Operations

Chapter 14: Operator Overloading

Chapter 15: Inheritance

Chapter 16: Virtual Functions and Polymorphism

Chapter 17: Program Errors and Exception Handling

Chapter 18: Class Templates

Chapter 19: Input and Output Operations

Chapter 20: Introducing the Standard Template Library

Appendix A: ASCII Codes

Appendix B: C++ Keywords

Appendix C: Standard Library Header Files

Appendix D: Operator Precedence and Associativity

Appendix E: Database Project