Your Fast-Paced Guide to C++ Success!
No one teaches C++ better than Herb Schildt. That's why his books are the choice of millions worldwide. Now you, too, can quickly master C++ using his proven method. In this fully updated new edition, Herb explains the C++ language, from its fundamentals to its most advanced features. You'll start with an overview of C++ and the general form of a C++ program. You'll then learn essentials such as control statements, operators, variables, classes, and objects. Then it's on to exceptions, templates, namespaces, run-time type ID, and the Standard Template Library (STL). There is even a synopsis of the extended keywords used for .NET programming--all presented in Herb's clear, crisp, uncompromising style.
You will learn about:
- The general form of a C++ program
- Data types, operators, and expressions
- Control statements
- Functions
- Pointers and references
- Classes and objects
- Function and operator overloading
- Constructors and destructors
- Templates
- Exception handling
- Inheritance
- Virtual functions
- The C++ I/O system
- Run-time type ID
- Namespaces
- The Standard Template Library (STL)
- Object-oriented programming (OOP) principles
- And much, much more!
About the AuthorHerb Schildt (Mahomet, IL) is a leading authority on C and C++ and a best-selling author whose books have sold more than 2 million copies. His acclaimed C and C++ books include Teach Yourself C, C++ from the Ground Up, C++: The Complete Reference, Java Programmer's Reference, STL Programming from the Ground Up, Windows 98 Programming from the Ground Up, and co-author of C/C++ Annotated Archives.