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Mar 12, 2014

A good introduction, but chapter ordering seems bizarre - e.g. several on data structures injected between introduction and elaboration on class inheritance.

Also some bad practices seemingly needlessly introduced - throwing an int as a method of passing data for example.

Also much repetition - a single page will state something once, have a highlight box with the text copy and pasted, and then state it again before elaborating. Multiple pages of example then follow. It will be mentioned again in A good introduction, but chapter ordering seems bizarre - e.g. several on data structures injected between introduction and elaboration on class inheritance.

Also some bad practices seemingly needlessly introduced - throwing an int as a method of passing data for example.

Also much repetition - a single page will state something once, have a highlight box with the text copy and pasted, and then state it again before elaborating. Multiple pages of example then follow. It will be mentioned again in chapter summary.

If it's important, the highlight box is good. But it doesn't need to also appear in main body, except to elaborate; not to restate. No one reads "body but no highlights". Chapter summary is good and I only object to it as it feels like the 50th time I'm reading the same text in some cases.

Could easily be trimmed 25% without losing ease of reading. Readers can re-read, it doesn't need to be stated twice.

-- * It doesn't need to be stated twice. * --

It doesn't need to be stated twice, because readers can re-read.

In summary: format could be improved by minimising repetition. ...more

4

Dec 05, 2018

Good introduction and well written up to chapter 12. Things fall apart in Chapter 13. It did a better job explaining and using inheritance and polymorphism compared to Dale (C++ Data Structures). In general the example code in this book is without error. Needs to be more detailed regarding operator overloads.

5

Mar 06, 2018

Absolutely the best book of my programming degree, hands down. My professor chose the best books for computer science I & II classes (this one, and "Data Abstraction & Problem Solving with C++ as the follow-up in the next class). I kept this one and it still sits on my shelf dog-eared, marked up, and well-loved. I learned more from this book than any other during my degree.

4

May 16, 2010

I read this book before starting a C++ class and I thought this book was much better written than the book were using in class. I think Savitch did a good job breaking down the code examples well for a beginner and introduces things at the perfect rate. I thought the chapters needed a little reorganizing though, as it seemed like some of the concepts were introduced in a weird order. But I noticed that the newer editions have pretty drastic changes in chapter numbers, so maybe that's been fixed. I read this book before starting a C++ class and I thought this book was much better written than the book were using in class. I think Savitch did a good job breaking down the code examples well for a beginner and introduces things at the perfect rate. I thought the chapters needed a little reorganizing though, as it seemed like some of the concepts were introduced in a weird order. But I noticed that the newer editions have pretty drastic changes in chapter numbers, so maybe that's been fixed. This book would be a little slow for people who already know a object oriented coding language. ...more

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Sep 18, 2011

CSC201:Structured Programming
Fall 2011-2012
SuTuTh 3-3:50 pm



I learned the basics of programming on this course..C++ is cool and sometimes boring..
we still didn't finish the book..we gonna complete on it next semester.


CSC202:Object Oriented Programming
Spring 2011-2012
SuTuTh 12-12:50 pm

4

Sep 03, 2016

This was a very clear and concise introduction to basic programming task with C++. I especially enjoyed the personality and selected quotes that started each section.

4

Jul 03, 2008

Great beginner book for learning Object oriented programming and C++

4

Oct 09, 2007

Wah akhirnya aku baca buk-buku seperti ini juga. Ajaibnya, setelah aku lulus kuliah. Hihihi.....

5

Dec 30, 2018

I received this book as a gift when I was 12 years old and it changed my life. I'm now an artificial intelligence software engineer.

5

Jul 10, 2018

Very good book to understand the basics of c++ and programming in general.

5

Jan 25, 2015

Great for beginner programmers of C++. I highly recommend this textbook, especially for the very useful programming projects.