Starting Out with C++: Early Objects

by Tony Gaddis, Judy Walters, Godfrey Muganda

In Starting Out with C++: Early Objects, Gaddis covers objects and classes early after functions and before arrays and pointers. As with all Gaddis texts, clear and easy-to-read code listings, concise and practical real-world examples, and an abundance of exercises appear in every chapter.

Introduction to Computers and Programming; Introduction to C++; Expressions and Interactivity; Making Decisions; Looping; Functions; Introduction to Classes and Objects; Arrays; Searching and Sorting Arrays; Pointers; More About Classes and Object-Oriented Programming; More About Characters, Strings, and the string Class; Advanced File and I/O Operations; Recursion; Polymorphism, Virtual Functions, and Multiple Inheritance; Exceptions, Templates, and the Standard Template Library (STL); Linked Lists; Stacks and Queues; Binary Trees.

This text is intended for either a one-semester accelerated introductory course or a traditional two-semester sequence covering C++ programming.

Genres: Textbooks, Programming, Computer Science, Nonfiction, School, Reference

1152 pages, Paperback

Published August 9, 2007

Reviews

[Anna Williams · Rating 3 out of 5]

I hate C++

[Kimee · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this textbook for CS110B at CCSF in fall of 2020. As far as textbooks go this was fine: nothing super exceptional or well done, but nothing really poorly explained either.

[J · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's so boring and drags on. I barely learn anything because it's so bland and makes no connections

[Dumitru Moraru · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fără supărare față de creatorul C++ Bjarne Stroustrup, dar sunt cărți despre C++ mult mai bune decât cartea lui. Ediția dată e potrivită pentru începători și pentru cei care vor să-și reîmprospăteze cunoștințele! Cartea abordează multe subiecte de la cele mai simple la algoritmi de sortare și căutare, liste înlănțuite, programarea orientată pe obiecte nivel avansat. Autorul vine cu exemple și explicații. La fiecare capitol sunt exerciții teoretice și practice, dar fără răspunsuri. Poate e cea mai bună carte despre C++ pe care am citit-o în viața mea.

[Chris Seltzer · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is basically your bog standard introduction to programming textbook.

I will say that I got far more out of this one than I did from similar textbooks in high school. The examples were clearer, the organization was slightly better, and I found the supplementary material helpful.

Obviously, some things have changed about the C++ language, but I'm not sure how much that matters for introductory programming covering topics like looping and branching.

I'm also unsure if they've updated the textbook to a more recent version, but if you're looking for an introductory programming book using C++, this is probably as good as any.

[Jimyanni · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was okay, but it's a stretch to call it "accessible". Someone who is not already familiar with the jargon of programming would almost certainly get lost in the chatter here. It probably is very useful for someone skilled in another programming language to learn C++, but it would be very difficult for a novice programmer to learn to program beyond the very elementary basics using just this book. It would be a worthwhile supplement to a course, however, with a teacher to explain the confusing parts.

[Erik · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not bad, but the omission of command line arguments, the smallest index I've ever seen in a 1,000+ page textbook, and the amount of confusion the book caused for my less-savvy classmates drove me to my 3-star rating.

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book. Accelerated for a 1 semester class, or can be divided up into two semesters. I vote for the 2 semester option :)

[Nasser · Rating 4 out of 5]

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[Shreyas Pandey]

start

[Kenu · Rating 5 out of 5]

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