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Murach's C++ Programming
Murach's top authors have finally tackled C++ programming, rethinking the whole approach. So this book takes advantage of the modern techniques to make it easier to learn C++ than ever before. It's organized in a logical way that gets you off to a fast start with a practical subset of today's C++, and then builds out your coding and OOP skills to the professional level. With that foundation in place, it also covers older techniques so you'll be able to maintain the vast amount of legacy code that's out there, as well as work with embedded systems that don't support the newer techniques.
773 pages, Paperback
Published September 26, 2018
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March 22, 2019
“Murach's C++ Programming” is a great book for those starting out with C++. It's also good for those who haven't worked with C++ in almost 20 years!
The book follows the standard Murach paired pages format. On one side is the code and reference tables. On the other side is a textual description. The book teaches common concepts and programming idioms. This is a good way for picking up how to write good code.
If you are an experienced programmer, this format makes it easy to see what parts you can skim. Then it gets to the C++ specific parts. The library functions available are covered well. As is memory use. I forget how spoiled I am doing mainly JVM language development.
I particularly like that the book covers using both Visual Studio and Xcode. Knowing how to effectively use tools to debug is important. The OS specific bits are separated into different sections which is helpful.
This book took me way longer to read than I expected. I forgot a lot about C++ and a lot has changed in this time. The book kept me engaged as I read and learned more. Good book!
Disclosure: I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for writing this review on behalf of CodeRanch.
The book follows the standard Murach paired pages format. On one side is the code and reference tables. On the other side is a textual description. The book teaches common concepts and programming idioms. This is a good way for picking up how to write good code.
If you are an experienced programmer, this format makes it easy to see what parts you can skim. Then it gets to the C++ specific parts. The library functions available are covered well. As is memory use. I forget how spoiled I am doing mainly JVM language development.
I particularly like that the book covers using both Visual Studio and Xcode. Knowing how to effectively use tools to debug is important. The OS specific bits are separated into different sections which is helpful.
This book took me way longer to read than I expected. I forgot a lot about C++ and a lot has changed in this time. The book kept me engaged as I read and learned more. Good book!
Disclosure: I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for writing this review on behalf of CodeRanch.
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