Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.268
EAN: 9780789720795
ISBN: 0789720795
Label: Que
Manufacturer: Que
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 417
Publication Date: 1999-07
Publisher: Que
Sales Rank: 1576963
Studio: Que
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Rating:  - Great idea fallen short
I consider myself a novice programmer. I have taken just enough classes to get myself into trouble. I was very excited to find this book since I really enjoy the "hands-on" approach.
My disappointment quickly surfaced when I started seeing all of the typos!! They are everywhere in the text. The book starts a c++ project using two constants, minPositions and maxPositions and then, in the next chapter they are changed to minPos and maxPos without any warning. The author also jumps ... Read More
Rating:  - Mostly Scratch ....
The book has a sound concept. Use 1 example to develop C++ skills. The layout and presentation is clear and well thought out. However, The material on the CD-ROM does not check with the listings in the text. Most of the examples will not compile making this effort an extremely poor one. This book is typical of a failed IT project. The one spot of text that is immediately useful is appendix a - which covers a discussion of number systems. This however is only indirectly relevant to a book that is suppose ... Read More
Rating: - One of the worst ever. Good DoorStop
Jesse Liberty has many good books. Not this one though. The whole book is abot writing some stupid game and you won't learn a thing about C++
Must avoid
Rating: - Good idea but needs to be supplemented with other material.
I like this book, I really do. I love the idea of working on one project through the entire book. Since I'd like to program games at some point, the project described in the book (a game based on Mastermind) is one that has some relevance to me. There are problems however:
1) Not completely appropriate for the target audience - Jesse Liberty at least implies that this book will teach you enough to learn C++ and be able to program in it. This is misleading. In the beginning, things move smoothly, ... Read More
Rating: - Beware greenhorns: Typos + listing errors = Confusion
The book seemed to have a good concept: learn C++ from the very beginning by building an application (in this case, a terminal mode game).
It starts out nicely in the beginning chapters but then frustrates the reader with typos in the listings that prevents them from compiling. Add to that file names for the source code on the companion CD-ROM that don't match the names in the text and the results are a very dissappointing learning experience.
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