Rating:  - Middle School Classroom Use
This program has been very intriguing and massively helpful on how to use powerful programming language, C++. The only problem for me as a middle school student was sometimes having the concentrate real hard on what the manual said. However, my teacher required me to figure it out myself as part of the problem solving process. I did. I am still working on how to create pictures. I really enjoy the challenge
Rating:  - I can find what I need to know
I am a 44 year old professional who is going back to school (UOP) to add a BS degree in information technology. I wanted to say thank you for providing such great packages. I do not use adjectives such as great very often so consider it a very high compliment. I am presently learning C++ and have 6 different books references on the language. I find that I continually return back to your CD and course to find what I am looking for.
I have taught programing for M & G code as well as worked with many industrial PLC's (hope the abbreviations are understood) so understand the logic behind writting software. I also understand a little about good teaching. Again your program is great. I will always look for your books when I want to learn a new subject and will recommend them to others also.
Larry Walker
Technical Manager
Mass in Motion, Inc.
Rating: - The Mother of ALL programming books!
This book is the best book on programming I have ever seen. If you want to learn how to program, and I mean REALLY program, not just fooling around with little useless "hello world" type programs, then do yourself a favor, buy this book! This is the most complete treatment of programming that I have ever seen. It goes from the beginning, assuming no prior knowledge of programming, and by the middle of the book, you will be writting your own virtual computer, as well as a computer language and a compiler for it! The first 14 chapters are on C and focuses on structured programming. This is the most comprehensive treatment I have ever seen on the subject. It shows you how to 'design' software, and how to emplement and design useful algorithms to solve programming problems. Also the book is filled with highlighted tips on how to increase the performance of your programs, how to avoid common errors, software engineering tips, and how to write pretty looking code. Most books never even mention any of these things, and only contain useless snippits of code to show you the syntax. Unfortunatly, knowing the syntax of a language does not make you a programmer. The next ten or so chapters of the book introduce object oriented programming with C++. An intense treatment of the subject, while staying easy to comprehend and follow. And the last ten to 15 chapter cover gui programming with Java. You will learn how to write real multimedia applications! To make a long story short, this book is great in every way. All of its sections tie in nicely with each other and it flows well and easily. Also, the numerous examples tips, and excersises are great. Where most books make you do silly and useless excercises, here is one of the excersises from this book for example, in chapter 30 excercise 20 you have to write a complete gui drawing application. This just shows you how indepth this book goes. This book will teach you how to program. And the stuff you learn in this book can be applied to any other programming language. This book doesnt aim at just teaching you C, it aims at teaching you how to program, using C, c++ and Java as a tool. There is a big difference. Thanks Deitle & Deitle!
Rating: - Excellent Coverage of C.
Anyone in his first year of engineering/Computer science is haunted by the nightmare of writing programs.The experience is common....the first time I saw a program(which seemed as cryptic as some enigmatic script from paleolithic era)....I said to myself...."GOD--WHY ME??".Our text "C Program design for engineers " didn't help much.
Then I lay my hands on this wonderful wonderful book.The best thing about this book is that it does not assume any prior programming experience on the reader's part.Another feature that I found extremely helpful is the use of LIVE CODE approach...which technically shows you the output for every program.The treatment is quite exhaustive and subsequent chapters are based on concepts covered in previous chapters.Once you are through with C....the book gradually introduces object oriented programming with C++ and then Java.The point is, even though languages like c++ and Java have more functionality than C...you need to learn C?WHY?....well if not for anything else, then for appreciating the features of an Object oriented language like Java.Trust me...I learnt Java first.....and it always lingered in my mind, WHY an object oriented language?After learning C...I know the answer.
One piece of advice, if you are learning programming outside your school curricula or on your own......you are better off with a book like Ivor Horton's Begining C.
By the way, just get one Deitel Book, don't buy the same author's Java-how to program, if you already own a copy of C-how to program.....because they use the same programs in all their books just changing the syntax.....more than half of these books is the same....so use that money to get a different author's perspective.:)
Rating:  - Wait.... how did that get there?
I bought this book for a C course I am taking, and not being new to programming, I assumed that it would be a piece of cake with the much-raved-about book (this one). However, I was surprised, when going through the lessons, when they introduced commands in the sample programs without even mentioning them in the text. I had to start up my compiler and experiment with the commands to understand those.... Overall, this book is ok, but not my first reccomendation.
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