Summary:

Appropriate for intermediate level courses in C++ that assume a background in C.

Learn about the C++ ANSI standard from C++ expert and Standard Committee member Bruce Eckel. Assuming a basic grasp of C, Eckel guides students from understanding C to actually thinking in C++, so that they eventually write code in a total C++ mindset. His goal is to teach students the language so well that it becomes their expressive medium of choice.

Thinking in C++, Volume I, Second Edition features:

• Covers the new ANSI C++ standard, and is completely rewritten.
  • Includes comprehensive coverage for the final standard.
• Includes a cross-platform multimedia CD-ROM introduction to ANSI C.
  • Brings non-c programmers up to speed with a foundation in C as a preparation for using this C++ book.
• Emphasizes the most important and most usable features of C++.
  • Gives students practical advice on how to use the key features of C++ and makes the book a great reference.
• Includes practical advice and common pitfall coverage.
• Uses the Standard Template Library.
  • Students learn how to use this time saving feature.
• The book features one of the most widely praised and accessible presentations of object-oriented programming with C++.
• Shows students how to step back from coding to consider design strategies, and attempt to "get into the head" of the designer.
  • Students learn OO design from a master.
• Explains problem features in each chapter based on the way the author sees a particular type of problem being solved using the language.
  • Students learn problem solving strategies.
• Shows howto write portable C++ code that is compatible with any C++ platform.
  • Students acquire job skills.

Table of Contents:

1: Introduction to Objects

2: Making and Using Objects

3: The C in C++

4: Data Abstraction

5: Hiding the Implementation

6: Initialization and Cleanup

7: Function Overloading and Default Arguments

8: Constants

9: Inline Functions

10: Name Control

11: References and the Copy-Constructor

12: Operator Overloading

13: Dynamic Object Creation

14: Inheritance and Composition

15: Polymorphism and Virtual Functions

16: Introduction to Templates