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# Accelerated C++: Practical Programming by Example (C++ In-Depth Series)

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Review: A nearly perfect book for those new to C++ (but not new to programming) - The authors are widely considered to be among the world's foremost authorities on C++. What is perhaps even more important for the purposes of this review is that the authors are not only knowledgeable, but are also great teachers: they have used the material in this book for their professional-education course at Stanford University, and their pedagogic skills show on every page. It comes as no surprise, then, that "Accelerated C++" is consistently recommended to programmers who wish to learn C++. The Good: This book does not talk down to the reader. It assumes that you are intelligent and implicitly expects you to have previously come into contact with either procedural or object-oriented programming. Many different topics are covered in a short space (around 300 pages in total), but the text is highly readable owing to the authors's relaxed tone, as well as their many cross-references and their detailed explanations of the examples (after all, the book's subtitle is "practical programming by example"). Equally important, the authors have provided on their website the source code for all the examples in the book (and more), packaged for different platforms. As should be obvious, modifying, compiling, and running the code in parallel to reading the text is integral to understanding the concepts being introduced. In contradistinction to many other popular volumes, this book teaches real C++, not "C with classes". To illustrate this point, let me note that pointers and arrays are only introduced in Chapter 10 (of 16). "Accelerated C++" jumps right in and describes a variety of topics that are of use to professional C++ programmers, such as standard library algorithms, templates, allocators, dynamic binding, and more. The Bad: Some readers may find the student-grading and character-pictures examples a little boring (though what simple example isn't somewhat boring?). Also, the difficulty level of the exercises is not consistent (e.g. some have already been worked out in the provided source code). This book isn't really great as a reference: new concepts are introduced when they are needed for the purposes of the examples. This means that the chapters cannot really be read out of order. Futhermore, certain things like bitsets, switches, enums, and multiple inheritance are either relegated to the Appendices or are not mentioned at all. In a similar vein, object-oriented programming is not thoroughly discussed (as can be expected from such a short book): e.g., inheritance is introduced in chapter 13 (of 16). Finally, this book was published in 2000 and quite a bit has changed in the meantime. Most notably, we are now expecting a new standard to come out (still known as C++0x). Unfortunately, this book doesn't talk about TR1 (a specification for functionality being added to C++'s standard library) or boost (a collection of libraries offering TR1 implementations and much more), or threading in C++. A new edition of "Accelerated C++" apparently is in the works. Lest the reader feel that I am being too negative, I note that it is impossible for one book to please everyone and cover everything, while being always up-to-date and still remaining short. In a nutshell, this book is great at what it intends to be: a fast-paced, authoritative, and pedagogically sound introduction to (1998/2003) standard C++ . This book definitely deserves 5 stars. ---------------- My two cents on recommended follow-ups: * C++ Primer, 4th edition, by Stanley B. Lippman, Josee Lajoie, Barbara E. Moo A great second book which can be used to solidify and expand your understanding. The "C++ Primer" is over 800 pages long, but it is so well written that it can either be read cover-to-cover or used as a reference (see also my review of it on desertcart). * Effective C++, 3rd edition, by Scott Meyers This assumes you have already come across all of the material contained in "Accelerated C++" and in the "C++ Primer". It offers solid advice on numerous aspects of effective C++ development. Meyers also describes a few design patterns as well as more modern topics like TR1. Alexandros Gezerlis
Review: Great introduction to C++ and programming in general. - I read a number of reviews before settling on a C++ book. A review in a programming journal led me to this book, and it didn't disappoint. The authors take a particular approach to teaching C++ which doesn't teach object-oriented programming or C++ concepts (such as the STL) as an afterthought, but as the primary way of using the language. Many C++ books assume some familiarity with C, and reintroduce the concept before showing how it differs from C++. This book skips straight to the 'C++ way' of doing things, to great effect. I had done a little PERL, a little Python, and a little C before diving into this book, but I was far from an experienced programmer. That said, I had no problem getting through this book, especially the first 65% of it. The depth and complexity of topics within this book increases rapidly after the first half. After showing basic OOP aspects of C++ and how to solve basic programming problems in C++, they start to have you implement STL classes to understand how to implement classes that can handle all types of operations appropriate to that class. The only complaint I have about this book is a strength and a weakness. As the chapters progress, the main example problem they have you work with (a program to keep track of and calculate students grades) continues to evolve and increase in complexity and features, which is great. The problem is, they often ask you to add a feature or reimplement a feature, assuming that you've either got it right there in front of you, and/or remember precisely how it was implemented. If you don't work through this book in some consecutive period of time (which I didn't - I took some breaks and/or used various machines to do different parts, and as such didn't have all my code nicely organized in one place) then it can take a considerable amount of effort to reimplement and/or rediscover the particular code they're asking you to modify. This is a reasonable expectation. It's just that if you don't have the same machine with a nice, organized copy of your code as you progressed, or if you've not been looking at the material for some time, it takes a good deal of effort to catch back up with where they want you to be in order to get on with the exercise they're asking you to do. All in all, I learned the most programming I've learned from any book by focusing on the problems and features highlighted in this book. The explanations are all excellent and clear, and teach you not only the basic C++ language, object-oriented programming, and STL features such as copy() and find() that are standard ways of doing common actions in C++.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
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| Best Sellers Rank | #526,727 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #113 in C++ Programming Language #509 in Software Development (Books) #1,177 in Computer Software (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.2 out of 5 stars 314 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A nearly perfect book for those new to C++ (but not new to programming)
*by A***G on March 7, 2010*

The authors are widely considered to be among the world's foremost authorities on C++. What is perhaps even more important for the purposes of this review is that the authors are not only knowledgeable, but are also great teachers: they have used the material in this book for their professional-education course at Stanford University, and their pedagogic skills show on every page. It comes as no surprise, then, that "Accelerated C++" is consistently recommended to programmers who wish to learn C++. The Good: This book does not talk down to the reader. It assumes that you are intelligent and implicitly expects you to have previously come into contact with either procedural or object-oriented programming. Many different topics are covered in a short space (around 300 pages in total), but the text is highly readable owing to the authors's relaxed tone, as well as their many cross-references and their detailed explanations of the examples (after all, the book's subtitle is "practical programming by example"). Equally important, the authors have provided on their website the source code for all the examples in the book (and more), packaged for different platforms. As should be obvious, modifying, compiling, and running the code in parallel to reading the text is integral to understanding the concepts being introduced. In contradistinction to many other popular volumes, this book teaches real C++, not "C with classes". To illustrate this point, let me note that pointers and arrays are only introduced in Chapter 10 (of 16). "Accelerated C++" jumps right in and describes a variety of topics that are of use to professional C++ programmers, such as standard library algorithms, templates, allocators, dynamic binding, and more. The Bad: Some readers may find the student-grading and character-pictures examples a little boring (though what simple example isn't somewhat boring?). Also, the difficulty level of the exercises is not consistent (e.g. some have already been worked out in the provided source code). This book isn't really great as a reference: new concepts are introduced when they are needed for the purposes of the examples. This means that the chapters cannot really be read out of order. Futhermore, certain things like bitsets, switches, enums, and multiple inheritance are either relegated to the Appendices or are not mentioned at all. In a similar vein, object-oriented programming is not thoroughly discussed (as can be expected from such a short book): e.g., inheritance is introduced in chapter 13 (of 16). Finally, this book was published in 2000 and quite a bit has changed in the meantime. Most notably, we are now expecting a new standard to come out (still known as C++0x). Unfortunately, this book doesn't talk about TR1 (a specification for functionality being added to C++'s standard library) or boost (a collection of libraries offering TR1 implementations and much more), or threading in C++. A new edition of "Accelerated C++" apparently is in the works. Lest the reader feel that I am being too negative, I note that it is impossible for one book to please everyone and cover everything, while being always up-to-date and still remaining short. In a nutshell, this book is great at what it intends to be: a fast-paced, authoritative, and pedagogically sound introduction to (1998/2003) standard C++ . This book definitely deserves 5 stars. ---------------- My two cents on recommended follow-ups: * C++ Primer, 4th edition, by Stanley B. Lippman, Josee Lajoie, Barbara E. Moo A great second book which can be used to solidify and expand your understanding. The "C++ Primer" is over 800 pages long, but it is so well written that it can either be read cover-to-cover or used as a reference (see also my review of it on amazon). * Effective C++, 3rd edition, by Scott Meyers This assumes you have already come across all of the material contained in "Accelerated C++" and in the "C++ Primer". It offers solid advice on numerous aspects of effective C++ development. Meyers also describes a few design patterns as well as more modern topics like TR1. Alexandros Gezerlis

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great introduction to C++ and programming in general.
*by C***T on August 27, 2015*

I read a number of reviews before settling on a C++ book. A review in a programming journal led me to this book, and it didn't disappoint. The authors take a particular approach to teaching C++ which doesn't teach object-oriented programming or C++ concepts (such as the STL) as an afterthought, but as the primary way of using the language. Many C++ books assume some familiarity with C, and reintroduce the concept before showing how it differs from C++. This book skips straight to the 'C++ way' of doing things, to great effect. I had done a little PERL, a little Python, and a little C before diving into this book, but I was far from an experienced programmer. That said, I had no problem getting through this book, especially the first 65% of it. The depth and complexity of topics within this book increases rapidly after the first half. After showing basic OOP aspects of C++ and how to solve basic programming problems in C++, they start to have you implement STL classes to understand how to implement classes that can handle all types of operations appropriate to that class. The only complaint I have about this book is a strength and a weakness. As the chapters progress, the main example problem they have you work with (a program to keep track of and calculate students grades) continues to evolve and increase in complexity and features, which is great. The problem is, they often ask you to add a feature or reimplement a feature, assuming that you've either got it right there in front of you, and/or remember precisely how it was implemented. If you don't work through this book in some consecutive period of time (which I didn't - I took some breaks and/or used various machines to do different parts, and as such didn't have all my code nicely organized in one place) then it can take a considerable amount of effort to reimplement and/or rediscover the particular code they're asking you to modify. This is a reasonable expectation. It's just that if you don't have the same machine with a nice, organized copy of your code as you progressed, or if you've not been looking at the material for some time, it takes a good deal of effort to catch back up with where they want you to be in order to get on with the exercise they're asking you to do. All in all, I learned the most programming I've learned from any book by focusing on the problems and features highlighted in this book. The explanations are all excellent and clear, and teach you not only the basic C++ language, object-oriented programming, and STL features such as copy() and find() that are standard ways of doing common actions in C++.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great book to gain working knowledge except for lack of example output
*by T***R on November 29, 2014*

I had taken a c++ class years prior though had never had to program with vigor using c++ in my work tasks. That changed and I needed a book to walk me through what was important in coming up to speed with learning, modifying and developing a very large c++ simulation. This book is perfect for this. This book walks one through a regimen that begins with material relevant in most programs; rather than "basic" not so relevant material. The length is not so large as to scare away; some similar books are so long that it would take a year to seriously plow through them. The book will get you up and going in using library functions and developing your own functions before it even touches class structure or inheritance which is addressed in the second half and is done is such a way that many of the advanced concepts are understood based upon the practical work covered in the first half of the book. The only critical remarks I have is that the book gives many very useful examples that really need to be followed and programmed by the reader and yet there is no output to these examples given to compare answers to. I also found that the generation of the input streams to many of the examples needed slight modifications depending upon the platform / compiler being used. Other than these two things, the book is a great buy.

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