Course Technology A First Book of C++, From Here to There

Product Description The Third Edition of Gary Bronson's highly successful book takes a hands-on, applied approach to CS1. The book begins with procedural programming in C, and then gradually introduces object-oriented programming features and the C++ language syntax that enables first-time programmers to use them. Review 1. Getting Started 2. Data Types, Declarations, and Displays 3. Assignments and Interactive Input 4. Selection 5. Repetition 6. Modularity Using Functions 7. Completing the Basics 8. Arrays 9. Pointers 10. Strings as Character Arrays 11. Structures 12. Introduction to Classes 13. Additional Class Capabilities 14. Class Functions, Conversions, and Inheritance 15. I/O File Streams and Data Files 16. The Standard Template Library (STL) Appendices A: Operator Precedence Table B: ASCII Character Codes C: Bit Operations D: Solutions About the Author Dr. Gary J. Bronson is a Professor of Information Systems at Fairleigh Dickinson University, where he has twice been voted Teacher of the Year. Dr. Bronson has worked as a senior project engineer at Lockheed Electronics, has been an invited instructor and consultant to Bell Laboratories, and has served as a software consultant to a number of Wall Street financial firms. He has also authored several successful programming textbooks on C, C++, and Java™ as well as articles on teaching Excel® using incrementally reinforcing case studies.