Ebook: Beginning Programming with C++ For Dummies

Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; About This Book; Foolish Assumptions; How This Book Is Organized; Part I: Getting Started with C++ Programming; Part II: Writing a Program: Decisions, Decisions; Part III: Becoming a Procedural Programmer; Part IV: Data Structures; Part V: Object-Oriented Programming; Part VI: Advanced Strokes; Part VII: The Part of Tens; Icons Used in This Book; Beyond the Book; Where to Go from Here; Part I: Getting Started with C++ Programming; Chapter 1: What Is a Program?; How Does My Son Differ from a Computer?; Programming a "Human Computer";This updated guide explores the basic development concepts and techniques of C++ from a beginner's point of view, and helps make sense of the how and why of C++ programming from the ground up. Beginning with an introduction to how programming languages function, the book goes on to explore how to work with integer expressions and character expressions, keep errors out of code, use loops and functions, divide code into modules, and become a functional programmer. It covers how to master basic development concepts and techniques in C++ and get rid of bugs and write programs that work. All the code from the book and an updated C++ compiler is on the companion website. --