John Paul Mueller - C++ All-in-One For Dummies

C++ All-in-One For Dummies, 4th Edition

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2020949804

ISBN: 978-1-119-60174-6

ISBN 978-1-119-60175-3 (ebk); ISBN 978-1-119-60173-9 (ebk)

1. Book 1 Chapter 2
2. Book 1 Chapter 3
3. Book 1 Chapter 4
4. Book 1 Chapter 5
5. Book 2 Chapter 1
6. Book 3 Chapter 2
7. Book 5 Chapter 2
8. Book 6 Chapter 2
9. Book 7 Chapter 2

1. Book 1 Chapter 1
2. Book 1 Chapter 2
3. Book 1 Chapter 3
4. Book 1 Chapter 5
5. Book 1 Chapter 6
6. Book 1 Chapter 7
7. Book 1 Chapter 8
8. Book 2 Chapter 2
9. Book 2 Chapter 3
10. Book 2 Chapter 4
11. Book 3 Chapter 1
12. Book 4 Chapter 2
13. Book 4 Chapter 3
14. Book 4 Chapter 4
15. Book 5 Chapter 1
16. Book 5 Chapter 4
17. Book 6 Chapter 1
18. Book 7 Chapter 3
19. Book 7 Chapter 4
20. Book 7 Chapter 5

There are many general-purpose programming languages today, but few can claim to be the language of the millennium. C++ can make that claim, and for good reason:

• Its powerful. You can write almost any program in it.
• Its fast, and its fully compiled. Thats a good thing.
• Its easy to use if you have this book.
• Its object oriented. If youre not sure what that is, dont worry. You can find out about it by reading this very book youre holding.
• It supports functional programming techniques, which makes modeling math problems considerably easier and makes parallel processing easier. This book covers functional programming techniques, too.
• Its portable. Versions are available for nearly every computer.
• Its standardized. The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and the International Standards Organization (ISO) both approve an official version.
• Its continually updated to meet the changing challenges of the computer community.
• Its popular. More people are using C++ because so many other people use it.

Sure, some people criticize C++. But most of these people dont truly understand C++ or are just having a bad day. Or both.

This book is a hands-on, roll-up-your-sleeves experience that gives you the opportunity to truly learn C++. This edition starts out by helping you get a great C++ installation in place. A lot of readers wrote to tell me that they simply couldnt get C++ to work for them, and I listened by adding configuration instructions in Book 1, . You can find instructions for working with the Mac, Linux, and Windows throughout the book. The examples are also tested to work on all three platforms.

C++ All-in-One For Dummies, 4th Edition, is devoted to working with C++ wherever you want to use it. Book 1, even includes techniques for writing C++ code on your mobile device, although writing a complex application on your smartphone would be understandably difficult because of the small device size.

At the very beginning, I start you out from square one. I dont assume any programming experience whatsoever. Everybody has to start somewhere. You can start here. Not to brag, but you are in the hands of a highly successful C++ developer who has shown thousands of people how to program, many of whom also started out from square one.

You already know C++? This book is great for you, too, because although I start discussing C++ from the beginning, I cover the important aspects of the language in depth. Even if youve used C++ in the past, this book gets you up to speed with the latest in C++ 14 and above innovations, including C++ 20 additions. Plus, this edition of the book focuses on all the latest programming strategies while removing some of the less used functionality of the past.

If youre interested in using the time-tested Object Oriented Programming (OOP) techniques that C++ developers have used for years, then .

One of the most exciting additions to this edition is the use of functional programming techniques, which you can find in . Functional programming has become extremely popular because it makes modeling math problems significantly easier, and many people use functional programming techniques to solve modern data science problems. More important, functional programming can be a lot easier than earlier programming paradigms.