CS Dept. endorses C++ reference book

[Jerry]

The University Bookstore will soon have C++ The Complete Reference by Herbert Schildt on its shelves. It should be available after Aug. 31st. This book is recommended by the Department of Computer Science as an optional text for purchase. It is a reference book containing quick definitions and examples of all aspects of C++.

This book will likely come in handy when programming in C++ in CS 140, CS 150, CS 240, CS 340, CS 456, and various CS electives.

The list price is $49.99.

Need to think about it?

If you aren’t sure if you want to buy the book, a copy is on reserve in the library so you can check it out for up to 2 hours and see what you think. To check it out, go to the circulation desk and ask for reserve call number P.C.110.

You can search the Reserves Online Catalog at http://www.library.siue.edu/lib/ by choosing â€Ã...“Course Reservesâ€Ã, and searching using course number CSPR.

You must present your SIUE ID card and the call number of the book to a circulation desk assistant to check out the book.

[Shaun Martin]

 

[raptor]

I have been wanting a good reference book.  Its nice to know there is one that has been reviewed by my peers.  Can I ask who all reviewed the book?

[Shaun Martin]

Do you know if it provides any examples of code? Templates, etc.

[eyebrow]

I was the main reviewer of the book, but the entire CS faculty had a chance to review it before voting to endorse it as the officially-recommended C++ reference book.

It has lots of code examples, but because the book covers so much material, they are generally short.

The code in the book is available online.

Also, if you want to examine the book without/before buying it, it's on reserve at the library.
Just go to the circulation desk and ask for call number P.C.110.  Bring your ID card.  You can check it out for up to 2 hours at a time.

Steve Klein

[Geoff Schreiber]

I have owned this book for a few months now - and as reference material, it is indeed a good book.

The one complaint I had about it is that it does not go into anything regarding the GUI programming capabilities of C++.  This is one area that SIUE doesn't (didn't) delve into during programming courses, and compared to VB, is quite complicated at times.

[William Grim]

As a C++ reference, it doesn't seem like it should go into any GUI programming.  That's handled by 3rd party libraries and is not a first class task of C++.  However, in a way, our CS graphics course goes over some "GUI" development with C++.

[Geoff Schreiber]

I understand that - it was mostly my own fault when purchasing it - what I should have been looking for was a VC++ reference that mentioned MFC rather than the generic C++ reference I suppose.