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Title: C++ For Java Programmers by Timothy A. Budd, Timothy Budd ISBN: 0-201-61246-1 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co Pub. Date: 23 March, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $52.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.43 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent Book
Comment: This is a very good book. I read it in full. This book provides a very precise explanation of the concepts that one needs to know in C++. Also this book provides a clear comparison of the two languages C++ and Java. It explains the strengths of both the languages without any bias. Many of the C++ books tends to be tough to follow. This book is highly readable and explains even the difficult topics in a simple language with simple and easy to follow examples. The case studies are very good. I like the way Templates are introduced in this book and the container examples in the case study. Simple yet complete and precise.
Rating: 2
Summary: C++ comparison for C++ programers
Comment: I am a java programmer trying to learn C++, and find this book VERY hard to follow.
Most of the syntax is not explained and too much time is spent explaining subtle details, rather than key concepts. Some of the real differences between c++ and java are clouded with confusing fragments of explanation, mixed with unexplained code.
It seems to be more of a comparison or overview for C++ programmers than an introductory book for java developers.
I am confused and left reading pages over and over again trying to make sense of this language. I think it would have been easier and quicker to just buy a c++ book, forgoing my java background.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent Java vs C++ comparison guide
Comment: This book was mistitled. It should have been "Differences Between Java And C++: A Crunch Translation Guide". Like an English-LanguageX translation guide (or a culture-to-culture translation guide, for that matter), this book is intended to identify the sorts of things that a Java developer jumping into C++ with no background in C++ would typically incorrectly presume or fail to correctly presume without having been told. To that end, this is an excellent, one-of-a-kind book that immediately immerses the reader into very significant and important differences between the languages regarding everything from syntax to compilation and execution. There is an interesting bit of detail about the philosophy, purpose, and objectives behind C++ which paints a significantly different picture in that realm than Java does, showing that in spite of the fact that Java and C++ look similar to the human eye, they are nothing alike (... but alike enough to be able to produce a "direct translation guide" like this book).
This book assumes a) significant familiarity with Java, b) is familiar with, and respects and appreciates, what too many people think "doesn't really matter," like how computers work, computing history, etc., and c) basic existing familiarity with C++, at least enough for "Hello World!" and then some.
I'd recommend this book to any Java programmer looking at C++ who has never done so but who has recognized that Java was born by C++ developers, and who has recognized that one can and should actively extend, and not indifferently coincide, new C++ skills on top of an existing fluency in Java. This book should be accompanied by other books--no book can do it all--but this is an excellent "Java/C++ translation guide".
Due to the mistitling/mismarketing, I would give this a 9/10 but given only five stars it rounds up to five.
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Title: C++ for Java Programmers by Mark Allen Weiss, Mark A Weiss ISBN: 013919424X Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $48.00 |
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Title: The C++ Programming Language (Special 3rd Edition) by Bjarne Stroustrup ISBN: 0201700735 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co Pub. Date: 15 February, 2000 List Price(USD): $64.99 |
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Title: C for Java Programmers by Tomasz Muldner, Tomasz Müldner ISBN: 0201702797 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co Pub. Date: 01 March, 2000 List Price(USD): $51.00 |
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Title: Design Patterns by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John Vlissides ISBN: 0201633612 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co Pub. Date: 15 January, 1995 List Price(USD): $54.99 |
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Title: The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master by Andrew Hunt, David Thomas ISBN: 020161622X Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Pub. Date: 20 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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