Serving as an ideal introduction to C++ programming, this updated edition balances ease of learning the latest thinking on cognitive processes, current theoretical approaches, and innovative research techniques Shares additional guidance in the form of how-tos and walkthroughs throughout the chapters

Table of Contents

Fundamental C++ Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Numbers and Objects Chapter 3 Control Flow Chapter 4 Functions Chapter 5 Classes Chapter 6 Vectors and Arrays Chapter 7 Pointers Chapter 8 Inheritance Chapter 9 Streams Algorithms and Data Structures Chapter 10 Recursion Chapter 11 Sorting and Searching Chapter 12 Lists, Queues, and Stacks Chapter 13 Sets, Maps, and Priority Queues Advanced C++ Chapter 14 Operator Overloading Chapter 15 Memory Management Chapter 16 Templates Chapter 17 Exception Handling Chapter 18 Name Scope Management Chapter 19 Class Hierarchies Chapter 20 The Standard Template Library Chapter 21 The C++ 0x Standard OO Design Chapter 22 Object-Oriented Design Chapter 23 The Unified Modeling Language Chapter 24 An Introduction to Design Patterns Applications Chapter 25 Graphical User Interfaces Chapter 26 Relational Databases (Web only) Chapter 27 XML (Web only) Appendices A C++ Language Coding Guidelines B Keyword Summary C Operator Summary D Character Codes E C++ Library Summary F Number Systems G Bit and Shift Operations H UML Summary I A C++/Java Comparison (web-only) Glossary Index