Programming in C++ / Edition 3

by Nell Dale, Chip Weems

Overview

Programming in C++, Third Edition offers a focused, syntax intensive introduction to programming. Concise and straightforward, Programming in C++ is adapted from Programming and Problem Solving with C++, Fourth Edition, and retains the essential content of its parent book.The text provides students with a clear, accessible introduction to C++, object-oriented programming, and the fundamentals of software development. The authors have completely revamped the chapter goals and programming examples throughout, and the book includes a full set of new programming exercises in each chapter. Programming in C++, Third Edition is the ideal text for programming courses with an emphasis on science and engineering, as well as those seeking to cover all the fundamentals of programming in one semester.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780763732349
Publisher:	Jones & Bartlett Learning
Publication date:	10/14/2004
Edition description:	3E
Pages:	719
Product dimensions:	7.70(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Nell Dale received a B.S. in Mathematics and Psychology from the University of Houston, a M.A. in Mathematics, from the University of Texas at Austin, and a Ph.D. in Computer Sciences from the University of Texas at Austin. Nell Dale has been on the faculty at the University of Texas, Austin since 1975. She teaches occasionally but concentrates on computer science education, writing, traveling, tennis, and bridge — and her family of course.

Chip Weems is an Associate Professor of computer science at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He received his Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Oregon State University in 1977 and 1979, respectively. He received a Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts in 1984. Over the last 23 years, he has taught courses in introductory programming, software engineering, computer architecture, and parallel processing. Since 1986 he has co-authored 13 textbooks that have helped over a million students learn to program computers. His books have been translated into French, Spanish, and Russian. He conducts research in computer architecture, compilers, parallel processing, and compiler-architecture co-optimization.