Here are some book reviews or comments on books that I have copied from the C++ newsgroups. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++ Subject: Re: C++ Books From: Ahjelming@symantec.com (Andreas Hjelming) Date: 16 May 1995 16:10:35 GMT Here is a list of books that we recommend here at Symantec C++ technical support. Title: Recommended Literature On DOS/Windows C/C++ Programming. Product: Symantec C++ Platform: IBM PC Agent: Andreas Hjelming Original Date: 02/29/95 Last Update: 05/10/95 INTRODUCTION ============ This document contains a listing of literature on DOS/Windows C/C++ programming that is recommended by all Symantec C++ technical support engineers. The list will start with entries recommended for beginners and will advance towards entries recommended for more advanced programmers. LIST ==== DOS C programming ----------------- 1. 'The C Programming language' (Second edition) Author: Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis M. Ritchie Publisher: Prentice Hall ISBN: 0-13-110362-8 DOS C++ programming ------------------- 1. 'Object-Oriented Programming In C++' (Second edition) Author: Robert Lafore Publisher: Waite Group Press ISBN: 1-878739-06-9 2. 'Thinking in C++' Author: Bruce Eckel Publisher: Prentice Hall ISBN: 0-13-917709-4 3. 'C++ Primer' (Second edition) Author: Stanley B. Lippman Publisher: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company ISBN: 0-201-54848-8 4. 'Advanced C++ Programming Styles and Idioms' Author: James O. Coplien Publisher: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company ISBN: 0-201-54855-0 C++ specific topics ------------------- 1. 'C++ IOStreams Handbook' Author: Steve Teale Publisher: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company ISBN: 0-201-59641-5 2. 'The Draft Standard C++ Library' Author: P.J. Plauger Publisher: Prentice Hall ISBN: 0-13-117003-1 C++ reference ------------- 1. 'C++ FAQs' Author: Marshall P. Cline, Greg A. Lomow Publisher: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company ISBN: 0-201-58958-3 2. 'The C++ Programming Language' (Second edition) Author: Bjarne Stroustrup Publisher: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company ISBN: 0-201-53992-6 3. 'The Annotated C++ Reference Manual' Author: Margaret A. Ellis, Bjarne Stroustrup Publisher: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company ISBN: 0-201-51459-1 Windows (C) (API) programming ----------------------------- 1. 'Lafore's Windows Programming Made Easy' Author: Robert Lafore Publisher: Waite Group Press ISBN: 1-878739-23-9 2. 'Programming Windows 3.1' (Third edition) Author: Charles Petzold Publisher: Microsoft Press ISBN: 1-55615-395-3 3. 'Windows API Bible' Author: James L. Conger Publisher: Waite Group Press ISBN: 1-878739-15-8 Windows C++ (MFC) programming ----------------------------- 1. 'Microsoft Foundation Class Primer' Author: Jim Conger Publisher: Waite Group Press ISBN: 1-878739-31-x 1. 'Writing Windows Applications' Author: Bryan Waters Publisher: M&T Books ISBN: 1-55851-379-5 3. 'Microsoft Foundation Class Library Programming' Author: Steven Holzner Publisher: Brady Publishing ISBN: 1-56686-102-0 Windows system (memory management etc.) --------------------------------------- 1. 'Windows Internals' Author: Matt Pietrek Publisher: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company ISBN: 0-201-62217-3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Path: comp.vuw.ac.nz!waikato!ames!pendragon!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!lade.news.pipex.net!pipex!cegelecproj.co.uk!usenet From: Mark_Kuschnir Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++ Subject: Re: C++ book Date: 9 Jan 1996 14:00:59 GMT Organization: Cegelec Projects Ltd. Lines: 11 Message-ID: <4ctser$5nv@jupiter.sdd.cegelecproj.co.uk> References: <4ctl66$fgn@oravannahka.Helsinki.FI> NNTP-Posting-Host: ganymede.cegelecproj.co.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.12 (X11; I; SunOS 4.1.4 sun4c) To: kfredrik@cc.Helsinki.FI X-URL: news:4ctl66$fgn@oravannahka.Helsinki.FI One of the nicest C++ books for existing C programmers that I have read is "Thinking in C++" by Bruce Eckel published by Prentice Hall. Go out and buy it! Cheers, Mark -- All the above are my opinions alone. mtk@cegelecproj.co.uk In cyberspace no one can hear you yawn. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Path: comp.vuw.ac.nz!waikato!ames!hookup!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.compuserve.com!newsmaster From: <75151.03563@compuserve.com> Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++ Subject: RE: Good Books on Exception Handling techniques Date: 13 Jan 1996 02:30:24 GMT Organization: CompuServe Incorporated Lines: 12 Message-ID: <4d75g0$sr1@dub-news-svc-6.compuserve.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dd54-158.compuserve.com Content-Type: text/plain Content-length: 347 X-Newsreader: AIR Mosaic (16-bit) version 3.10.08.25 The book 'C++ FAQS' by Cline & Lomow has chapters on exceptions that cover both 'Strategic' issues and 'Tactical' Issues on exceptions, which I have helpful. BTW the book as a whole is excellent. I keep it by my desk, and its the first place I look when I have a C++ question. Hope this helps, TomKeane 75151,03563@compuserve.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Path: comp.vuw.ac.nz!waikato!decwrl!purdue!oitnews.harvard.edu!news.cs.umb.edu!gl From: gl@cs.umb.edu (George Lukas) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++ Subject: A really good C++ book Date: 27 Feb 1996 15:30:07 GMT Organization: University of Massachusetts at Boston Lines: 20 Message-ID: <4gv81v$li7@news.cs.umb.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: terminus.cs.umb.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] There is finally an excellent C++ book - C++ for Professional Programmers by Steve Blaha, International Thomson Computer Press. Its an unassuming book - the publisher didn't invest much in cover art or quality of paper. But it is really useful - both for learning and for doing. A friend I lent it to glanced through it and didn't think too much of the book until he used it for help while taking a short course on an OODB with C++ interface. Then he became a real fan of Blaha's book. Every principle and concept in C++ is sharply and clearly explained. The examples support and do not bear the burden of explanation as they do in most other C++ books. The book is completely up-to-date (at least to the end of '95) with a new features chapter describing things like namespaces. There are lots of practical issues for real programmers - porting, platform independence and design decision criteria. Finally, a really nice set of examples - in particular a chapter on encapsulating IPCs. The book assumes a good knowledge of C (though there is a long appendix on the C language), so it doesn't get bogged down in teaching C. George Lukas UMass/Boston ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ramorin@msn.com (Randy Morin) Subject: Book Revue - Large Scale C++ Software Design by John Lakos Date: 4 Aug 96 21:31:24 -0700 Message-ID: <00001a81+0000c1ba@msn.com> Path: comp.vuw.ac.nz!comp.vuw.ac.nz!waikato!news.starnet.net!news.dra.com!imci2!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!news-stk-200.sprintlink.net!news.msn.com!msn.com Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++ Organization: The Microsoft Network (msn.com) Lines: 16 I have just finished reading "Large Scale C++ Software Design" by John Lakos. It took little time to read the 800 page text. The concepts raised and forwarded in this text have given me alot of great ideas to work with on my current and future C++ projects. This book could have been title "Even More Effective C++" (following Scott Meyers first two books, Effective C++ and More Effective C++). I recommend this book to anybody who is developing a project that required shared code. The book is published by Addison-Wesley. The book also has a web page... http://www.aw.com/cp/lakos.html I haven't been able to connect to the addison-wesley web site. I have no idea why. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------