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Book excerpts:

C++: A Dialog teaches C++ from scratch, through a one-on-one conversation with an intelligent beginner who asks the questions you'd ask. Heller's unique dialog format is brilliantly designed to clarify the concepts you might otherwise find confusing, so you can quickly learn today's most powerful and valuable C++ development techniques.

This book takes you from the absolute fundamentals through the construction of a complete inventory application, including a simple but effective user interface. Along the way, you won't just learn C++ features: you'll see exactly how professional programmers bring them together and put them to work.

Unlike many beginners' books, C++: A Dialog uses industry-standard C++ and the latest standard librariesgiving you skills you can use with any standard C++ toolset, in any programming environment. You even get all the example code and a standard C++ compiler on CD-ROM (ed: if you buy the book, of course) so you can write and compile your own standard C++ programs on any 32-bit Microsoft Windows platform.

Reviews:

Amazon.com

:) "It is a very good book which explains everything from top to bottom, not only about programming but the whole process in your pc that gets involved."

:) "The best way for a beginner to learn a language as beautiful and as challenging as C++ is by asking questions. Steve Heller tries (and I must say, successfully) to achieve the same by adding one-on-one conversations with a beginner."

:) "Great book for beginners, and those that want to round out their knowledge."