Learn about the C++ ANSI standard from C++ expert and Standard Committee member Bruce Eckel. Assuming a basic grasp of C, Eckel guides students from understanding C to actually thinking in C++, so that they eventually write code in a total C++ mindset. His goal is to teach students the language so well that it becomes their expressive medium of choice.

Thinking in C++, Volume I, Second Edition features:

• Covers the new ANSI C++ standard, and is completely rewritten.
  
  • Includes comprehensive coverage for the final standard.
  
  
• Includes a cross-platform multimedia CD-ROM introduction to ANSI C.
  
  • Brings non-c programmers up to speed with a foundation in C as a preparation for using this C++ book.
  
  
• Emphasizes the most important and most usable features of C++.
  
  • Gives students practical advice on how to use the key features of C++ and makes the book a great reference.
  
  
• Includes practical advice and common pitfall coverage.
  
• Uses the Standard Template Library.
  
  • Students learn how to use this time saving feature.
  
  
• The book features one of the most widely praised and accessible presentations of object-oriented programming with C++.
  
• Shows students how to step back from coding to consider design strategies, and attempt to "get into the head" of the designer.
  
  • Students learn OO design from a master.
  
  
• Explains problem features in each chapter based on the way the author sees a particular type of problem being solved using the language.
  
  • Students learn problem solving strategies.
  
  
• Shows how to write portable C++ code that is compatible with any C++ platform.
  
  • Students acquire job skills.

  Table of contents

  
  

  1: Introduction to Objects
  

  2: Making and Using Objects
  

  3: The C in C++
  

  4: Data Abstraction
  

  5: Hiding the Implementation
  

  6: Initialization and Cleanup
  

  7: Function Overloading and Default Arguments
  

  8: Constants
  

  9: Inline Functions
  

  10: Name Control
  

  11: References and the Copy-Constructor
  

  12: Operator Overloading
  

  13: Dynamic Object Creation
  

  14: Inheritance and Composition
  

  15: Polymorphism and Virtual Functions
  

  16: Introduction to Templates