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Exploring C++ divides C++ up into bite-sized chunks that will help you learn the language one step at a time. Assuming no familiarity with C++, or any other C-based language, you´ll be taught everything you need to know in a logical progression of small lessons that you can work through as quickly or as slowly as you need.

C++ can be a complicated language. Writing even the most straight-forward of programs requires you to understand many disparate aspects of the language and how they interact with one another. C++ doesn´t lend itself to neat compartmentalization the way other languages do. Rather than baffle you with complex chapters explaining functions, classes and statements in isolation we´ll focus on teaching you how to achieve results. By learning a little bit of this and a little of that you´ll soon have amassed enough knowledge to be writing non-trivial programs and will have built a solid foundation of experience that puts those previously baffling concepts into context.

In this fully-revised second edition of Exploring C++ , you´ll learn how to use the standard library early in the book. Next, you´ll learn to work with operators, objects and data-sources in increasingly realistic situations. Finally, you´ll start putting the pieces together to create sophisticated programs of your own design confident that you´ve built a firm base of experience from which to grow.

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Part 1: The Basics - Honing your tools
Part 1: The Basics -Reading C++ Code
Part 1: The Basics -Integer Expressions
Part 1: The Basics -Strings
Part 1: The Basics -Simple Input
Part 1: The Basics -Error Messages
Part 1: The Basics -For Loops
Part 1: The Basics -Formatted Output
Part 1: The Basics -Arrays and Vectors
Part 1: The Basics -Incrementand Decrement
Part 1: The Basics -Conditions and Logic
Part 1: The Basics -Compound Statements
Part 1: The Basics -Introduction to File I/O
Part 1: The Basics -The Map Data Structure
Part 1: The Basics -Type Synonyms
Part 1: The Basics -Characters
Part 1: The Basics -Character Categories
Part 1: The Basics -Case-Folding
Part 1: The Basics -Writing Functions
Part 1: The Basics -Function Arguments
Part 1: The Basics -Using Algorithms
Part 1: The Basics -Overloading Function Names
Part 1: The Basics -Big and Little Numbers
Part 1: The Basics -Very Big and Very Little Numbers
Part 1: The Basics -Documentation
Part 1: The Basics -Project1: Body-Mass Index
Part 2: Custom Types - Custom Types
Part 2: Custom Types - Overloading Operators
Part 2: Custom Types - Custom I/O Operators
Part 2: Custom Types - Assignment and Initialization
Part 2: Custom Types - Writing Classes
Part 2: Custom Types - More About Member Functions
Part 2: Custom Types - Access Levels
Part 2: Custom Types - Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming
Part 2: Custom Types - Inheritance
Part 2: Custom Types - Virtual Functions
Part 2: Custom Types - Classes and Types
Part 2: Custom Types - Declarations and Definitions
Part 2: Custom Types - Using Multiple Source Files
Part 2: Custom Types - Function Objects
Part 2: Custom Types - Useful Algorithms
Part 2: Custom Types - Iterators
Part 2: Custom Types - Exceptions
Part 2: Custom Types - More Operators
Part 2: Custom Types - Project2: Fixed-point Numbers
Part 3: Generic Programming - Function Templates
Part 3: Generic Programming - Class Templates
Part 3: Generic Programming - Template Specialization
Part 3: Generic Programming - Partial Specialization
Part 3: Generic Programming - Names and Namespaces
Part 3: Generic Programming - Containers
Part 3: Generic Programming - International Characters
Part 3: Generic Programming - Locales and Facets
Part 3: Generic Programming - TextI/O
Part 3: Generic Programming - Project3: Currency Type
Part 4: Real Programming - Pointers
Part 4: Real Programming - Dynamic Memory
Part 4: Real Programming - Exception-Safety
Part 4: Real Programming - Old-Fashioned Arrays
Part 4: Real Programming - SmartPointers
Part 4: Real Programming - Working with Bits
Part 4: Real Programming - Enumerations
Part 4: Real Programming - Multiple Inheritance
Part 4: Real Programming - Traits and Policies
Part 4: Real Programming - Names and Templates
Part 4: Real Programming - Overloaded Functions
Part 4: Real Programming - Metaprogramming
Part 4: Real Programming - Project4: Calculator

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