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Book ReviewsThe Art of Programming: Computer Science with C |
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Book: The Art of Programming: Computer Science with C
Written by: Steven C. Lawlor |
Publisher: Course Technology
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5
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Only an introduction
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2 / 5
I want to say that this book is good for someone who has never done any programming before but I just can't. I used this book for an online c programming course and at the end I was supposed to produce a project. I had never done any programming before so I did not know any better and went with this book whole heartedly. In the middle of my project I found that I was running into problems so naturally I returned to my source of information. I just couldn't get any help from this book. I did some exploring and came upon a message board "www.cprogramming.com." It was there that I realised how shallow the material in this book really is. This book only gives a partial explanation of the use of certain functions. If you were to use this book, you wouldn't know that fgets() can be used for input from the keyboard, you wouldn't be advised on whether it is better to use scanf() or gets(), you would be left with only a partial explanation of basic topics. Is this book good for a beginner??? Nope!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Title is very deceptive
Rating:
2 / 5
C++ the art of programming. Sounds like you can become a master programmer buy learning from this book. Hardly. This book is just a step above C++ for dummies. There is no coverage of OOP in this book. Just a brief snippet about what an object is. This book might appeal for someone who has never programmed before, but if you want to learn C++ from an object-oriented perspective then look somewhere else. This author snagged a great title for an otherwise weak book. Don't buy this book unless you have never programmed a day in your life.
AWESOME! C++ TEXTBOOK IN PLAIN ENGLISH
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5 / 5
A computer science prof. gave me a copy of this book to study up on C++ (I took the first semester last year but forgot it, and I need to take the second semester.) THIS TEXTBOOK IS AWESOME! Easy explanations in PLAIN ENGLISH, esp. about functions. THIS IS A MUST-READ IF YOU'VE NEVER HAD ANY PROGRAMMING EXPERIENCE. This book, unlike the others, has lots and lots of REAL programs (whole programs, not just snippets) that one needs to read through entirely in order to understand what's going on.
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