Programming and Problem Solving with C++: Brief, Sixth Edition

  • 13h 4m
  • Chip Weems, Nell Dale
  • Jones and Bartlett Learning
  • 2014

This concise and consolidated edition of the bestselling Programming and Problem Solving with C++ was developed in response to the need for a text that covered only what students and instructors are able to move through in a single semester. Sacrificing none of the breadth and detail of the comprehensive edition, the Brief Edition retains Dale and Weems’s trademark accessible and hands-on style. Highly relevant real-world examples and strong pedagogical features will engage students as they build key skills and absorb critical concepts. The text’s student-focused approach makes even the most difficult concepts in computer science programming accessible to all students. Expanded and reorganized, Programming and Problem Solving with C++: Brief, Sixth Edition presents advanced topics at the introductory level and is the ideal text for one-term introductory computer science programming courses.

New and Key Features:

  • Includes new programming exercises and new, more student-friendly organization of material
  • Provides new discussion of Pointers and expanded discussion of C-Strings
  • Features strong pedagogical elements, including real-world case studies and highly relevant exercises that reinforce key concepts and build crucial skills
  • Introduces C++ language constructs in parallel with appropriate theory so that students immediately realize practical applications

In this Book

  • Overview of Programming and Problem Solving
  • C++ Syntax and Semantics, and the Program Development Process
  • Numeric Types, Expressions, and Output
  • Program Input and the Software Design Process
  • Conditions, Logical Expressions, and Selection Control Structures
  • Looping
  • Additional Control Structures
  • Functions
  • Scope, Lifetime, and More on Functions
  • User-Defined Data Types
  • Arrays
  • Classes and Abstraction
  • Recursion
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