Starting Out with C++: Early Objects (8th Edition)

This is a great book for self study. I needed to learn C++ for a class, and I worked my way through this book. The exercises are useful, the text is clear, and the examples are engaging. There is also a companion website with helpful videos and notes. I am so glad I ordered this book! But don't think you'll learn C++ in a few hours...this book is over 1000 pages, and you do have to work through the examples to really learn the material. I would highly recommend this to anyone for self study or as an additional class textbook.

I purchased this book back in 2015 for my intro to C++ course, and absolutely love it. I didn't realize how awesome this textbook was until I started reading other programming books and was like "Wow, my book teaches this much better!" I've taken three C++ courses now and have used it ever since. It has become my best friend, haha! The same authors also wrote a Early Objects edition for Java, and I loved that one, as well. Very easy to read, understand and great examples!

Arrived quickly enough. The book was in pretty terrible shape, although I knew this ahead of time, and enjoyed a nice discount. Fortunately the previous owner only made it through the first 50 or so pages, so the highlighting and binding damage was brief. As far as content is concerned, this book provides fantastic examples of well written and documented code. It includes a lot of solutions to common programming problems and essential algorithms, instead of focusing only on c++ syntax, keywords, etc. Also, the programming challenges are fun and thought provoking.

Need this book for my CS10 class. I actually felt this was a good C++ book and may even be worth buying if you are trying to learn on your own. Very well written and understandable.

This is my third starting out book. I like all the books in the starting out series so far because the concepts are very well explained so that even a beginner can pick up the book and still understand most concepts. I've used starting out with Java, starting out with c++, and starting out with visual basic 2012, and I like all three books.

This book is a great book for beginners and intermediate readers alike. if you purchase this book expect to see detailed nice and clear explanation of c++ language ,period. [EDIT]:the companion website is up now. however according to page (xxii) in the book the companion website should contain the source code of programs included in the book (among other things),guess what ? it does not contain what is promised (? yet) .

Bought new but the book came with severe bent corners and other marks. Either was slightly used or shipping wasn't cared for greatly.

I used this book for my Intro to Computer Science class at Oregon State University. I think the book definitely helped my understanding of the material and provides clear code examples. As this was my first real experience with programming the book is at an appropriate level of understanding for beginners. While the book does use C++ it also develops the principles and skills necessary for any object oriented programming language. My only complaint so far is that this is a textbook (with an appropriate price), so if you're looking to learn about programming outside of the structure of the classroom I think other books and resources might be a better match.