I don’t know if it’s the book itself or the accompanying cd, but NONE of the C++ programs work properly. I’ve been forced to try and learn how to correct some of the most basic mistakes off of the internet, but it has really hampered my ability to learn this programming language, especially as the programs get more complex.

This is the 4th and most recent addition. I would assume that enough sales to quantify four iterations would qualify this book for a technical editor, not just someone with a firm grasp of English.

Wiley Publishing, please stop making computer study aids edited by people that don’t understand the technical terms and programs. I’ve wasted hours just trying to figure out what’s wrong instead of actually LEARNING.

This book claims it will teach you programming concepts in an easy way, and it does. But it also supports this mentality that C/C++ is too complicated for a begginner, which I disagree with.

Many programmers started by learning C++, including myself (“C++ Primer Plus” is a good book for beginners). C++ is a harder language to learn and it would probably be easier and faster to learn if you learned something like LibertyBASIC first, but you won’t waste your time learning a beginner’s language which you’ll probably never use again. Plus a LibertyBASIC compiler costs $30 but you can get a C++ compiler for free (Dev-C++, google it).

There’s also other easy languages like Python (try “Learning Python” by Mark Lutz and David Ascher) which are geared for beginners but are widely used in the professional world, and are also free.

If you want to learn programming concepts with an easy language and don’t wanna have to pay, try Python, and if you want to get started quickly and jump right into professional programming (which isn’t as hard as you think), learn C++. I’ll give this book a 3 because it does what it promises, but I think there are better places to start programming.

The book I received was used and was in very nice condition.

I feel that I have more than adequately met my goal of learning about the “nuts and bolts” of a computer program. There is adequate depth about functions, subroutines, variables and arrays to start you on your way. There are also many tips and danger areas highlighted for the budding programmer.

I don’t feel that this book is lacking with regard to the structure of programming, and I will not rate this lower because of the coding errors others have reported, but I can not give this a higher ranking because of the inane attempts at humor. Mr. Wang, a comedian you are not, keep to your day job.