Murach's C++ 2008
This C++ book is written by Prentiss Knowlton, an instructor who's been teaching Visual C++ and C# courses in the UCLA Extension program for years. In fact, he came to us because he enjoyed using our C# book so much that he wanted to do a similar book for C++.
Pren believes that Visual Studio is a great tool for teaching the C++ language, even for students who want to learn native C++ rather than Visual C++. That's because it allows students to avoid the frustrations of trying to code C++ from the console. They can focus on language essentials instead of misplaced semicolons and the like.
As a result, we believe you can use this book for any type of introductory C++ course. And because the OOP section is so strong, you'll find it works well for object-oriented programming courses as well.
One final note: Because native C++ code runs without any modifications in the .NET environment, the last chapter shows (1) how to edit, run, and enhance legacy programs with Visual Studio and (2) how to incorporate C/C++ code into new applications under .NET. It's fascinating to see code that's been in existence longer than a lot of students…and still runs perfectly on a platform that it wasn't written for.
Training aids in the book itself: Practice exercises
Training aids available in our Downloads section: Source code and data for the book applications; Starting code, data, and solutions for the exercises
Instructor's CD
The Instructor's CD for this book includes these materials:
- Instructional objectives by chapter
- PowerPoint slides for classroom presentations
- Starting code and test data for the exercises in the book, plus exercise solutions
- Student projects and model solutions
- Test banks in ExamView, Blackboard, and RTF formats
- Source code and data for all of the applications in the book
For a detailed look at these materials, please view
the Instructor's Summary that we've prepared (it's
a PDF document). Then, if you like what you see, you
can request a review copy of
the book and its Instructor's CD. Or, for more information,
you can email us at murachbooks@murach.com
or call us at 1-800-221-5528.
| 
