Sorry to disagree, but having read the first 4 chapters, I think that is probably one of the worst C++ tutorials I've ever seen; and exactly the sort of thing that caused smoke to emanate from Bjarne Stroustrup's ears.

The main problem is that it conflates:

  1. the process of developing code;

    IDE's are only one way to write code; and Eclipse is only one IDE.

  2. with that of learning a particular language;

    C++ is only one language. It has many peculiarities that are unique to that language.

  3. with that of learning how to design programs;

    Trying to introduce the concept of const functions in the first program is pointless.

  4. with a particular testing methodology;

    Whilst the particular version of TDD used is one of the better ones -- for example, passing tests produce no output -- it is only one of many testing methodologies.

The book may be reasonable as course material for a course intended to turn out rote-learnt programmers; but is of little value to those wishing to augment the existing skilled by learning one or more of the four facets of programming above.

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In reply to Re^5: kind of effort required for learning OO perl ?! by BrowserUk
in thread kind of effort required for learning OO perl ?! by Anonymous Monk

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