Pearson eText for Starting Out with C++ from Control Structures to Objects -- Instant Access, 9th Edition

About the Book

Teach C++ from the fundamentals to the details

• Written with clear, easy-to-understand language, and rich with example programs that are concise, practical, and real-world oriented.
• The hundreds of Example Programs in the text are designed to highlight the topic currently being studied. Source code for these programs is provided so that students can run the programs themselves.
• Students not only learn how to implement the features and constructs of C++, but why and when to use them.
• Teaches C++ in a step-by-step fashion. Each chapter covers a major set of topics and builds knowledge as the student progresses through the book but still allows for flexibility past Chapter 7.

Features for student success

• UPDATED! The material on the Standard Template Library (STL) has been completely rewritten and expanded into its own chapter.
• Concept Statements, Checkpoints, Notes, and Warnings throughout the book all call out important pieces of information for the student
• Program Output is a sample of its screen output shown after each example program. This immediately shows the student how the program should function.
• In the Spotlight sections provides a programming problem and a detailed, step by step analysis showing the student how to solve it.
• VideoNotes developed specifically for this book are available at www.pearsonhighered.com/gaddis. Icons appear throughout the text alerting the student to videos about specific topics. Students can follow along with the author as he works through each tutorial in the videos.
• C++ Quick Reference Guide is printed on the last two pages of Appendix C in the book to provide a quick, easy reference to the C++ language.
• C++11 language features are introduced throughout the text with C++11 icons identifying the new features.
• Case studies that simulate real-world applications appear in many chapters throughout the text. These case studies are designed to highlight the major topics of the chapter in which they appear.

Give students opportunities to apply programming concepts and skills

• A thorough and diverse set of review questions, such as fill-in-the-blank and short answer, check the student's mastery of the basic material presented in each chapter. These are followed by exercises requiring problem solving and analysis, such as the Algorithm Workbench, Predict the Output, and Find the Errors sections.
• EXPANDED! Several new programming problems have been added throughout the book
• Programming Challenges are designed to solidify the student's knowledge of the topics currently being studied. Each chapter offers a pool of programming exercises. In most cases the assignments present real-world problems to be solved.
• Group Projects are intended to be constructed by a team of students. There are several group programming projects throughout the text and emulate the way many professional programs are written and encourages team work within the classroom.
• Software Development Project: Serendipity Booksellers is available for download from the book's Companion Website at www.pearsonhighered.com/gaddis. This is an ongoing project that instructors can optionally assign to teams of students. It systematically develops a "real-world" software package: a point-of-sale program for the fictitious Serendipity Booksellers organization. When complete, the program will act as a cash register, manage an inventory database, and produce a variety of reports.

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