Programming in C++, Third Edition offers a focused, syntax intensive introduction to programming. Concise and straightforward, Programming in C++ is adapted from Programming and Problem Solving with C++, Fourth Edition, and retains the essential content of its parent book. The text provides students with a clear, accessible introduction to C++, object-oriented programming, and the fundamentals of software development. The authors have completely revamped the chapter goals and programming examples throughout, and the book includes a full set of new programming exercises in each chapter. Programming in C++, Third Edition is the ideal text for programming courses with an emphasis on science and engineering, as well as those seeking to cover all the fundamentals of programming in one semester.
This is a very basic book. Schoolbook beginner, with standard input and output. And the uninteresting way it goes into detail what a while loop does, it assumes this is the first programming language. So truly beginner. But if you are a beginner, why C++? There are so many better choices out there.
I have the 5th Ed. of this book, and it is clear that Nell Dale and Chip Weems clearly took their time on it. This is evident in that they teach so that the reader might understand any language, not just C++. They encourage learning for its own sake and not merely for attaining a career (although careers are certainly useful to have). while teaching the reader the actual mechanics of a language, they also spend their time on teaching algorithmic creation too, so that by the end of the book the reader has a better understanding of what the world of coding is like.