Learn C++ the quick, easy, and “lazy” way. This book is an introductory programming text that uses humor and fun to make you actually willing to read, and eager to do the projects -- with the popular C++ language.

C++ for Lazy Programmers is a genuinely fun learning experience that will show you how to create programs in the C++ language. This book helps you learn the C++ language with a unique method that goes beyond syntax and how-to manuals and helps you understand how to be a productive programmer. It provides detailed help with both the Visual Studio and g++ compilers plus their debuggers, and includes the latest version of the language, C++17, too.

Along the way you’ll work through a number of labs: projects intended to stretch your abilities, test your new skills, and build confidence. You'll go beyond the basics of the language and learn how build a fun C++ arcade game project. After reading and using this book, you’ll be ready for your first real-world C++ application or game project on your own.

What You Will Learn

Program for the first time in C++ in a fun, quick and easy manner
Discover the SDL graphics and gaming library
Work with SSDL, the Simple SDLwrapper library
Use the most common C++ compilers: Visual Studio, and g++ (with Unix or MinGW)
Practice “anti-bugging” for easy fixes to common problems
Work with the debugger
Acquire examples-driven concepts and ideas
Build a C++-based arcade game application
Apply built-in Standard Template Library (STL) functions and classes for easy and efficient programming
Dip your toe in C, C++'s ancestor, still extensively used in industry
Use new C++11/14/17 features including lambda functions, constexpr, and smart pointers

Who This Book Is For

Those who are new to C++, either as a guide for self-learners or as an accessible textbook for students in college-level courses.

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Lynchburg, USA

Will Briggs

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Will Briggs, PhD is a professor of computer science at the University of Lynchburg in Virginia. He has 20+ years of experience teaching C++, 12 of them using earlier drafts of this book, and about as many years teaching other languages including C, LISP, Pascal, PHP, PROLOG, and Python. His primary focus is teaching of late while also active in research in artificial intelligence.

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Book Title: C++ for Lazy Programmers
Book Subtitle: Quick, Easy, and Fun C++ for Beginners
Authors: Will Briggs
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5187-4
Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA
eBook Packages: Professional and Applied Computing, Professional and Applied Computing (R0), Apress Access Books
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4842-5187-4Published: 02 October 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVII, 644
Number of Illustrations: 187 b/w illustrations
Topics: Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters, Game Development, Programming Techniques, Software Engineering

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