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A basic, concise introduction to C++ programming for everyone from students to scientists and engineers seeking a quick grasp of key topics
Provides a comparative analysis and discussion of C++ in relation to other programming languages such as C, Fortran, and Matlab®
Graphics chapters allow the reader to apply what is taught in the beginning chapters
Contains a tutorial on the usage of Matlab® functions in C++ code
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
C++ has grown rapidly in response to the practical need for a programming language that is able to efficiently handle composite and diverse data types. Today, C++ dominates the commercial market and is favored among application developers.
Introduction to C++ Programming and Graphics offers a venue for rapidly learning the language by concisely revealing its grammar, syntax and main features, and by explaining the key ideas behind object oriented programming (OOP) with emphasis on scientific computing. The book reviews elemental concepts of computers and computing, describes the primary features of C++, illustrates the use of pointers and user-defined functions, analyzes the construction of classes, and discusses graphics programming based on VOGLE and OpenGL.
This essential reference provides a brief introduction to C++ for scientists, engineers, professionals and students already familiar with the general principles of computer programming.
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From the reviews:
"This book is a brief and basic introduction to C++ for everyone and especially for scientists and engineers. The text offers a venue for effectively teaching and rapidly learning the language at the level of an undergraduate course in any discipline of the physical sciences and computer science and engineering." (Stefan Meyer, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1128 (6), 2008)
"This book, a relatively small volume of slightly more than 300 pages, covers practically all one needs to know about C++ to be proficient. The concepts and features are introduced with to-the-point illustrating examples. … the book provides an excellent entry point to C++, from which anyone with moderate programming experience will benefit." (Computing Reviews, April, 2008)
"Pozrikidis states that his book is ‘a brief and basic introduction to C++ for everyone and especially for scientists and engineers.’ He follows this with a claim that it ‘offers a venue for effectively teaching and rapidly learning the language at the level of an undergraduate course in any discipline of the physical sciences and computer science and engineering.’" (Thomas Sheehan, ACM Computing Reviews, November, 2008)
Authors and Affiliations
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Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE), University of California, San Diego
Constantine Pozrikidis
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Introduction to C++ Programming and Graphics
Authors: Constantine Pozrikidis
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-68993-7
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag US 2007
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-68992-0Published: 06 June 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-4337-8Published: 04 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-68993-7Published: 15 May 2007
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 372
Topics: Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters, Programming Techniques, Computer Graphics