Very good book. Very good approach.

First, I like the approach of this book. The "How could I do ... ?" is good for refresh your memory. Since sometime you might forget, or become unsure about how something can be done.

Despite what it said in the back cover, I think that, this book is suitable for the someone who is about to become an intermediate C++ programmer (the advanced-beginner, or something like that). Why? Because when I was one, I always get confused about "How could I do ", or "How should I involve ", and this book provided almost all answer to those questions I used to have. And even now, it still worth my time reading it.

The code examples are very easy to understand. However, I found that each author's programming style are quite different. This is fine for someone who already has his/her own style. But for someone who doesn't, this might lead to confusion, and bad programming style (mixed style) later on.

Also, one thing... I found that in (almnost?) all code, main() return void, which is not correct. According to the Standard, main() should return int for some reason, like for checking the termination of the program. I don't know about Visual C++, but in many compiler, you will get the warning message if your main() does not return int.

Overall, this is a very good book, and it deserve 4 stars from me. However, it still can become a much better book.

To the authors : How about "More C++ How-To" or "Advanced C++ : How-To" ?

Other Reviews

• It worths your money.
• Very good book. Very good approach.
• A useful resource, but weakened by some buggy examples
• I'll give you an errata!