Book Description
Symbolic C++: An Introduction to Computer Algebra Using Object-Oriented Programming provides a concise introduction to C++ and object-oriented programming, using a step-by-step construction of a new object-oriented designed computer algebra system - Symbolic C++. It shows how object-oriented programming can be used to implement a symbolic algebra system and how this can then be applied to different areas in mathematics and physics. This second revised edition:- * Explains the new powerful classes that have been added to Symbolic C++. * Includes the Standard Template Library. * Extends the Java section. * Contains useful classes in scientific computation. * Contains extended coverage of Maple, Mathematica, Reduce and MuPAD. ... Read more

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a great object-oriented application
You will find this book fascinating if you are a computer science student intrigued by symbolic calculation systems such as Mathematica and Maple, and if you would like to see how such systems would be implemented in C++ (Mathematica and Maple are actually implemented in plain old C).

The C++ level required is just after CS2, the second C++ class that comprises data structures. If I were a CS2 instructor, I guess I would require students to read some parts of this book since it is a great means of reinforcing about all the concepts learned in C++, while building a nontrivial application; although some examples are taken from physics, physics knowledge is by no means required and the general math level called for reading this book remains comfortably low, and one can always skip the things one does not know or does not care about (such as quaternions, but hey, some people might be turned on by that stuff...).

It shows how to build classes that actually perform calculations using integers of arbitrary length, rational numbers of the a/b form, vectors, matrices, quaternions, symbolic variables, differentiation, integration, etc.

The system described in the book, SymbolicC++, can be used as a FREE alternative to Mathematica or Maple, less of course the graphing capabilities these great software products offer (less also zillions of functions available). SymbolicC++ may nevertheless be connected to Gnuplot to produce graphs. SymbolicC++ may also be of interest to the professional developer having to struggle with complex calculations, since its classes can be included in any C++ environment.

So in short, this book is great if you have the right background and the right interests.

I should also point out that Dr Steeb has written another great book that shows the system at work in problems from the physical sciences and finance ("The Nonlinear Workbook")

Eclectic but rich
A mixture of C++, group theory, and mathematical physics. Far from a polished treatment, but maybe worth perusing if these are topics of interest to you. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (5)

Very Good Scholarly Java TextBook
This is a good book if you follow and complete the exercises.The author has to leave out a bunch of information about java at first but he does an excellent job of developing the lessons as you move on.I'm having a good time with this book learning Java and grabbing the concepts.It will take many years for ANY language to become second nature to someone; especially Java.This is a very good book and WELL worth the price; a nice text from which to learn JAVA.If you don't do the exercises don't plan on learninig anythying.

I had to buy this book for my freshman classes
To be honest, most of the things really didn't make sense. Sometimes there is a lot of skipping on information, other times I had to keep on reviewing the material 5 times just to see what the author is talking about. A programmer can not learn programming without having a hand-on approach, and this author uses classes that aren't even shown. How are we supposed to run these programs if we are missing the classes used to run these programs? I suggest a Dietel & Dietel book "How to program in Java"; I had to buy that book in order to understand the analytical approach that Barnes used in his book. That is why I gave this rating a 3 stars, because Barnes does somewhat of a good job explaining, only if you have some kind of background information in programming before.

Verry Good Java book
This is one of the best Java Books i've used. It's verry complete and verry easy to search in.

Does not help with your coursework after year one
A note to UKC CS and CSE students.
It will not help with your second year Networks assignment, which is officially 'not a java programming exercise'.

It Goes Beyond The Introduction!
An excellent Java introduction book! I've found that this book is well-organized and written very clearly. The author also goes beyond the level of an introduction book to explain the fundamental object-orienteddesign and programming by using Java examples and concepts. Major core Javapackages, classes, and interfaces are also covered in depth. Even thoughI'm wring Java codes for living now, I still love to read this kind ofbook: A combination of academia and industry. Another advanced Java bookthat I've found excellent is "Object-oriented Software DevelopmentUsing Java" written by Xiaoping Jia. These authors will make you loveto learn Java! ... Read more

Book Description
An Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming in C++ with applications in Computer Graphics introduces the reader to programming in C++ step by step from the simplest of C++ programs, through features such as classes and templates to namespaces. Emphasis is placed on developing a good programming technique and demonstrating when and how to use the more advanced features of C++ through the development of realistic programming tools and classes.
This revised and extended 2nd edition includes:
- the Standard Template Library (STL), a major addition to the ANSI C++ standard
- full coverage of all the major topics of C++, such as Templates; exception handling; RTTI
- practical tools developed for object-oriented computer graphics programming
All code program files and exercises are ANSI C++ compatible and have been compiled on both Borland C++ v5.5 and GNU/Linux g++ v2.91 compilers, and are available from the author's web site:
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Good book for scientific C++
Despite its title, this book makes a great introduction to C++ for scientists and engineers who routinely deal with advanced mathematics. Development of the matrix and vector classes are a highlight of the book. As noted in other reviews, the author can take a basic idea for a class and embellish it, adding features and alternative implementations as he goes. At first this is disconcerting, but for readers desiring an in-depth look at various aspects of C++ user-defined classes, it is invaluable.

The author also defines his own complex number class. Although users of Visual Studio C++ can get by with the standard template implementation of 'complex', the development of a complex number class is a valuable scientific learning exercise.

I came to this text as a moderately experienced scientific programmer, and benefited from many aspects of the presentation. I was attracted to the mathematical developments described above and have used several of them in my own code. Readers who are scientifically inclined and frustrated with the mundane code examples in many introductory texts will take delight in this treatment. It is also a good companion to 'guru' texts such as Stroustrup's, which lay out the theoretical framework of C++ but are short on worked examples.

I'm sympathetic to readers who bought this text as an introduction and felt a bit bewildered. I agree, it's not well-suited to most novice programmers. To reach its ideal audience it needs to be retitled and marketed differently.

This is a bad introductory C++ book
This is a bad introductory C++ book. It does NOT have much
to do with Computer Graphics. Don't buy it either for computer
graphics or for learning C++ if you are a totally beginner.

Don't buy it for the graphics
The book is very good for learning C++. One drawback though is that he bases many examples on earlier examples. That way it's hard to grab the book and open it up in the middle. Don't expect to learn much aboutgraphics and absolutely don't buy the book for it. I haven't yet been ableto understand that chapter. He introduce windows programming for thegraphics without laying much of a foundation behind it.

But if you don'tcare about the graphics the book is great. ... Read more

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Very Novel Approach
This new approach is excellent in teaching the concepts of object-oriented programming.It has very good exercises and takes the reader logically through the process of developing object oriented programs.

Highlyrecommended for first time graphic programmers. ... Read more

Book Description

The third book in the Coad/Yourdon series on object-oriented programming, thisvolume uses a series of four comprehensive examplesto help readers gradually and gently flip their system-building mind-setinto an object-oriented perspective — how to “object think” and program with the two leading object-oriented programing languages— Smalltalk and C++. Contains an OOPL primer,major examples, language summaries, OO patterns, and extensive sourcecode for the major examples. For programmers.

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Applying what you need, when you need
Best book of the trilogy. It teaches you OO thinking 'by-example'. Through each of the four examples contained in the book you can learn at the same time the methodology and how to apply it (not an easy to find feature) from user requirement capturing to code development giving you the right 'tool' at the right moment. Reading the book is like being involved in the building of the system itself. For Smalltalk user can be useful since contains applications of the MVC paradigm.

I used it (with OOA and OOD) for years in a three-day course on OO and as the time went by, the part of the course dedicated to this book increased with a good feedback and interest from the 'students'. I abandoned this trilogy only with the advent of the UML, but I keep their teachings.

Buy it, or at least have it lent from a friend.

Learning Object thinking
This book was my second OO book. I came from C, now, six years after, working all six with c++( object oriented mode, of course ) I remember it as the book from I really understand whatan object is, what is object orientation, not only a new ADT flavour. After working with this book I started to thinking in objects, not functions.

It was my jump from structural programming to object oriented programming. Perhaps this is oneof the best educational books I have ( and I have a lot of OO books )

First time I browsed it I discarded because I only want C++,I didn't want this "strange language" (Smalltalk) wasting book's space.But it force me to "object thinking" more than I suspected.

My next book was Grady Booch's OOAD, my two first foundation books about OO. ... Read more

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Good on ideas, bad on implementation
Basically, one can easily break this book down into two main parts:a discussion of object-orientedness and an introductory how-to on OO programming techniques.Within the first area, this book is pretty good.All the basics of OO are covered: objects, methods, encapsulation, polymorphism, late-binding, etc.However, there are some/several assertions one could argue with - mostly boiling down to what REALLY constitutes an OO language.Perhaps part of the problem here is that the book focuses on what Entsminger calls hybrid languages - that is, non-pure OO - specifically C++ and Turbo Pascal.This question ties into the second main thrust of the text, however.Before moving into the other area, I would like to mention my main criticism of the author's discussion of OO, and that is that the attempt to relate the concept(s) to Taoism fail - indeed are perhaps distracting.

Aside from discussing OO, the author attempts to demonstrate a methodology for implementing it.There are several problems, and perhaps no real benefits, here.First, the book is 15 years old and a lot has changed.No real fault of the author there, and something that a new edition would resolve.Second, the choice of languages are perhaps poor for a variety of reasons.Today, most readers would likely consider C# and Java to be the best examples to use in the text.Again, this is tied to the age of the book.Yet there is another issue in the choice of languages, and here we see the author contradict himself: the languages are not pure-OO, and how they are implemented is even further from pure-OO.The author encourages using these languages as hybrids, even using them as base C and Pascal.This is an argument that rages on, but many contend that if you are going to use C++, for example, use it in OO fashion.This is where the contradiction emerges since Entsminger recommnends, when learning a language, to choose a new problem instead of one you have already solved in non-OO fashion.So how does one learn these new ways of thinking using a (relatively) familiar language, if that familiarity will tend to lead one down familiar paths?

Further, I found the examples to be less than helpful.If I was wanting to learn "how to write (half) procedural programs in an OO environment," then perhaps my ears would perk up a bit.As it stands, the snippets are generally too terse to be useful, and the longer examples are too long (and without real explanation) and poorly constructed to lend any real value.Moreover, they aren't very portable (the C++ examples use conio.h - argh!).

If you are looking for a basic introduction to OO, then this book may be worth perusing - at least the first few chapters.In terms of suggestions, I would say that if the code samples were dropped, the emphasis on hybridity eliminated, and the Taoist metaphor explored further in a book of about 120 pages, then this could be a worthwhile reading.As it stands, there are much better reads.

Mostly misses the point
This is a terrible introduction to Object-Oriented programming. As mentioned, many of the examples won't even compile. But worse is that the examples show bad design decisions, confuse inheritance and composition, and aren't developed enough.
The author spends so much time on polymorphism (deservedly) but so little on how to use it well.If you used this book to improve your C structures and modules, then you also miss the point of OO (and polymorphism).

Best Used as a Bad Example
I keep this one in my library as an example of how bad programming books can be. I felt like I got taken halfway through it. When I read it, I waslearning object oriented programming with Delphi and C++. Although"examples" were given in both languages, many of them were sofull of errors that they would not compile. Amazon's rating system requiresthat I award at least one star, but this book deserves none. NOTRECOMMENDED.

Excellent introduction to OOPL for anyone.
This is an excellent book for anyone just starting out in programming, but as programmer who started out in the late 70's, I found it particularly useful to make the mind-shift towards object orientation. I regularly lendthe book to colleagues needing to travel the same path, but intend toreclaim it soon so my 11yo can read it. It's written in a laid-back stylereminiscent of "Zen and art of motor-cycle maintenance" and so isquite approachable. There are plenty of worked examples, with eachpresented in both C++ and Borland Pascal (the predecessor to Delphi). Ithoroughly recommend this book.

An excellent book on Object Oriented theory

I learned Object Oriented programing theory from this book when I was 17.I had been reading every book I could on C programming and this book made me realize what I could do with simple structures.

Today, almost 7 years later, I'm still impressed with this book.It's a must own for OO programmers. I would recommend this book even to non-OO programmers; It has helped me make my C programming style much more modular and easy to document and understand.

This book doesn't assume you know anything, so it's a good book for beginners, but since the theories and ideas explained are presented very broadly.

While thereare examples, they aren't immediately applicable.This book is more intent on teaching the ideas.You'll still need to learn a programming language to actually apply the knowledge. ... Read more

Book Description
Ideal for intermediate or advanced programmers, Object-Oriented Programming Using C++ for Engineering encourages users to adopt a pure object-oriented approach to problem solving. Introductory chapters of this how-to and reference manual discuss C++ enhancements to procedural programming in C, highlighting similarities and differences between these two languages to minimize the learning curve. Drawing from a rich collection of practical engineering technology examples, the remaining chapters of the book engage readers in an in-depth examination of essential object-oriented programming concepts. Every chapter features many sample programs, end-of-chapter review problems, programming projects, and real-world case studies to promote learning and aid readers in developing new and useful C++ skills. Moreover, all information is based on the latest C++ standards as defined by ANSI/ISO, making this book an indispensable how-to manual, long-lasting reference and handy sourcebook for programmers of all abilities. ... Read more

Book Description
An Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming with Java provides an accessible and thorough introduction to the basics of programming in java. This much-anticipated revision continues its emphasis on object-oriented programming. Objects are used early so students begin thinking in an object-oriented way, then later Wu teaches students to define their own classes.

In the third edition, the author has eliminated the author-written classes, so students get accustomed to using the standard java libraries.

In the new update, the author has included the Scanner Class for input, a new feature of Java 1.5.

Also new is the use of smaller complete code examples to enhance student learning.The larger sample development programs are continued in this edition, giving students an opportunity to walk incrementally walk through program design, learning the fundamentals of software engineering.The number and variety of examples makes this a student-friendly text that teaches by showing.

Object diagrams continue to be an important element of Wu's approach.The consistent, visual approach assists students in understanding concepts. ... Read more

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horrible book
i'm using this book for a java class and it's horrible.mass confusion and some errors/typo in the book.nothing makes sense and it's very unorganized. if you have to use this book for a class, buy the sams "java in 21 days" so you can reference it. ... Read more

Book Description
Microsoft Visual C# 2005, An Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming, Second Edition provides the beginning programmer with a guide to developing programs in C#, a language developed by Microsoft as part of their Visual Studio .NET platform. With C#, you can build small, reusable components that are well-suited to twenty-first century Web-based programming applications. Although similar to Java and C++, many features of C# make it easier to learn and ideal for the beginning programmer. You can program in C# using a simple text editor and the command prompt, or you can manipulate program components using Visual Studio's sophisticated Integrated Development Environment. This book provides you with the tools to use both techniques. ... Read more

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Object-Oriented Programming with Java was developed for students in the science, engineering, and business, fields where knowledge of programming is thought to be essential.This text, on modern software development, contains material that is typically covered in a CS1 course.In addition to traditional introductory programming concepts, object-oriented concepts and techniques such as inheritance and polymorphism are presented in a student-friendly manner.Java-related topics such as exception handling and the Java I/O models are carefully treated, and an entire chapter is devoted to Java applets. ... Read more

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GREAT CODING
This was an excellent book especially how it gave you codes that was useful in other areas.This book was used as a reference for me in my Data Structures' class.The book that my professor used never explained itself.With this book I was able to understand the codes and was able to interpret it. ... Read more

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Awesome Book
This book is an excellent book for anyone with previous OO programming experience in another language.The book gets to the heart of the language and tells the reader what they need to know, providing anyone new to Java a broad understanding of the language conceptually and in terms of syntax. ... Read more

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Designed to serve as a textbook for students pursuing a degree in information technology and computers, Object-Oriented Programming with C++ imparts a clear understanding of objects and the method of modeling them in the Object-Oriented Programming System.The book would also be suitable for
undergraduate as well ans post-graduate students of computer applications. ... Read more

Book Description
This book takes an object-oriented approach to introduce Visual Basic .NET.The author begins by covering object-oriented analysis, design, and modeling using UML.He then moves into a detailed discussion of objects and clasess, after which, readers begin develoing their own short programs.Advanced topics such as data structures, components, and distributed/Internet programming are also covered.Programmers interested in learning the Visual Basic .NET programming language. ... Read more

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In serious need of proof reading
Of some use for learning OOP, but an amazing amount of errors in both the text and code examples.Perhaps the teaching method Mr. McMonnies employs is to present code with errors and have the student discover the errors, but the code is presented as working code and the student has no reason to suspect that there are errors - in fact a good 50% of the code examples do in fact work, so it is terribly inconsistent.

From what I can make of Mr. McMonnies website, this text originated from the materials for a course he teaches.The materials were evidently compiled from several different versions, an unedited hodgepodge of which went into this text.

Errors I've found:

Chapter 1:Euclid's Algorithm is stated incorrectly - step 4 should be "Let n = remainder" not "Let n = quotient"

Chapter 3:Activity 5 builds on Activities 1-4, but starts using variables that were never declared.It seems obvious that pre-publication version of Activity 3 declared the variables but they were later omitted to simplify the example.The problem is they were left in the publication version of activity 5.An obvious and easy enough to deal with error, but shows the lack of care taken in preparing book for publication.

Chapter 4:Listing 4.13 attempts to use variable "mvarBalance", but variable was never declared.A variable named "Balance" is declared and used elsewhere.Also declares a "CurrentBalance" property that is never used and uses a "GetBalance" property that is never declared.

Chapter 5:Solution to Exercise 5.4 does not work.The for loop used to calculate a factorial is wrong both logically and syntactically.

Chapter 7:Listing 7.7 demonstrates the use of access specifiers in inherited classes.In this listing a Parent class is defined with variable "MyString" declared as private.A child class is then defined with a constructor that attempts to change MyString - which it of course cannot see, but the listing presents it as though it could.

Perhaps I would be somewhat more forgiving of the errors if, on his website, Mr. McMonnies had not said in a review of another book "I did find a couple of annoying errors in it (the same topics in my own book use properly working code)".

This book is simply EXCELLENT!
Alistair McMonnies's website sucks:

http://cis.paisley.ac.uk/mcmo-ci0/

But this book is simply excellent! Alistair explains OOP in VB.net better than any other book I've ever read. Everything seems so simple when Alistair explains. I guess this is because he is "teaching" this stuff for a living. The authors of other books (I've purchased more than 25 books) "do" this for a living and therefore cannot explain well. They are so into the stuff (OOP) that they cannot perceive that the reader may not know what they are talking about.

The core of programming in .NET is centered on OOP. And this is the best book to learn .NET!

Thanks Alistair! You should go around the world presenting Seminars! You would be a success!
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This text covers what students need to know about basic Java programming in a clear, straight-forward writing style. ... Read more

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Offers an in-depth explanation of object-oriented programming (OOP), public interface design and Visual Basic OOP code construction. Details how to encapsulate and reuse special Visual Basic objects, such as ActiveX controls. Demonstrates how to add a class library without changing the public interface. ... Read more

Book Description
To date, books on object-oriented programming have focused either on the methodology of the object-oriented paradigm or on teaching the details of a particular programming language. This collection takes a different approach, examining one object-oriented programming language - the Common-Lisp Object System (CLOS) - as a modern programming tool. The fourteen contributions examine CLOS from a variety of angles, revealing the thoughts behind the design of the language, its intended use, its impact on object-oriented design and programming, and its place in the context of other object-oriented programming languages.

Chapter 1 provides enough detail about the language for the remaining material to be understood by readers unfamiliar with CLOS, and it concentrates on the unusual aspects of the language. CLOS is placed into historical perspective in Chapter 2, which describes the sources and evolution of ideas embodied in the language. Further chapters discuss the metaobject protocol, compare CLOS with other object-oriented languages, and discuss applications of the language and aspects of its implementation. ... Read more

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Object-Oriented Programming: From Problem Solving to Java provides a thorough, easy-to-follow reference to master object-oriented programming principles. Throughout the text, problem solving and programming techniques are presented in modeling diagrams, pseudo-code, and flowcharts. Users then learn how to put theory into practice using actual Java code. Unlike "cookbook" guides where users blindly follow the instructions this book encourages users to explore their problem solving creativity, and then test their ideas in a real-world environment. By first learning the concepts involved in object-oriented programming, and then learning how to put them into use, readers not only learn Java, but they also learn how to become more efficient programmers. ... Read more

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tackle the problems to learn OO
If you need to practice your Java object oriented coding, try using Garrido's book. He gives many example problems in pseudocode. These are very well suited to you taking them and manually translating that pseudocode into Java.

Think of this perhaps as similar to a Schaum's Outline book of problem sets.

Of course, you can also do the obvious of learning the object oriented aspects of Java from the book. But basically any book on teaching the general properties of Java tends to cover this to some fashion, since Java is fully object oriented. Garrido's book is a little more distinctive in having a collection of problems in pseudocode put right in front of you. ... Read more

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Marvelous
This is the best book on oop using c++ out there.I mean it is writen in simple and easy to understand way but it has the most comprehensive information than any other book i have picked up. I am an advance VBprogrammer and when I was reading this book I was learning how to do somestuff with VB on top of C++... I mean there are so much things includedthat you will ask yourself:"How come noone else mentioned it?".This is DA book. ... Read more