Introduction

This book is designed to help you teach yourself how to program with C++. Just as you can learn to walk one step at a time, you can learn to program in C++ one hour at a time.
Each lesson in this book has been designed so that you can read the entire lesson in just an hour a day. It lays emphasis on the practical usage of the language, and helps you get up-to-speed with concepts that are most important in writing C++ applications for realworld
usage.

By focusing for just an hour a day at a time, you’ll learn about such fundamentals as managing input and output, loops and arrays, object-oriented programming, templates, using the standard template library, and creating C++ applications—all in well-structured
and easy-to-follow lessons. Lessons provide sample listings—complete with sample output and an analysis of the code—to illustrate the topics of the day.

To help you become more proficient, each lesson ends with a set of common questions
and answers, a quiz, and exercises. You can check your progress by examining the quiz
and exercise answers provided in Appendix D, “Answers.”

Who Should Read This Book
You don’t need any previous experience in programming to learn C++ with this book. This book starts you from the beginning and teaches you detailed analysis of code an excellent guide as you begin your journey into this rewarding
environment. Whether you are just beginning or already have some experience programming,
you will find that this book’s clear organization makes learning C++ fast and
easy.