C++ Pocket Reference

I have about a dozen of these pocket guides. I don't do C++ anymore but did many, many moons ago. My daughter is taking a C++ class now and I got this to help me remember C++ enough to help her with that class. It's all I need. In general, these pocket guides are enough for me most of the time regardless of the language or technology they are covering. Between them and google search, you can solve any programming task...

This is a great C++ reference. After some years of mostly C and Java programming, I was able to review the language main points in a single day. It is a useful book for non-full-time C++ developers.

This book provides a quick and concise reference to the C++ language, covering everything from the basic structure of C++ files (including #include guards) and programs to variables and operators to the Object-Oriented features of the language. However, if you are looking for a detailed description of the C++ language, get The C++ Programming Language: Special Edition (3rd Edition) along with this book and you will have that plus a quick reference to almost all of the non-STL topics the other book talks about. On the down side, this book gives really superficial coverage of the STL, but then again this book isn't meant to be a pocket reference to the STL. For a good book on that, get a copy of The STL Pocket Reference. That being said, I would recommend this book to those who have either gone through or are going through their first year of programming courses.

For many years, I did most of my programming in C, but never learned C++. In recent years, I have been using Java mostly. Now I wish to get back to C++, and I have found this book to be an excellent introduction. In order to read this book one already needs to know how to work with the very low level aspects of C, and at the same time one must understand object oriented concepts. But for the reader who is at such a place, this book provides a very concise description of the C++ language. In just 125 small pages, the author manages to step through all of the aspects of the C++ language and concisely describe them.

The C++ Pocket Reference is designed for C or Java developers who occasionally program in C++ and need a syntax reminder. Not designed as a tutorial or provide lengthy instruction on the subject, this book is great for a one paragraph explanation on a particular topic. I found this to be a very useful and easy to follow book. It starts out with the basics of writing a C++ program (processor directives, data types) and slowly moves into more complicated aspects of this language (like templates and memory management).I would highly recommend this as a reference book if you find yourself occasionally doing some programming in C++.