This title is both conceptual and made for beginners. It teaches not only C++, but also fundamental programming concepts, which should ease the learning of other programming languages. It uses game creation as a teaching tool.

With the guidance in this book, you'll learn how to create algorithms and pseudocode to think through and design programs; translate your designs and plans into working C programs; write, compile, test, and debug your code; use data types, ...

The fourth edition of this book has been updated to cover the significant changes that first appeared in iOS 5 and Xcode 4.2, including the use of Automatic Reference Counting (ARC) to improve and simplify memory management in Objective-C ...

Rev. ed. of: C++ programming for the absolute beginner / Dirk Henkemans and Mark Lee.

Looks at the basics of Objective-C programming for Apple technologies, covering such topics as Xcode, classes, properties, categories, loops, and ARC.

Reflecting the latest changes to the C++ standard, this 2nd edition takes a useful down-to-earth approach, placing a strong emphasis on how to design clean, elegant code.In short, to-the-point chapters, all aspects of programming are ...

Teaching the principles and techniques of programming through simple game creation, a beginner's guide to programming in C uses hands-on exercises and tutorials to help readers acquire essential skills, while covering such topics as ...

With this book to guide you through all the newest features of SQL, you'll soon be whipping up relational databases, using SQL with XML to power data-driven Web sites, and more!

Provides instructions for writing C code to create games and mobile applications using the new C11 standard.