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C++
and Java for Computation-Heavy Applications in Business, Science, and
Engineering
About the Book
Virtually all business, scientific, and engineering
applications are heavily reliant on numeric data items. C++ and Java offer object-oriented
programmers unique flexibility and control over the computations required within
such applications.
However, most books on object-oriented programming gloss
over such numeric data items, emphasizing instead one-dimensional containers or
collections and components of the graphical user interface.
Object-Oriented
Computation in C++ and Java fills the gap left by such books.
Drawing
on more than 20 years' experience as a software developer, tester, consultant,
and professor, Conrad Weisert shows readers how to use numeric objects effectively.
Not limited to any language or methodology, the concepts and techniques
discussed in this book are entirely independent of one's choice of design and
coding methodology.
Practitioners of Extreme Programming, UML-driven design,
agile methods, incremental development, and so on will all develop these same
data classes.
Whether you are a seasoned professional or an advanced computer
science student, this book can teach you techniques that will improve the quality
of your programming and the efficiency of your applications. The exercises (and
answers) presented in this book with teach you new ways to implement the computational
power of C++, Java, and numeric data items.
Topics include
taxonomy of data types
developing and using object-oriented classes
for numeric data
design patterns for commonly occurring numeric data types
families
of interacting numeric data types
choosing efficient and flexible internal
data representations
"The exposition and examples use
C++. . . . near the end of most chapters, I convert the most important examples
to Java. . . . [Dorsethouse.com] contains source code in both languages. . . .
Even if your preferred programming language is C#, Python, Ruby, or Smalltalk,
you'll find most of this book helpful." —from the Introduction
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Reviews
"Most of the programming books
I've read tend to gloss over the numbers. Sure, you know that the numbers exist
and that you can perform basic math with them, but you never really see how to
do it. After a few minutes in the limelight, the numbers disappear and the author
replaces them with the more exciting machinations of the user interface (not that
there's anything wrong with the user interface; applications need a user interface
too). Many books simply don't include much about the numbers, especially the math
behind the numbers. If you've found yourself wondering how to make the math work,
this is a great book to get. Instead of giving you a couple simple math examples
that don't reflect the real world, you'll find yourself working with code that
fully demonstrates practical math techniques. . . .
"The book is well-organized
and relatively easy to read, but the author also doesn't candy-coat the complexity
of the topic. You'll find that you learn quite a lot in the scant 194 pages that
this book provides."
"This
is very good and thought-provoking material that would work well in the classroom.
. . . problems for consideration and coding are scattered throughout the text.
Answers to many of the problems are included in an appendix. . . . this book is
an excellent source of deep-thought problems in C++ design and development. .
."
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