Thinking In C++. Volume 2: Practical Programming

Computer Interfacing with Pascal & C, (Self-published via the Eisys imprint, 1988. Only available via www.BruceEckel.com). An introduction to electronics from back when CP/M was still king and DOS was an upstart. I used high-level languages and often the parallel port of the computer to drive various electronic projects. Adapted from my columns in the first and best magazine I wrote for, Micro Cornucopia. (To paraphrase Larry O’Brien, long-time editor of Software Development Magazine: The best computer magazine ever published—they even had plans for building a robot in a flower pot!) Alas, Micro C became lost long before the Internet appeared. Creating this book was an extremely satisfying publishing experience.

Using C++, (Osborne/McGraw-Hill, 1989). One of the first books out on C++. This is out of print and replaced by its second edition, the renamed C++ Inside & Out.

C++ Inside & Out, (Osborne/McGraw-Hill, 1993). As noted, actually the second edition of Using C++. The C++ in this book is reasonably accurate, but it's circa 1992 and Thinking in C++ is intended to replace it. You can find out more about this book and download the source code at www.BruceEckel.com.

Thinking in C++, 1^st Edition, (Prentice Hall, 1995). Winner of the Software Development Magazine Jolt Award for best book of 1995.

Thinking in C++, 2^nd Edition, Volume 1, (Prentice Hall, 2000). Downloadable from www.BruceEckel.com.

Black Belt C++: the Master’s Collection, Bruce Eckel, editor (M&T Books, 1994). Out of print (often available through out-of-print services on the Web). A collection of chapters by various C++ luminaries based on their presentations in the C++ track at the Software Development Conference, which I chaired. The cover on this book stimulated me to gain control over all future cover designs.

Thinking in Java, 1^st Edition, (Prentice Hall, 1998). The first edition of this book won the Software Development Magazine Productivity Award, the Java Developer’s Journal Editor’s Choice Award, and the JavaWorld Reader’s Choice Award for best book. On the CD ROM in the back of this book, and downloadable from www.BruceEckel.com.

Thinking in Java, 2^nd Edition, (Prentice Hall, 2000). This edition won the JavaWorld Editor’s Choice Award for best book. On the CD ROM in the back of this book, and downloadable from www.BruceEckel.com.

Thinking in Java, 3^rd Edition, (Prentice Hall, 2002). This edition won the Software Development Magazine Jolt Award for best book of 2002, and the Java Developer’s Journal Editor’s Choice Award. The new CD ROM in the back of this book now includes the first seven lectures from the 2^nd edition of the Hands-On Java CD ROM.

The Hands-On Java CD ROM, 3^rd edition (MindView, 2003). Over 15 hours of lectures and slides covering the basics of the Java language, based on Thinking in Java, 3^rd Edition. Available only at www.MindView.net.

Chuck’s books

C & C++ Code Capsules, by Chuck Allison (Prentice-Hall, 1998). Assumes that you already know C and C++, and covers some of the issues that you may be rusty on, or that you may not have gotten right the first time. This book fills in C gaps as well as C++ gaps.[ ]

Thinking in C: Foundations for Java & C++, by Chuck Allison (not actually a book, but a MindView, Inc. Seminar on CD ROM, 1999, bundled with Thinking in Java and Thinking in C++, Volume 1). A multimedia course including lectures and slides in the foundations of the C Language to prepare you to learn Java or C++. This is not an exhaustive course in C; only the necessities for moving on to the other languages are included. An extra section covering features for the C++ programmer is included. Prerequisite: experience with a high-level programming language, such as Pascal, BASIC, FORTRAN, or LISP.

In-depth C++

Books that go more deeply into topics of the language, and help you avoid the typical pitfalls inherent in developing C++ programs.

Large-Scale C++ Software Design, by John Lakos (Addison-Wesley, 1996). Motivates and presents in-the-trenches techniques for large C++ projects.