Hi all.
Basically I am wondering if this is a good book for a beginning programmer. I just finished my first "real" programming class(problem solving with algorithm design) last year, and have supplemented it with a VBA class for my GIS applications.
I would like to get into more "advanced" programming (ie C++, .NET, JAVA) and would like to eventually make my own "real" 3rd party app for my GIS/CAD programs(for eventual sale). I know i need to get past VB/VBA and get into the "meaty" programming stuff.
1. is this a good segue into c/c++?
Thx

As a beginning programmer, you may be better of starting with a a good reference on the API / framework your going to use.

Its more important to understand the environment your going to program in which could be either the Win32 API, OR .NET, or maybe even Java?

However any programmer shoul have a good understanding of algorithms. Knowing how to implement Lists, Sorting, etc is all good basic programming knowledge, and this is where a good book on algorithms will come in usefull.

Algorithms also come up a lot in programming interviews, so its allways usefull knowing all the basic algorithms when your looking for a programming job.



Steve Wort
Co Author "Professional SQL Server 2005 Administration"