[This book is] designed for a first Computer Science (CS1) C++ course ... The CS1 course serves as the cornerstone of the Computer Science curriculum ... This book assumes no prior programming experience. However, some adequate mathematics background such as college algebra is required.-Pref.

An overview of computers and programming languages, basic elements of c++, input output.

Overview of computers and programming languages -- Basic elements of C++ -- Input/output -- Control structures I (selection) -- Control structures II (repetition) -- User-defined functions I -- User-defined functions II -- User-defined simple data types, namespaces, and the string type -- Arrays and strings -- Applications of arrays (searching and sorting) and the vector type -- Records (structs) -- Classes and data abstraction -- Inheritance and composition -- Pointers, classes, virtual functions, and abstract classes -- Overloading and templates -- Exception handling -- Recursion -- Linked lists -- Stacks and queues -- Appendices: Reserved words; Operator precedence; Character sets; Operator overloading; Additional C++ topics; Header files; Memory size on a system and random number generator; Standard template library (STL); Answers to odd numbered exercises.