Rogers Cadenhead (Jacksonville, FL) is a writer, computer programmer, and Web developer who has written 21 books on Java and Internet-related topics, including Sams Teach Yourself Java in 24 Hours and How to Use the Internet, Eighth Edition. A working application developer, Cadenhead maintains Cruel Site of the Day and other popular web sites receiving more than 7,000,000 visits a year. Jesse Liberty (Massachusetts) is an author, trainer, and programmer. He served as Distinguished Software Engineer for AT and T and as Vice President of Citibank's Development Division.

Part I. BEGINNING C++ Hour 1. Writing Your First Program Hour 2. Organizing the Parts of a Program Hour 3. Creating Variables and Constants Hour 4. Using Expressions, Statements and Operators Hour 5. Calling Functions Hour 6. Controlling the Flow of a Program Hour 7. Storing Information in Arrays and Strings Part II. CLASSES Hour 8. Creating Basic Classes Hour 9. Moving into Advanced Classes Part III. MEMORY MANAGEMENT Hour 10. Creating Pointers Hour 11. Developing Advanced Pointers Hour 12. Creating References Hour 13. Developing Advanced References and Pointers Part IV. ADVANCED C++ Hour 14. Calling Advanced Functions Hour 15. Using Operator Overloading Part V. INHERITANCE AND POLYMORPHISM Hour 16. Extending Classes with Inheritance Hour 17. Using Polymorphism and Derived Classes Hour 18. Making Use of Advanced Polymorphism Hour 19. Storing Information in Linked Lists Part VI. SPECIAL TOPICS Hour 20. Using Special Classes, Functions, and Pointers Hour 21. Reading and Writing IO Hour 22. Employing Object-Oriented Analysis and Design Hour 23. Creating Templates Hour 24. Dealing with Exceptions and Error Handling Part VII. APPENDIXES A. Binary and Hexadecimal B. Glossary C. This Book's Web Site