UML for the IT Business Analyst or C

UML for the IT Business Analyst: A Practical Guide to Object-Oriented Requirements Gathering

Author: Howard Podeswa

The IT Business Analyst is one of the fastest growing roles in the IT industry. Business Analysts are found in almost all large organizations and are important members of any IT team whether in the private or public sector. UML for the IT Business Analyst provides a clear, step-by-step guide to how the Business Analyst can perform his or her role using state-of-the-art object-oriented technology. Business analysts are required to understand object-oriented technology although there are currently no other books that address their unique needs as non-programmers using this technology. Assuming no prior knowledge of business analysis, IT, or object-orientation, material is presented in a narrative, chronological, hands-on style using a real-world case study. Upon completion of UML for the IT Business Analyst, you will have created an actual business requirements document using all of the techniques of object-orientation required of a Business Analyst.

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C++: The Complete Reference, Fourth Edition

Author: Herbert Schildt

Best-selling genius Herb Schildt covers everything from keywords, syntax, and libraries, to advanced features such as overloading, inheritance, virtual functions, namespaces, templates, and RTTI—plus, a complete description of the Standard Template Library (STL).
Herbert Schildt is a world leading programming author. He is an authority on the C, C++, Java, and C# programming languages, and a master Windows programmer. His programming books have sold more than three million copies worldwide and have been translated into all major foreign languages. He is the author of numerous best sellers including C: The Complete Reference, Java 2: The Complete Reference, Java 2: A Beginner's Guide, C#: A Beginner's Guide, and many more. Schildt holds a master's degree in computer science from the University of Illinois.

Table of Contents:

	Introduction
Pt. I	The Foundation of C++: The C Subset
1	An Overview of C	3
2	Expressions	13
3	Statements	57
4	Arrays and Null-Terminated Strings	89
5	Pointers	113
6	Functions	137
7	Structures, Unions, Enumerations, and User-Defined Types	161
8	C-Style Console I/O	187
9	File I/O	211
10	The Preprocessor and Comments	237
Pt. II	C++
11	An Overview of C++	255
12	Classes and Objects	289
13	Arrays, Pointers, References, and the Dynamic Allocation Operators	325
14	Function Overloading, Copy Constructors, and Default Arguments	359
15	Operator Overloading	383
16	Inheritance	417
17	Virtual Functions and Polymorphism	443
18	Templates	459
19	Exception Handling	487
20	The C++ I/O System Basics	509
21	C++ File I/O	539
22	Run-Time Type ID and the Casting Operators	567
23	Namespaces, Conversion Functions, and Other Advanced Topics	591
24	Introducing the Standard Template Library	629
Pt. III	The Standard Function Library
25	The C-Based I/O Functions	699
26	The String and Character Functions	723
27	The Mathematical Functions	737
28	Time, Date, and Localization Functions	747
29	The Dynamic Allocation Functions	757
30	Utility Functions	761
31	The Wide-Character Functions	775
Pt. IV	The Standard C++ Class Library
32	The Standard C++ I/O Classes	787
33	The STL Container Classes	811
34	The STL Algorithms	839
35	STL Iterators, Allocators, and Function Objects	861
36	The String Class	881
37	The Numeric Classes	897
38	Exception Handling and Miscellaneous Classes	925
Pt. V	Applying C++
39	Integrating New Classes: A Custom String Class	935
40	Parsing Expressions	963
A	The .NET Managed Extensions to C++	999
B	C++ and the Robotics Age	1005
	Index	1009