This book is the latest edition of the bestselling book on the C++ language and Visual C++.   Ivor Horton has a loyal following who love his approach to teaching programming languages.  In this book, Horton repeats the formula that made the current edition so popular:  he provides a comprehensive introduction to both the Standard C++ language and to Visual C++.   The book has been thoroughly updated (about 30%) for the 2013 release.   This book shows novice C++ programmers how to build real-world applications using Visual C++.  No previous programming experience is required. The author uses numerous step-by-step programming examples to guide readers through the ins and outs of C++ development.   The author will fully cover new features of this significant 2013 release, including: C++ language and library changes supported under Visual Studio 2013: Delegating constructors. (supported in preview) Explicit conversion operators. (supported in preview) rvalue/lvalue Reference Casts. (supported in preview) Raw string literals. (supported in preview) Initializer lists and uniform initialization. (supported in preview) Variadic templates. (supported in preview) Default function template arguments. (supported in preview) And more  IDE-specific changes: Editor options for C++ code formatting. "Just my code" support for C++ debugging. C++ auto-completion features: In addition, the following will be supported in the VS 2013 RTM: -C++ 11 rvalue/lvalue casting rules -Alias templates -Defaulted functions -Deleted functions -Non-static data member initializers Plus support for new C++ 14 STL features