Description
Coming to grips with C++11 and C++14 is more than a matter of familiarizing yourself with the features they introduce (e.g., auto type declarations, move semantics, lambda expressions, and concurrency support). The challenge is learning to use those features effectively--so that your software is correct, efficient, maintainable, and portable. That's where this practical book comes in. It describes how to write truly great software using C++11 and C++14--i.e. using modern C++.
Topics include:
- The pros and cons of braced initialization, noexcept specifications, perfect forwarding, and smart pointer make functions
- The relationships among std:: move, std:: forward, rvalue references, and universal references
- Techniques for writing clear, correct, effective lambda expressions
- How std:: atomic differs from volatile, how each should be used, and how they relate to C++'s concurrency API
- How best practices in old C++ programming (i.e., C++98) require revision for software development in modern C++
Effective Modern C++ follows the proven guideline-based, example-driven format of Scott Meyers' earlier books, but covers entirely new material.
After I learned the C++ basics, I then learned how to use C++ in production code from Meyer's series of Effective C++ books. Effective Modern C++ is the most important how-to book for advice on key guidelines, styles, and idioms to use modern C++ effectively and well. Don't own it yet? Buy this one. Now.
-- Herb Sutter, Chair of ISO C++ Standards Committee and C++ Software Architect at Microsoft
Author: Scott Meyers
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
Published: 12/16/2014
Pages: 334
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.10h x 7.00w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9781491903995
ISBN10: 1491903996
BISAC Categories:
- Computers | Languages | C++
- Computers | Programming | Object Oriented
- Computers | Programming | Open Source
About the Author
For more than 20 years, Scott Meyers' Effective C++ books (Effective C++, More Effective C++, and Effective STL) have set the bar for C++ programming guidance. His clear, engaging explanations of complex technical material have earned him a worldwide following, and they keep him in demand as a trainer, consultant, and conference presenter. Winner of the 2009 Dr. Dobb's Excellence in Programming Award, he has a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Brown University. His web site is aristeia.com.