Computer Science

GENERIC PROGRAMMING AND THE C++ STANDARD LIBRARY.

EXCEPTION-SAFETY ISSUES AND TECHNIQUES.

CLASS DESIGN AND INHERITANCE.

COMPILER FIREWALLS AND THE PIMPL IDIOM.

NAME LOOKUP, NAMESPACES, AND THE INTERFACE PRINCIPLE.

MEMORY MANAGEMENT.

TRAPS, PITFALLS, AND ANIT-IDIOMS.

MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS.

C++ Intermediate / Advanced Programming  [PTG: AW PROFESSIONAL]   (Computer Science)

Herb Sutter is the author of three highly acclaimed books, Exceptional C++ Style, Exceptional C++, and More Exceptional C++ (Addison-Wesley). He chairs the ISO C++ standards committee, and is contributing editor and columnist for C/C++ Users Journal. As a software architect for Microsoft, Sutter leads the design of C++ language extensions for .NET programming.

Exceptional C++ shows by example how to go about sound software engineering in standard C++. Do you enjoy solving thorny C++ problems and puzzles? Do you relish writing robust and extensible code? Then take a few minutes and challenge yourself with some tough C++ design and programming problems.

The puzzles and problems in Exceptional C++ not only entertain, they will help you hone your skills to become the sharpest C++ programmer you can be. Many of these problems are culled from the famous Guru of the Week feature of the Internet newsgroup comp.lang.c++.moderated, expanded and updated to conform to the official ISO/ANSI C++ Standard.

Each problem is rated according to difficulty and is designed to illustrate subtle programming mistakes or design considerations. After you've had a chance to attempt a solution yourself, the book then dissects the code, illustrates what went wrong, and shows how the problem can be fixed. Covering a broad range of C++ topics, the problems and solutions address critical issues such as:

• Generic programming and how to write reusable templates
• Exception safety issues and techniques
• Robust class design and inheritance
• Compiler firewalls and the Pimpl Idiom
• Name lookup, namespaces, and the Interface Principle
• Memory management issues and techniques
• Traps, pitfalls, and anti-idioms
• Optimization

Try your skills against the C++ masters and come away with the insight and experience to create more efficient, effective, robust, and portable C++ code.

Interwrite Personal Response System
EduCue, Addison-Wesley & Benjamin Cummings
©2004 | Addison-Wesley Professional | Electronic Supplement | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321267354 | ISBN-13: 9780321267351

This title is a member of the The C++ In-Depth Series Series, which also contains the titles below . You can also visit the C++ In-Depth Series Series page.

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  Accelerated C++: Practical Programming by Example
  Koenig & Moo
  ©2000 | Addison-Wesley Professional | Paper; 352 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 020170353X | ISBN-13: 9780201703535
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  Accelerated C++ introduces a radical new approach to teaching C++. It starts with the most useful concepts rather than the most primitive ones, so the student can begin writing programs immediately. It describes real problems and solutions, not just language features. And it includes the standard library from the start. The authors proved the effectiveness of this approach in their courses at Stanford and Princeton, where their students learned to write substantial programs their first day in the classroom.

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  Applied C++: Practical Techniques for Building Better Software
  Romanik & Muntz
  ©2003 | Addison-Wesley Professional | Paper; 352 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0321108949 | ISBN-13: 9780321108944
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  Applied C++ is a practical, straightforward guide to developing high-quality, maintainable software. It reflects the power of C++, templates, and the Standard Template Library for industrial-strength programming. The tips and techniques presented in this book will help students improve their language and design skills and shows how to solve substantial problems more effectively.

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  C++ Coding Standards: 101 Rules, Guidelines, and Best Practices
  Sutter & Alexandrescu
  ©2005 | Addison-Wesley Professional | Paper; 240 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0321113586 | ISBN-13: 9780321113580
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  Every software development team should have and follow a coding standard.

  It's even better when what the coding standard requires is actually consistent,

  reasonable, and correct.

  Coding standards have many advantages:

  *They improve code quality. This happens automatically when following a

  good, simple set of guidelines.

  *They improve development speed, because the programmer doesn't need to

  always make decisions starting from first principles.

  *They enhance teamwork by eliminating needless debates on inconsequential

  issues and by making it easy for teammates to read and maintain each other's

  code.

  The coding standards introduced by this book are a collection of guidelines for

  writing high-quality C++ code.

  ***They are the distilled conclusions of a rich collective experience of the C++

  community. Until now, this body of knowledge has been available only as

  folklore or spread in bits and pieces throughout books.

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  C++ Network Programming, Volume 2: Systematic Reuse with ACE and Frameworks
  Schmidt & Huston
  ©2003 | Addison-Wesley Professional | Paper; 384 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0201795256 | ISBN-13: 9780201795257
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  C++ Network Programming, Volume I: Mastering Complexity with ACE and Patterns
  Schmidt & Huston
  ©2002 | Addison-Wesley Professional | Paper; 336 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0201604647 | ISBN-13: 9780201604641
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  C++ Template Metaprogramming: Concepts, Tools, and Techniques from Boost and Beyond
  Abrahams & Gurtovoy
  ©2005 | Addison-Wesley Professional | Paper Bound w/CD-ROM; 400 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0321227255 | ISBN-13: 9780321227256
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  Simply put, a metaprogram is a program which generates or manipulates

  program code. The ability to programmatically create software allows

  programmers to work at a higher level of abstraction appropriate to the

  problem domain, and allows the resulting code to be reconfigured without loss

  of efficiency. Ever since generic programming was introduced to C++,

  programmers have discovered myriad "template tricks" for manipulating

  programs *as they are compiled*, effectively eliminating the barrier between

  program and metaprogram. While the excitement generated by these

  capabilities among C++ experts has reached the community at large, their

  practical application remains out-of-reach for most programmers. This book

  provides the neccessary foundation to make template metaprogramming

  practical for everyone.

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  Essential C++
  Lippman
  ©2000 | Addison-Wesley Professional | Paper; 304 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0201485184 | ISBN-13: 9780201485189
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  Essential C++ offers a fast-track to learning and working with C++. This book is specifically designed to bring you up to speed in a short amount of time. It focuses on the elements of C++ programming that you are most likely to encounter and examines features and techniques that help solve real-world programming challenges. Essential C++ presents the basics of C++ in the context of procedural, generic, object-based, and object-oriented programming. It is organized around a series of increasingly complex programming problems, and language features are introduced as solutions to these problems. In this way you will not only learn about the functions and structure of C++, but will understand their purpose and rationale.

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  Exceptional C++ Style: 40 New Engineering Puzzles, Programming Problems, and Solutions
  Sutter
  ©2005 | Addison-Wesley Professional | Paper; 352 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0201760428 | ISBN-13: 9780201760422
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  Exceptional C++: 47 Engineering Puzzles, Programming Problems, and Solutions
  Sutter
  ©2000 | Addison-Wesley Professional | Paper; 240 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0201615622 | ISBN-13: 9780201615623
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  Modern C++ Design: Generic Programming and Design Patterns Applied
  Alexandrescu
  ©2001 | Addison-Wesley Professional | Paper; 352 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0201704315 | ISBN-13: 9780201704310
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  In Modern C++ Design, Andrei Alexandrescu opens new vistas for C++ programmers. Displaying extraordinary creativity and programming virtuosity, Alexandrescu offers a cutting-edge approach to design that unites design patterns, generic programming, and C++, enabling programmers to achieve expressive, flexible, and highly reusable code.

  This book introduces the concept of generic components—reusable design templates that produce boilerplate code for compiler consumption—all within C++. Generic components enable an easier and more seamless transition from design to application code, generate code that better expresses the original design intention, and support the reuse of design structures with minimal recoding.

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  More Exceptional C++: 40 New Engineering Puzzles, Programming Problems, and Solutions
  Sutter
  ©2002 | Addison-Wesley Professional | Paper; 304 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 020170434X | ISBN-13: 9780201704341
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