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Introduction to Building C++ Applications

Programming languages differ by their program execution model; the most common are interpreted and compiled languages. Compilers translate source code into machine code, which a computer can run without intermediary support systems. Interpreted language code, on the other hand, requires support systems, interpreters, and the virtual environment to work.

C++ is a compiled language, which makes programs run faster than their interpreted counterparts. While C++ programs should be compiled for each platform, interpreted programs can operate cross-platform.

We are going to discuss the details of a program-building process, starting with the phases of processing the source code – done by the compiler- and ending with the details of the executable file (the compiler's output). We will also learn why a program built for one platform...

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Design professional-grade, maintainable apps by learning advanced concepts such as functional programming, templates, and networking

Apply design patterns and best practices to solve real-world problems

Improve the performance of your projects by designing concurrent data structures and algorithms

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C++ has evolved over the years and the latest release – C++20 – is now available. Since C++11, C++ has been constantly enhancing the language feature set. With the new version, you’ll explore an array of features such as concepts, modules, ranges, and coroutines. This book will be your guide to learning the intricacies of the language, techniques, C++ tools, and the new features introduced in C++20, while also helping you apply these when building modern and resilient software. You’ll start by exploring the latest features of C++, and then move on to advanced techniques such as multithreading, concurrency, debugging, monitoring, and high-performance programming. The book will delve into object-oriented programming principles and the C++ Standard Template Library, and even show you how to create custom templates. After this, you’ll learn about different approaches such as test-driven development (TDD), behavior-driven development (BDD), and domain-driven design (DDD), before taking a look at the coding best practices and design patterns essential for building professional-grade applications. Toward the end of the book, you will gain useful insights into the recent C++ advancements in AI and machine learning. By the end of this C++ programming book, you’ll have gained expertise in real-world application development, including the process of designing complex software.

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Understand memory management and low-level programming in C++ to write secure and stable applications

Discover the latest C++20 features such as modules, concepts, ranges, and coroutines

Understand debugging and testing techniques and reduce issues in your programs

Design and implement GUI applications using Qt5

Use multithreading and concurrency to make your programs run faster

Develop high-end games by using the object-oriented capabilities of C++

Explore AI and machine learning concepts with C++

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KARAN Jun 19, 2024

Nice book , advanced concepts very much satisfied with the contents.

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Sterling Eanes Aug 02, 2022

This book does not live up to its title and is not worth the price. If you read and understood everything in the book you would be nowhere near being a C++ expert. It is very superficial with topics 'covered' seemingly more to claim in the promotional blurbs that the sexy sounding topics are covered rather than to provide a useful depth of information about those topics.It's not totally worthless, which is why I gave it 2 stars rather than one, since it could make you aware that some C++ features are out there, even though it doesn't provide enough depth for you to start using most of those features.The writing, the illustrating, the editing and the printing show a poor, cheap quality that says to me that little care was taken in creating and producing this book. It's full of typos (e.g. 'sturct' rather than 'struct' in an example, indicating that the examples were not extracted from working code or carefully proofread). The diagrams are poorly drawn in an inconsistent style and, worse, poorly thought out and likely confusing to someone just learning C++. The index is also light and superficial and so isn't very helpful. The printing is of poor quality and on inferior paper stock. A large fraction of the pages have printing glitches running down the pages that causes the text baseline to waver along the line.So, save your money on this book and look for others out there that are more informative.

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George Apr 28, 2022

This book explains many basic concepts from base C++ (aka C++11) and doesn't explains what some newer concepts are, even though they are used. The book also leads you into thinking that it will work through a project within a chapter, but actually doesn't do that, instead only doing small snippets of the project and explaining other parts in text only (it feals like they were told the book could only be so many pages long and constantly reminds you of this). The AI chapters is also severely missing in content, both conceptually and in code examples.The early part of this book focuses in on how the compiler works and how it changes you code to look like, but then says how different compilers may work differently.The book also mentions that it would cover certain C++20 content that it barely mentions and doesn't explain how to use it or hiw it is better than a method(s) that already existed. This is especially felt, in my opinion, in the section that mentions (it doesn't truly cover) ranges. I have little experience with functional style programming, and, in comparison to OOP, neither does many C++ programs. Similarly, concepts are shown, but it doesn't really show how to make your own.The section, in my opinion, that has the best coverage is the chapter that covers multi-threading, but it was still lacking in its explanation on coroutines. Similarly, template metaprogramming is also covered well, but I feel the author(s) didn't use any of the newer additions to C++ that I expect, but haven't had time to test and see, to work.The section on GUIs focused on just one library, Qt, and I feel other libraries should have been looked at. It also didn't do a good job at showing what different widgets/layouts looked like.I think that this would be a good book for an intermediate C++ program with plenty of free time to further develop the projects shown, but it shouldn't be the only resources used or you will come out knowing little or nothing about some content.

FAm Dec 19, 2021

Really great book to master modern C++. It covers and explains the concepts well it also tries to explain in the perspective of compiler. I gave 4 ⭐ just because I faced some wrong examples which even didn't get compiled under C++20 and lower compilers

cygnus.x1 Jan 20, 2021

Good book, but not quite perfect.

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