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You're reading from Advanced C++ Master the technique of confidently writing robust C++ code

Product type Paperback

Published in Oct 2019

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781838821135

Length 762 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

C++

Concepts

Programming Language

Authors (5):

Olena Lizina

Rakesh Mane

Gazihan Alankus

Brian Price

Vivek Nagarajan

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Table of Contents (11) Chapters

About the Book

1. Anatomy of Portable C++ Software

2A. No Ducks Allowed – Types and Deduction FREE CHAPTER

2B. No Ducks Allowed – Templates and Deduction

3. No Leaks Allowed - Exceptions and Resources

4. Separation of Concerns - Software Architecture, Functions, and Variadic Templates

5. The Philosophers' Dinner – Threads and Concurrency

6. Streams and I/O

7. Everybody Falls, It's How You Get Back Up – Testing and Debugging

8. Need for Speed – Performance and Optimization

1. Appendix

About the Authors

Gazihan Alankus holds a PhD in computer science from Washington University in St. Louis. Currently, he is an assistant professor at the Izmir University of Economics in Turkey. He teaches and conducts research on game development, mobile application development, and human-computer interaction. He is a Google developer expert in Dart and develops Flutter applications with his students in his company Gbot, which he founded in 2019.

Olena Lizina is a software developer with 5 years experience in C++. She has practical knowledge of developing systems for monitoring and managing remote computers with a lot of users for an international product company. For the last 4 years, she has been working for international outsourcing companies on automotive projects for well-known automotive concerns. She has been participating in the development of complex and highly performant applications on different projects, such as HMI (Human Machine Interface), navigation, and applications for work with sensors.

Rakesh Mane has over 18 years experience in the software industry. He has worked with proficient programmers from a variety of regions: India, the US, and Singapore. He has mostly worked in C++, Python, shell scripting, and database. In his spare time, he likes to listen to music and travel. Also, he likes to play with, experiment with, and break things using software tools and code.

Vivek Nagarajan is a self-taught programmer who started out in the 1980s on 8-bit systems. He has worked on a large number of software projects and has 14 years of professional experience with C++. Aside from this, he has worked on a wide variety of languages and frameworks across the years. He is an amateur powerlifter, DIY enthusiast, and motorcycle racer. He currently works as an independent software consultant.

Brian Price has over 30 years experience working in a variety of languages, projects, and industries, including over 20 years experience in C++. He was worked on power station simulators, SCADA systems, and medical devices. He is currently crafting software in C++, CMake, and Python for a next-generation medical device. He enjoys solving puzzles and the Euler project in a variety of languages.