Introduction

C++ is often the first choice when it comes to selecting an object-oriented programming language with performance and flexibility as key goals. Modern C++ provides language and library features, such as rvalue references, move semantics, and smart pointers. When combined with good practices for exception handling, constant correctness, type-safe conversions, resource allocation and releasing, they enable developers to write better, more robust and performant code. This chapter contains recipes which address all of these topics.