Essential C++ (The C++ In-depth Series) Book

Written for those C/C++ developers who want to deepen their programming knowledge, Essential C++ provides a short, effective tutorial to some of the most important features of the C++ language, including lessons on generic programming and templates.Compression is the key here in this admirably concise text. The author explains C++ from the very beginning with basic syntax and language features and always uses some of the best features of today's Standard C++. Perhaps the best thing here is the integration of 'generic programming'(meaning the STL library of re-usable templates and algorithms for data collections like vectors, linked lists and maps, which are built in to any current C++ compiler).By focusing on these key features, this tutorial demonstrates C++ in an up-to-the-minute style. (These "advanced" features can help simplify C++ programming from the very beginning.) This tutorial moves quickly and by the end of this book the author covers the basics of successful object-oriented design with C++ classes, generic programming, templates and exception handling. Short examples are the rule here and each chapter includes exercises for self-study (with solutions provided at the end of the book).C++ is a very rich and very complicated programming language. Essential C++ cuts to the chase and gives the working programmer a tour of the latest and greatest language features in a compact format. As a quick-start guide to today's C++, this title complements the author's much more massive tutorial, C++ Primer. For anyone who knows a little C/C++ and wants to learn more, especially the newest features of Standard C++, this book certainly deserves a closer look. --Richard Dragan, Amazon.comTopics covered: C++ fundamentals, data types and arrays, pointers, flow control, functions, generic programming and STL, generic algorithms, classes, constructors and destructors, polymorphism and inheritance, abstract classes, run-time type identification, templates and template functions, exception handling.Read More