Effective Modern C++

334 pages

Published Dec. 5, 2014 by O'Reilly Media.

ISBN:: 978-1-4919-0399-5
OCLC Number:: 884480640

(4 reviews)

Coming to grips with C++11 and C++14 is more than a matter of familiarizing yourself with the features they introduce (e.g., auto type declarations, move semantics, lambda expressions, and concurrency support). The challenge is learning to use those features effectively--so that your software is correct, efficient, maintainable, and portable. That's where this practical book comes in. It describes how to write truly great software using C++11 and C++14--i.e. using modern C++.

Topics include:

The pros and cons of braced initialization, noexcept specifications, perfect forwarding, and smart pointer make functions The relationships among std:: move, std:: forward, rvalue references, and universal references Techniques for writing clear, correct, effective lambda expressions How std:: atomic differs from volatile, how each should be used, and how they relate to C++'s concurrency API How best practices in old C++ programming (i.e., C++98) require revision for software development in modern C++ Effective Modern C++ follows the …

Coming to grips with C++11 and C++14 is more than a matter of familiarizing yourself with the features they introduce (e.g., auto type declarations, move semantics, lambda expressions, and concurrency support). The challenge is learning to use those features effectively--so that your software is correct, efficient, maintainable, and portable. That's where this practical book comes in. It describes how to write truly great software using C++11 and C++14--i.e. using modern C++.

Topics include:

The pros and cons of braced initialization, noexcept specifications, perfect forwarding, and smart pointer make functions The relationships among std:: move, std:: forward, rvalue references, and universal references Techniques for writing clear, correct, effective lambda expressions How std:: atomic differs from volatile, how each should be used, and how they relate to C++'s concurrency API How best practices in old C++ programming (i.e., C++98) require revision for software development in modern C++ Effective Modern C++ follows the proven guideline-based, example-driven format of Scott Meyers' earlier books, but covers entirely new material.

After I learned the C++ basics, I then learned how to use C++ in production code from Meyer's series of Effective C++ books. Effective Modern C++ is the most important how-to book for advice on key guidelines, styles, and idioms to use modern C++ effectively and well. Don't own it yet? Buy this one. Now.

-- Herb Sutter, Chair of ISO C++ Standards Committee and C++ Software Architect at Microsoft

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AliCorbin reviewed Effective Modern C++ by Scott Meyers (Effective C++ Series, #4)

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5 stars

A free pre-release edition, that upgraded itself when I was halfway through it.

In short, a survey of the new features available with the newest revisions of C++, along with suggestions on the best ways to use them. Clear and concise, with each item explained so straightforwardly that it is instantly understandable. But with dashes of humor, to give your brain short respites between the avalanches of facts and logic.

I began by reading the book in the proper order, starting with an explanation of template type deduction. (The same that I'd used in the STL in older versions of C++. And now, after all these years, can finally say that I understand.) From there I continued on into the new features. But after a while I realized that there's no reason to read it in order. Each section can stand alone. True, there are references to other sections, but …

A free pre-release edition, that upgraded itself when I was halfway through it.

In short, a survey of the new features available with the newest revisions of C++, along with suggestions on the best ways to use them. Clear and concise, with each item explained so straightforwardly that it is instantly understandable. But with dashes of humor, to give your brain short respites between the avalanches of facts and logic.

I began by reading the book in the proper order, starting with an explanation of template type deduction. (The same that I'd used in the STL in older versions of C++. And now, after all these years, can finally say that I understand.) From there I continued on into the new features. But after a while I realized that there's no reason to read it in order. Each section can stand alone. True, there are references to other sections, but as often as not they're pointing forward in the text rather than backwards. And, in the ebook at least, they come with handy hyperlinks so you can bounce to the reference and then right back. So I started hopping. Straight to the chapter on lambda functions, to see how they could possibly fit well into an OO language. And by gum, it ended up making perfect sense.

I'd definitely recommend this book to old-fart C++ programmers who want to catch up with the new stuff. It's a keeper, if only to dip into from time to time to refresh that feeling of understanding it all.

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