100 C++ Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
Rich Yonts
- Learn
- how
- to
- handle
- errors,
- inefficiencies,
- and
- outdated
- paradigms
- by
- exploring
- the
- most
- common
- mistakes
- you’ll
- find
- in
- production
- C++
- code.100
- C++
- Mistakes
- and
- How
- To
- Avoid
- Them
- reveals
- the
- problems
- you’ll
- inevitably
- encounter
- as
- you
- write
- new
- C++
- code
- and
- diagnose
- legacy
- applications,
- along
- with
- practical
- techniques
- you
- need
- to
- resolve
- them.Inside
- 100
- C++
- Mistakes
- and
- How
- To
- Avoid
- Them
- you’ll
- learn
- how
- to:•
- Design
- solid
- classes
•
- Minimize
- resource
- allocation/deallocation
- issues
•
- Use
- new
- C++
- features
•
- Identify
- the
- differences
- between
- compile
- and
- runtime
- issues
•
- Recognize
- C-style
- idioms
- that
- miss
- C++
- functionality
•
- Use
- exceptions
- well100
- C++
- Mistakes
- and
- How
- To
- Avoid
- Them
- gives
- you
- practical
- insights
- and
- techniques
- to
- improve
- your
- C++
- coding
- kung
- fu.
- Author
- Rich
- Yonts
- has
- been
- using
- C++
- since
- its
- invention
- in
- the
- 1980s.
- This
- book
- distills
- that
- experience
- into
- practical,
- reusable
- advice
- on
- how
- C++
- programmers
- at
- any
- skill
- level
- can
- improve
- their
- code.
- Unlike
- many
- C++
- books
- that
- concentrate
- on
- language
- theory
- and
- toy
- exercises,
- this
- book
- is
- loaded
- with
- real
- examples
- from
- production
- codebases.About
- the
- technologyOver
- ten
- billion
- lines
- of
- C++
- code
- are
- running
- in
- production
- applications,
- and
- 98-developers
- find
- and
- fix
- mistakes
- in
- them
- every
- day.
- Even
- mission-critical
- applications
- have
- bugs,
- performance
- inefficiencies,
- and
- readability
- problems.
- This
- book
- will
- help
- you
- identify
- them
- in
- the
- code
- you’re
- maintaining
- and
- avoid
- them
- in
- the
- code
- you’re
- writing.About
- the
- book100
- C++
- Mistakes
- and
- How
- To
- Avoid
- Them
- presents
- practical
- techniques
- to
- improve
- C++
- code,
- from
- legacy
- applications
- to
- modern
- codebases
- that
- use
- C++
- 11
- and
- beyond.
- Author
- Rich
- Yonts
- provides
- a
- concrete
- example
- to
- illustrate
- each
- issue,
- along
- with
- a
- step-by-step
- walkthrough
- for
- improving
- readability,
- effectiveness,
- and
- performance.
- Along
- the
- way,
- you’ll
- even
- learn
- how
- and
- where
- to
- replace
- outdated
- patterns
- and
- idioms
- with
- modern
- C++.What's
- inside•
- Design
- solid
- classes
•
- Resource
- allocation/deallocation
- issues
•
- Compile
- and
- runtime
- problems
•
- Replace
- C-style
- idioms
- with
- proper
- C++About
- the
- readerCovers
- C++
- 98
- through
- 23,
- with
- an
- emphasis
- on
- diagnosing
- and
- improving
- legacy
- code.About
- the
- authorRich
- Yonts
- is
- a
- Senior
- Software
- Engineer
- at
- Teradata
- and
- a
- long-time
- software
- engineer
- using
- C++,
- Java,
- and
- Python.
- He
- has
- held
- a
- number
- of
- technical
- and
- leadership
- roles
- during
- his
- many
- years
- at
- IBM
- and
- Sony.Table
- of
- Contents1
- C++:
- With
- great
- power
- comes
- great
- responsibility
Part
- 1
2
- Better
- modern
- C++:
- Classes
- and
- types
3
- Better
- modern
- C++:
- General
- programming
4
- Better
- modern
- C++:
- Additional
- topics
Part
- 2
5
- C
- idioms
6
- Better
- premodern
- C++
Part
- 3
7
- Establishing
- the
- class
- invariant
8
- Maintaining
- the
- class
- invariant
9
- Class
- operations
10
- Exceptions
- and
- resources
11
- Functions
- and
- coding
12
- General coding
