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Mastering C++ Programming

By : Jeganathan Swaminathan
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Mastering C++ Programming

By: Jeganathan Swaminathan

Overview of this book

C++ ? ?has ? ?come ? ?a ? ?long ? ?way ? ?and ? ?has ? ?now ? ?been ? ?adopted ? ?in ? ?several ? ?contexts. Its ? ?key ? ?strengths ? ?are ? ?its ? ?software ? ?infrastructure ? ?and ? ?resource-constrained applications. ? ?The ?C++ ? ?17 ? ?release ? ?will ? ?change ? ?the ? ?way ? ?developers ? ?write code, ? ?and ? ?this ? ?book ? ?will ? ?help ?you ? ?master ? ?your ? ?developing ? ?skills ? ?with ? ?C++. With ? ?real-world, ? ?practical ? ?examples ? ?explaining ? ?each ? ?concept, ? ?the ? ?book ? ?will begin ? ?by ? ?introducing ? ?you ? ?to ? ?the ? ?latest ? ?features ? ?in ? ?C++ ? ?17. ? ?It ? ?encourages clean ? ?code ? ?practices ? ?in ? ?C++ ? ?in ? ?general, ? ?and ? ?demonstrates ? ?the ? ?GUI app-development ? ?options ? ?in ? ?C++. ? ?You’ll ? ?get ? ?tips ? ?on ? ?avoiding ? ?memory ? ?leaks using ? ?smart-pointers. ? ?Next, ? ?you’ll ? ?see ? ?how ? ?multi-threaded ?programming can ? ?help ? ?you ? ?achieve ? ?concurrency ? ?in ? ?your ? ?applications. Moving ? ?on, ? ?you’ll ? ?get ? ?an ? ?in-depth ? ?understanding ? ?of ? ?the ? ?C++ ? ?Standard Template ? ?Library. ? ?We ? ?show ? ?you ? ?the ? ?concepts ? ?of ? ?implementing ? ?TDD ? ?and BDD ? ?in ? ?your ? ?C++ ? ?programs, ? ?and ? ?explore ? ?template-based ? ?generic programming, ? ?giving ? ?you ? ?the ? ?expertise ? ?to ? ?build ? ?powerful ? ?applications. Finally, ? ?we’ll ? ?round ? ?up ? ?with ? ?debugging ? ?techniques ? ?and ? ?best ? ?practices.By ? ?the ? ?end ? ?of ? ?the ? ?book, ? ?you’ll ? ?have ? ?an ? ?in-depth ? ?understanding ? ?of ? ?the language ? ?and ? ?its ? ?various ? ?facets.

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Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Title Page
Title Page
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
About the Reviewer
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Customer Feedback
Dedication
Dedication
Preface
Preface
Free Chapter
1
C++17 Features
C++17 Features
C++17 background
What's new in C++17?
Key features in C++17
Summary
2
Standard Template Library
Standard Template Library
The Standard Template Library architecture
Sequence containers
Associative containers
Container adapters
Summary
3
Template Programming
Template Programming
Generic programming
Summary
4
Smart Pointers
Smart Pointers
Memory management
Issues with raw pointers
Smart pointers
Summary
5
Developing GUI Applications in C++
Developing GUI Applications in C++
Qt 
Qt Core
Qt Widgets
Layouts
Signals and slots
Using stacked layout in Qt applications
Summary
6
Multithreaded Programming and Inter-Process Communication
Multithreaded Programming and Inter-Process Communication
Introduction to POSIX pthreads
Creating threads with the pthreads library
Does C++ support threads natively?
How to write a multithreaded application using the native C++ thread feature
Using std::thread in an object-oriented fashion
Synchronizing threads
Concurrency
Summary
7
Test-Driven Development
Test-Driven Development
TDD
Common myths and questions around TDD
Unit testing frameworks for C++
Google test framework
TDD in action
Summary
8
Behavior-Driven Development
Behavior-Driven Development
Behavior-driven development
TDD versus BDD
C++ BDD frameworks
The Gherkin language
Installing cucumber-cpp in Ubuntu
Feature file
Spoken languages supported by Gherkin
The recommended cucumber-cpp project folder structure
Writing our first Cucumber test case
Dry running your cucumber test cases
BDD - a test-first development approach
Summary
9
Debugging Techniques
Debugging Techniques
Effective debugging
Debugging strategies
Debugging tools
Summary
10
Code Smells and Clean Code Practices
Code Smells and Clean Code Practices
Code refactoring
Code smell
What is agile?
SOLID design principle
Code smell
Summary

Common myths and questions around TDD

There are lots of myths and common doubts about TDD that crosses everyone's mind when they are about to start their TDD journey. Let me clarify most of them that I came across, for while I consulted many product giants around the globe.

Does it take more efforts for a developer to write a unit test? 

One of the common doubts that arises in the minds of most developers is, "How am I supposed to estimate my effort when we adapt to TDD?" As developers are supposed to write unit and integration test cases as part of TDD, it is no wonder you are concerned about how to negotiate with the customer or management for the additional effort required to write test cases in addition to writing code. No worries, you aren't alone; as a freelance software consultant myself, many developers have asked me this question.  

As a developer, you test your code manually; instead, write automated test cases now. The good news is that it is a one-time effort that is guaranteed...

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