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Expert C++ - Second Edition

By : Marcelo Guerra Hahn, Araks Tigranyan, John Asatryan, Vardan Grigoryan, Shunguang Wu
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Book Image

Expert C++ - Second Edition

5 (1)
By: Marcelo Guerra Hahn, Araks Tigranyan, John Asatryan, Vardan Grigoryan, Shunguang Wu

Overview of this book

Are you an experienced C++ developer eager to take your skills to the next level? This updated edition of Expert C++ is tailored to propel you toward your goals. This book takes you on a journey of building C++ applications while exploring advanced techniques beyond object-oriented programming. Along the way, you'll get to grips with designing templates, including template metaprogramming, and delve into memory management and smart pointers. Once you have a solid grasp of these foundational concepts, you'll advance to more advanced topics such as data structures with STL containers and explore advanced data structures with C++. Additionally, the book covers essential aspects like functional programming, concurrency, and multithreading, and designing concurrent data structures. It also offers insights into designing world-ready applications, incorporating design patterns, and addressing networking and security concerns. Finally, it adds to your knowledge of debugging and testing and large-scale application design. With Expert C++ as your guide, you'll be empowered to push the boundaries of your C++ expertise and unlock new possibilities in software development.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)
1
Part 1:Under the Hood of C++ Programming
7
Part 2: Designing Robust and Efficient Applications
18
Part 3:C++ in the AI World

Debugging and Testing

Testing and debugging play a crucial part in the pipeline of the software development process. While debugging fixes problems, testing assists in problem detection. But many possible flaws can be avoided if we adhere to specific guidelines throughout the implementation stage. In addition, since testing is expensive, it would be beneficial if we could use tools to automatically examine software before human testing became necessary. Furthermore, it’s crucial to consider when, how, and which software tests we should conduct.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • Understanding the root cause of an issue
  • Debugging programs
  • Static and dynamic analysis
  • Testing, test-driven development (TDD), and behavior-driven development (BDD)

This chapter describes the analysis of a software defect, the use of the GNU Debugger (GDB) tool to debug a program, and the use of tools to automatically analyze software. The concepts of...