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Expert C++

By : Vardan Grigoryan, Shunguang Wu
Book Image

Expert C++

By: Vardan Grigoryan, Shunguang Wu

Overview of this book

C++ has evolved over the years and the latest release – C++20 – is now available. Since C++11, C++ has been constantly enhancing the language feature set. With the new version, you’ll explore an array of features such as concepts, modules, ranges, and coroutines. This book will be your guide to learning the intricacies of the language, techniques, C++ tools, and the new features introduced in C++20, while also helping you apply these when building modern and resilient software. You’ll start by exploring the latest features of C++, and then move on to advanced techniques such as multithreading, concurrency, debugging, monitoring, and high-performance programming. The book will delve into object-oriented programming principles and the C++ Standard Template Library, and even show you how to create custom templates. After this, you’ll learn about different approaches such as test-driven development (TDD), behavior-driven development (BDD), and domain-driven design (DDD), before taking a look at the coding best practices and design patterns essential for building professional-grade applications. Toward the end of the book, you will gain useful insights into the recent C++ advancements in AI and machine learning. By the end of this C++ programming book, you’ll have gained expertise in real-world application development, including the process of designing complex software.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
1
Section 1: Under the Hood of C++ Programming
7
Section 2: Designing Robust and Efficient Applications
17
Section 3: C++ in the AI World

Functional Programming

Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) provides us with a way of thinking about objects, thus expressing the real world in terms of classes and their relationships. Functional programming is a completely different programming paradigm as it allows us to concentrate on the functional structure rather than the physical structure of code. Learning and using functional programming are useful in two ways. First, it is a new paradigm that forces you to think very differently. Solving problems requires having flexible thinking. People that are attached to a single paradigm tend to provide similar solutions to any problem, while most elegant solutions require a wider approach. Mastering functional programming provides developers with a new skill that helps them provide even better solutions to problems. Secondly, using functional programming reduces the number of bugs...