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Expert C++

By : Vardan Grigoryan, Shunguang Wu
5 (1)
Book Image

Expert C++

5 (1)
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

Principles of functional programming

Although the functional paradigm is old (it was born in the 1950s), it didn't take the world of programming by storm. Most of the dominant paradigms these days include imperative and object-oriented languages. As we've stated many times in this and many other books, C++ is a multi-paradigm language. That's the beauty of studying C++; we can tune it to fit almost every environment. Grasping the paradigm is not an easy task. You have to feel it and apply it until you finally start thinking in terms of the paradigm. After that, you will see solutions to regular tasks in a matter of seconds.

If you can remember when you first time learned about object-oriented programming, you might recall the principles that made you struggle a bit before you could unlock the true potential of OOP. The same is true for functional programming. In...