C++ Core Guidelines Explained

Write More Elegant C++ Programs

The official C++ Core Guidelines provide consistent best practices for writing outstanding modern C++ code and improving legacy code, but they're organized as a reference for looking up one specific point at a time, not as a tutorial for working developers. In C++ Core Guidelines Explained, expert C++ instructor Rainer Grimm has distilled them to their essence, removing esoterica, sharing new insights and context, and presenting well-tested examples from his own training courses.

Grimm helps experienced C++ programmers use the Core Guidelines with any recent version of the language, from C++11 onward. Most of his code examples are written for C++17, with added coverage of newer versions and C++20 wherever appropriate, and references to the official C++ Core Guidelines online.

Whether you're creating new software or improving legacy code, Grimm will help you get more value from the Core Guidelines' most useful rules, as you write code that's safer, clearer, more efficient, and easier to maintain.

• Apply the guidelines and underlying programming philosophy
• Correctly use interfaces, functions, classes, enum, resources, expressions, and statements
• Optimize performance, implement concurrency and parallelism, and handle errors
• Work effectively with constants, immutability, templates, generics, and metaprogramming
• Improve your C++ style, manage source files, and use the Standard Library

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Rainer Grimm has worked as a software architect, team lead, and instructor since 1999, and offered seminars on C++, Python, and proprietary software since 2002. He writes regularly on C++, Python, and Haskell, speaks at conferences on programming issues, and blogs weekly in English (modernescpp.com) and German (www.grimm-jaud.de/index.php/blog). Now an independent instructor, he offers seminars on modern C++ and Python. He has authored several books on modern C++, concurrency, and related topics.

The C++ Core Guidelines, developed by a team led by C++ creator Bjarne Stroustrup, provide consistent best practices for writing modern code with C++17, C++14, and C++11. Now, C++ expert instructor Rainer Grimm offers accessible, practical coverage of the Core Guidelines that offer the most value to working C++ developers. Offering new insights, indispensable context, and proven C++17 examples drawn from his courses and seminars, Grimm helps you get more value from the guidelines, whether you're writing new programs or incrementally improving legacy code. Grimm's wide-ranging coverage addresses C++ programming philosophy, interfaces, functions, classes, class hierarchies, enumerations, resource management, expressions, statements, performance, concurrency, error handling, constants, immutability, templates, generic programming, C-style programming, source files, the Standard Library, and more. Each section links to the original standard online, and wherever appropriate, Grimm previews advances from C++20 and C++23. With Grimm's help, you can use the C++ Core Guidelines to write C++ code that's more consistent, robust, and well-performing -- and easier to maintain and enhance for years to come.

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