Discover the Beauty of Modern C++
" Beautiful C++ presents the C++ Core Guidelines from a developer's
point of view with an emphasis on what benefits can be obtained from
following the rules and what nightmares can result from ignoring them.
For true geeks, it is an easy and entertaining read. For most software
developers, it offers something new and useful."
--Bjarne Stroustrup, inventor of C++ and co-editor of the C++ Core
Guidelines
Writing great C++ code needn't be difficult. The C++ Core Guidelines can
help every C++ developer design and write C++ programs that are
exceptionally reliable, efficient, and well-performing. But the
Guidelines are so jam-packed with excellent advice that it's hard to
know where to start. Start here, with Beautiful C++.
Expert C++ programmers Guy Davidson and Kate Gregory identify 30 Core
Guidelines you'll find especially valuable and offer detailed practical
knowledge for improving your C++ style. For easy reference, this book is
structured to align closely with the official C++ Core Guidelines
website.
Throughout, Davidson and Gregory offer useful conceptual insights and
expert sample code, illuminate proven ways to use both new and
longstanding language features more successfully, and show how to write
programs that are more robust and performant by default.
- Avoid "bikeshedding" stop wasting valuable time on trivia
- Don't hurt yourself by writing code that will cause problems later
- Know which legacy features to avoid and the modern features to use
instead
- Use newer features properly, to get their benefits without creating
new problems
- Default to higher-quality code that's statically type-safe, leak
resistant, and easier to evolve
- Use the Core Guidelines with any modern C++ version: C++20, C++17,
C++14, or C++11
There's something here to improve virtually every program you write,
design, or maintain.
For ease of experimentation, all sample code is available on Compiler
Explorer at https: //godbolt.org/z/cg30-ch0.0.
Register your book for convenient access to downloads, updates, and/or
corrections as they become available. See inside book for details.
