C++ All-in-One For Dummies

This book is a hands-on, roll-up-your-sleeves experience that gives you the opportunity to truly learn C++. This edition starts out by helping you get a great C++ installation in place. A lot of readers wrote to tell me that they simply couldn’t get C++ to work for them, and I listened by adding configuration instructions in Book 1, Chapter 1. You can find instructions for working with the Mac, Linux, and Windows throughout the book. The examples are also tested to work on all three platforms. C++ All-in-One For Dummies, 4th Edition, is devoted to working with C++ wherever you want to use it. Book 1, Chapter 2 even includes techniques for writing C++ code on your mobile device, although writing a complex application on your smartphone would be understandably difficult because of the small device size. At the very beginning, I start you out from square one. I don’t assume any programming experience whatsoever. Everybody has to start somewhere. You can start here. Not to brag, but you are in the hands of a highly successful C++ developer who has shown thousands of people how to program, many of whom also started out from square one. You already know C++? This book is great for you, too, because although I start discussing C++ from the beginning, I cover the important aspects of the language in depth. Even if you’ve used C++ in the past, this book gets you up to speed with the latest in C++ 14 and above innovations, including C++ 20 additions. Plus, this edition of the book focuses on all the latest programming strategies while removing some of the less used functionality of the past. If you’re interested in using the time-tested Object Oriented Programming (OOP) techniques that C++ developers have used for years, then Book 2 is where you want to look. You start with a view of classes, but eventually move into more advanced topics, including the use of programming patterns in Book 2 Chapter 4. One of the most exciting additions to this edition is the use of functional programming techniques, which you can find in Book 3. Functional programming has become extremely popular because it makes modeling math problems significantly easier, and many people use functional programming techniques to solve modern data science problems. More important, functional programming can be a lot easier than earlier programming paradigms. Every application out there has a bug or two. If you doubt this statement, just try to find one that is bug free—you won’t. Book 4 includes all sorts of techniques you can use to make your application as bug free as possible before it leaves your machine and then help you find the bugs that others graciously point out later. Book 5 is all about moving you from generalized programming strategies into the advanced strategies used by modern developers. It starts with a look at standardized structures for working with classes in a safe manner. The minibook takes you through