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Author: Andrei Alexandrescu
ISBN : B00AU3JUHG
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Direct download links available Free Modern C++ Design: Generic Programming and Design Patterns Applied from mediafire, rapishare, and mirror link In Modern C++ Design, Andrei Alexandrescu opens new vistas for C++ programmers. Displaying extraordinary creativity and virtuosity, Alexandrescu offers a cutting-edge approach to software design that unites design patterns, generic programming, and C++, enabling programmers to achieve expressive, flexible, and highly reusable code. The book introduces the concept of generic components, reusable design templates that enable an easier and more seamless transition from design to application code, generate code that better expresses the original design intention, and support the reuse of design structures with minimal recoding. The author then shows how to apply this approach to recurring, real-world issues that C++ programmers face in their day-to-day activity. All code is available on the Web, along with Alexandrescu's downloadable Loki C++ library, which provides powerful out-of-the-box functionality for virtually any C++ project. For experienced C++ programmers who have at least some familiarity with the Standard Template Library (STL).Direct download links available for Free Modern C++ Design: Generic Programming and Design Patterns Applied
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- Print Length: 335 pages
- Page Numbers Source ISBN: 4894714353
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- Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional; 1 edition (February 13, 2001)
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- Language: English
- ASIN: B00AU3JUHG
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Read this book and you may feel you've fallen down the hole into some sort of C++ Alice-in-Wonderland:"Isn't it nifty just how much you can do with functions... that not only don't do anything but don't even really exist at all?" p.36
The title is a bit presumptuous; a more accurate title would be "Template Metaprogramming Stunts", since this book is primarily about tricks you can play with C++'s template mechanism.
The author does also make a go at proposing a new concept of "policy-based class design" -- by which he means using templates intead of multiple inheritance to create combinatorial mixtures of behavior. This is interesting, but seems hard to apply beyond the cliches he considers (ex: smart pointers), so his argument reads like a well-intended but parochial graduate thesis, with dutiful gestures of respect to his mentors (ex: Scot Myers) and limited range of real-world application.
The real meat of the book is his template techniques, which are ingenious -- if perverse, when seen from the standpoint of someone else trying to read and extend your code, or diagnose its arcane compiler errors. If you've ever had to work with other people on software, you may find his glib view of compiler errors disappointing. In many cases he relies on compiler errors to signal something more complex and semantic than the mere error would suggest. (If you're programmed much C++ you've surely experienced 10-line long STL template errors with a very simple underlying cause that is hard to discern from the error message. Learning to suss out what these mean is much of the sweat-work of learning C++.) I think this is simply that he's coming from the perspective that the interworkings of the language and the compiler are fascinating, and worth being a primary focus of study.
I highly recommended this book if you are interested in generic techniques and Design PatternsThis book uses C++ and Generic programming techniques to implement GoF Design Patterns [1]. It introduces Andrei's "Generic Design Patterns Library", called "Loki". Loki's techniques are more important than the library itself and should be applicable in many other contexts. (Since the library is not yet available, I cannot comment on it further.) One word of caution (lest you get overly excited) - Loki uses some of the latest C++ features and requires standard-adhering compilers [g++ v2.95.2-5, Borland C++ v5.5, and EDG's v2.45 or later. Microsoft's VC++ 6.0 fails-Ed.]
The book is written for intermediate or expert level programmers. A fair knowledge of C++, particularly templates, is needed Also, some knowledge of Design Patterns is useful, although not strictly necessary, since the book describes the patterns in a pretty self-contained fashion.
With these prerequisites the book makes for quite an enjoyable read, but I would not call it easy due to the inherently complexity of the material covered. Andrei's writing style is frank and friendly, which makes the reading easier.
I found the code fragments to be very accurate bar some mechanical/typesetting errors, some of which will be fixed by the time of the printing. The book's strong points include:
1) Taking techniques as complex as template meta-programming and bringing them back to us earthly beings. You could get a more extensive treatment of these techniques from the book Generative Programming [2] or from Todd Veldhuisen's papers [3] but the examples in this book make a very good introduction to the area.
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