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D. Introduction to C++ for Java and C# Programmers

• Getting Started with C++
• Main Language Differences
• The Standard C++ Library

This appendix provides a short introduction to C++ for developers who already know Java or C#. It assumes that you are familiar with object-oriented concepts such as inheritance and polymorphism and that you want to learn C++. To avoid making this book an unwieldy 1500 page doorstop by including a complete C++ primer, this appendix confines itself to essentials. It presents the basic knowledge and techniques necessary to understand the programs presented in the rest of the book, with enough information to start developing cross-platform C++ GUI applications using Qt.

At the time of this writing, C++ is the only realistic ...