Introduction to Design Patterns in C++ with Qt, 2nd Edition

Preface

C++ had been in use for many years before it was standardized in 1989, which makes it a relatively mature language compared to others in popular use today. It is an important language for building fast, efficient, mission-critical systems. C++ is also one of the most flexible languages around, giving developers many choices of programming styles for uses ranging from high-level GUI code to low-level device drivers.

For a few years in the early 90s, C++ was the most popular object-oriented (OO) language in use, and many computer science (CS) students were introduced to object-oriented programming (OOP) via C++. This was because C++ provided a relatively easy transition to OOP for C programmers, and many CS professors had been teaching ...