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Professional C++, 3rd Edition
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Professional C++, 3rd Edition

by Marc Gregoire
September 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
984 pages
25h 22m
English
Wrox
Content preview from Professional C++, 3rd Edition

Chapter 4Designing Professional C++ Programs

  • The definition of programming design
  • The importance of programming design
  • The aspects of design that are unique to C++
  • The two fundamental themes for effective C++ design: abstraction and reuse
  • The different types of code available for reuse
  • The advantages and disadvantages of code reuse
  • General strategies and guidelines for reusing code
  • Open-source libraries
  • The C++ standard library

Before writing a single line of code in your application, you should design your program. What data structures will you use? What classes will you write? This plan is especially important when you program in groups. Imagine sitting down to write a program with no idea what your coworker, who is working on the same program, is planning! In this chapter, you’ll learn how to use the Professional C++ approach to C++ design.

Despite the importance of design, it is probably the most misunderstood and underused aspect of the software-engineering process. Too often programmers jump into applications without a clear plan: they design as they code. This approach can lead to convoluted and overly complicated designs. It also makes the development, debugging, and maintenance tasks more difficult. Although counterintuitive, investing extra time at the beginning of a project to design it properly actually saves time over the life of the project.

WHAT IS PROGRAMMING DESIGN?

Your program design, or software design, is the specification of ...

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