February 2021
Intermediate to advanced
1312 pages
37h 6m
English
Content preview from Professional C++, 5th Edition
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5Designing with Objects
Now that you have developed an appreciation for good software design from Chapter 4, “Designing Professional C++ Programs,” it's time to pair the notion of objects with the concept of good design. The difference between programmers who use objects in their code and those who truly grasp object-oriented programming comes down to the way their objects relate to each other and to the overall design of the program.
This chapter begins with a brief description of procedural programming (C-style), followed by a detailed discussion of object-oriented programming (OOP). Even if you've been using objects for years, you will want to read this chapter for some new ideas regarding how to think about objects. I will discuss the different kinds of relationships between objects, including pitfalls programmers often succumb to when building an object-oriented program.
When thinking about procedural programming or object-oriented programming, the most important point to remember is that they just represent different ways of reasoning about what's going on in your program. Too often, programmers get bogged down in the syntax and jargon of OOP before they adequately understand what an object is. This chapter is light on code and heavy on concepts and ideas. Chapters 8, “Gaining Proficiency ...
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