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Professional C++, 6th Edition
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Professional C++, 6th Edition

by Marc Gregoire
February 2024
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
1376 pages
40h 6m
English
Wiley
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5Designing with Classes

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 classes with the concept of good design. The difference between programmers who use classes in their code and those who truly grasp object-oriented programming comes down to the way their classes 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 classes for years, you will want to read this chapter for some new ideas regarding how to think about classes. I will discuss the different kinds of relationships between classes, 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 a class is and what objects are. This chapter is light on code and heavy on concepts and ideas. Chapters ...

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ISBN: 9781394193172