Refactoring with C++

Table of Contents

Preface

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Coding Standards in C++

The difference between good code and bad code

Why coding standards are important

Code convention

Language features limitations

General guidelines

Readability, efficiency, maintainability, and usability

Readability

Efficiency

Maintainability

Usability

Summary

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Main Software Development Principles

SOLID

The Single Responsibility Principle

The Open-Closed Principle

The Liskov Substitution Principle

The Dependency inversion principle

The KISS principle

The KISS and SOLID Principles together

Side effects and immutability

Con.1 – by default, make objects immutable

Con.2 – by default, make member functions const

Con.3 – by default, pass pointers and references to const

Con.4 – use const to define ...