Professional C++, 2nd Edition

PART I: INTRODUCTION TO PROFESSIONAL C++

CHAPTER 1: A CRASH COURSE IN C++ 3

CHAPTER 2: DESIGNING PROFESSIONAL C++ PROGRAMS 49

CHAPTER 3: DESIGNING WITH OBJECTS 77

CHAPTER 4: DESIGNING FOR REUSE 97

CHAPTER 5: CODING WITH STYLE 111

PART II: C++ CODING THE PROFESSIONAL WAY

CHAPTER 6: GAINING PROFICIENCY WITH CLASSES AND OBJECTS 133

CHAPTER 7: MASTERING CLASSES AND OBJECTS 169

CHAPTER 8: DISCOVERING INHERITANCE TECHNIQUES 211

CHAPTER 9: UNDERSTANDING C++ QUIRKS AND ODDITIES 267

CHAPTER 10: HANDLING ERRORS 317

CHAPTER 11: DELVING INTO THE STANDARD LIBRARY 361

CHAPTER 12: UNDERSTANDING CONTAINERS AND ITERATORS 385

CHAPTER 13: MASTERING STL ALGORITHMS 457

CHAPTER 14: USING STRINGS AND REGULAR EXPRESSIONS 509

CHAPTER 15: DEMYSTIFYING C++ I/O 545

CHAPTER 16: ADDITIONAL LIBRARY UTILITIES 569

CHAPTER 17: CUSTOMIZING AND EXTENDING THE STL 595

PART III: MASTERING ADVANCED FEATURES OF C++

CHAPTER 18: OVERLOADING C++ OPERATORS 645

CHAPTER 19: WRITING GENERIC CODE WITH TEMPLATES 683

CHAPTER 20: ADVANCED TEMPLATES 715

CHAPTER 21: EFFECTIVE MEMORY MANAGEMENT 759

CHAPTER 22: MULTITHREADED PROGRAMMING WITH C++ 797

PART IV: C++ SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

CHAPTER 23: MAXIMIZING SOFTWARE ENGINEERING METHODS 839

CHAPTER 24: WRITING EFFICIENT C++ 859

CHAPTER 25: DEVELOPING CROSS-PLATFORM AND CROSS-LANGUAGE APPLICATIONS 883

CHAPTER 26: BECOMING ADEPT AT TESTING 905

CHAPTER 27: CONQUERING DEBUGGING 927

CHAPTER 28: INCORPORATING DESIGN TECHNIQUES AND FRAMEWORKS 967

CHAPTER 29: APPLYING DESIGN PATTERNS 985

APPENDIX A: C++ INTERVIEWS 1013

APPENDIX B: ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY 1035

APPENDIX C: STANDARD LIBRARY HEADER FILES 1045

INDEX 1053