Stefan Bjornander - C++17 By Example: Practical projects to get you up and running with C++17

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Stefan Bjrnander is the author of the books Microsoft Windows C++ and C++ Windows Programming. He holds a Master of Engineering and a Licentiate in Computer Science. He has worked as a software developer and as a teacher in computer science and mathematics for many years.

Mark Elston is a software architect for an automated test equipment company working primarily in the IC and mobile device test world. However, his 30 years of experience includes developing aircraft and missile simulations for the Air Force and Navy, hardware control systems for NASA, and tester operating systems for commercial products. He has also developed several Android applications for fun. His latest passion is delving into the world of functional programming and design.

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C++ is a general-purpose programming language built with a bias towards embedded programming and systems programming. Over the years, C++ has evolved and is used to develop software for many different sectors. Given its versatility and robustness, C++ is a wonderful language to start your coding journey with. This book covers exciting projects built in C++ that show how to implement the language in different scenarios. While developing these projects, you will not only learn the language constructs but also how you can use C++ to meet your software requirements.

In this book, you will study a set of applications written in C++, ranging from abstract datatypes to library management systems, graphical applications, games, and a Domain-Specific Language (DSL).

This book is for developers who would like to develop software in C++. Basic programming experience would be an added advantage.

, Getting Started with C++, introduces you to Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) in C++. We start by looking into a simple program that rolls a dice. We write the code, compile, link, and execute the program. We then continue by constructing a simple object-oriented hierarchy, with pointers and dynamic binding. Finally, we create two simple abstract data types: stack and queue. The stack is a set of values ordered in a bottom-to-top manner, where only the top-most value is accessible, while the queue is a traditional queue where we inspect values at the front and add values at the rear.

, Data Structures and Algorithms, builds on what was learned in the previous chapter, especially the list and set abstract datatypes. We also introduce templates and operator overloading, and we look into linear and binary search algorithms and the insert, select, bubble, merge, and quicksort algorithms.

, Building a Library Management System, will help you develop a real-world system: a library management system that is made up of books and customers. The books keep track of the customers that have borrowed and reserved them, and the customers keep track of the books they have borrowed and reserved.

, Library Management System with Pointers, further develops the library management system. In the previous chapter, each book and customer were identified by integer numbers. In this chapter, however, we work with pointers. Each book holds pointers to the customers that have borrowed or reserved it, and each customer holds pointers to the books they have borrowed or reserved.