Richard Grimes - Beginning C++ Programming

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First published: April 2017

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ISBN 978-1-78712-494-3

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Richard Grimes has been programming in C++ for 25 years, working on projects as diverse as scientific control and analysis and finance analysis to remote objects for the automotive manufacturing industry. He has spoken at 70 international conferences on Microsoft technologies (including C++ and C#) and has written 8 books, 150 articles for programming journals, and 5 training courses for Microsoft. Richard was awarded Microsoft MVP for 10 years (1998-2007). He has a reputation for his deep understanding of the .NET framework and C++ and the frank way in which he assesses new technology.

Angel Hernandez is a highly regarded senior solutions, architect and developer with over 15 years of experience, mainly in the consulting space. He is an 11-time Microsoft (2006-2016) MVP award recipient in Visual Studio and Development Technologies category (formerly, Visual C++), and he is currently a member of the Microsoft MVP Reconnect Program. Angel is also a TOGAF practitioner. He has deep knowledge of Microsoft and open source technologies (*nix Systems), and he's an expert in managed and native languages, C# and C++ being his favorites. He can be reached at http://www.angelhernandezm.com.

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