Organized around 55 specific guidelines, each of which describes a way to write better C++, this book reflects on modern design considerations, including exceptions, design patterns, and multithreading. It also provides guidance on the design of effective classes, functions, templates, and inheritance hierarchies.

Providing information on C++'s Standard Template Library, this book shows you how to use it. It includes: advice on choosing among standard STL containers, nonstandard STL containers, and non-STL containers; techniques to maximize the efficiency of the STL and the programs that use it; insights into the behavior of iterators; and more.

Presents 35 ways to improve your programs and designs. This work explains how to write software that is more effective. It contains methods for improving program efficiency, including incisive examinations of the time/space costs of C++ language features; descriptions of advanced techniques used by C++ experts; and more.

The C++ standard library provides a set of common classes and interfaces that extend the core C++ language. This book provides comprehensive documentation of each library component and also offers explanations of complex concepts, describes the practical programming details needed for effective use, and gives example after example of working code.

A complete introduction to C++ is provided for the beginning programmer in this guide. It is also suitable for C programmers migrating to C++, emphasising a practical approach including how to understand other people's code.