Beyond the C++ Standard Library

An Introduction to Boost

Björn Karlsson - Collection C++/Programming Languages

388 pages, parution le 08/09/2005

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Introducing the Boost libraries: the next breakthrough in C++ programming

Boost takes you far beyond the C++ Standard Library, making C++ programming more elegant, robust, and productive. Now, for the first time, a leading Boost expert systematically introduces the broad set of Boost libraries and teaches best practices for their use.

Writing for intermediate-to-advanced C++ developers, Björn Karlsson briefly outlines all 58 Boost libraries, and then presents comprehensive coverage of 12 libraries you're likely to find especially useful. Karlsson's topics range from smart pointers and conversions to containers and data structures, explaining exactly how using each library can improve your code. He offers detailed coverage of higher-order function objects that enable you to write code that is more concise, expressive, and readable. He even takes you "behind the scenes" with Boost, revealing tools and techniques for creating your own generic libraries.

Coverage includes

Smart pointers that provide automatic lifetime management of objects and simplify resource sharing
Consistent, best-practice solutions for performing type conversions and lexical conversions
Utility classes that make programming simpler and clearer
Flexible container libraries that solve common problems not covered by the C++ Standard Library
Powerful support for regular expressions with Boost.Regex
Function objects defined at the call site with Boost.Bind and Boost.Lambda
More flexible callbacks with Boost.Function
Managed signals and slots (a.k.a. the Observer pattern) with Boost.Signals

The Boost libraries are proving so useful that many of them are planned for inclusion in the next version of the C++ Standard Library. Get your head start now, with Beyond the C++ Standard Library.

L'auteur - Björn Karlsson

Björn Karlsson works as a Senior Software Engineer at ReadSoft, where he spends most of his time designing and programming in C++. He has written a number of articles about C++ and the Boost libraries for publications such as C/C++ Users Journal, Overload, and the online journal The C++ Source.

Karlsson is a member of the advisory board for The C++ Source and has been a member of the editorial board of C/C++ Users Journal. He participates in the Boost newsgroups and is one of the Boost-Users moderators.

Sommaire

Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Organization of This Book
Introduction to Boost
General Libraries
Containers And Data Structures
Function Objects And Higher-Order
Bibliography
Index

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Addison Wesley
Auteur(s)	Björn Karlsson
Collection	C++/Programming Languages
Parution	08/09/2005
Nb. de pages	388
Format	18,5 x 23,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	857g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780321133540
ISBN13	978-0-321-13354-0