The Elements of C++ Style / Edition 1

by Trevor Misfeldt, Gregory Bumgardner, Andrew Gray, Luo Xiaoping

Overview

The Elements of C++ Style is for all C++ practitioners, especially for those working in teams where consistency is critical. Just as Strunk and White's The Elements of Style provides rules of usage for writing in the English language, this text furnishes a set of rules for writing in C++. The authors offer a collection of standards and guidelines for creating solid C++ code that will be easy to understand, enhance and maintain. The book provides conventions for formatting, naming, documentation, programming, and packaging for the latest ANSI standard of C++, and also includes discussion of advanced topics such as templates. Trevor Misfeldt is co-author of Elements of Java Style (Cambridge, 2000) and CEO of CenterSpace Software. Gregory Bumgardner is a Freelance Consultant with twenty-five years of experience in software design and implementation. He is co-author of Elements of Java Style (Cambridge, 2000). Andrew Gray is Director of Engineering for Intellichem, Inc. He was previously Software Engineering Manager and Technology Evangelist at Rogue Wave Software, where he led the development of XML infrastructure solutions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521893084
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	02/16/2004
Series:	Sigs Books Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	4.53(w) x 7.01(h) x 0.47(d)

Table of Contents

1. General principles; 2. Formatting conventions; 3. Naming conventions; 4. Documentation conventions; 5. Programming principles; 6. Programming conventions; 7. Packaging conventions.

Editorial Reviews

"If you are looking for a book that covers all the major C++ writing styles, gives you insight into their applicable cases, and guides you in their application to a wide set of usage scenarios, this is the book." ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes

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