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For more than 20 years, Scott Meyers’ Effective C++ books (Effective C++, More Effective C++, and Effective STL) have set the bar for C++ programming guidance. His clear, engaging explanations of complex technical material have earned him a worldwide following, and they keep him in demand as a trainer, consultant, and conference presenter. Winner of the 2009 Dr. Dobb’s Excellence in Programming Award, he has a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Brown University. His web site is aristeia.com.
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Great book with new C++11/14 features
By Sebastian
from Bydgoszcz, Poland
About Me Designer, Developer, Educator
ContentThe book describes new language features introduced in C++11 and 14. The first paragraph explains how type resolution works in C++, which might be considered as an introduction to the second paragraph - auto types. The third paragraph is dedicated to several small improvements in C++11/14, like aliases, nullptrs or function overrides. Next paragraph is fully dedicated to smart pointers and their different use cases. Paragraph number five introduces std::move and std::forward concepts. Lambda expressions are covered in paragraph six and seventh introduces new concurrency API (Atomics). The last paragraph covers some minor tweaks. Writing styleThe book is organized into items (similarly to "Effective Java"). Multiple items form paragraphs which cover broader topic (such as concurrency). All items are clearly defined and contain a lot of code snippets, which makes them easier to understand. The book is very concise and to-the-point and defiantly dedicated for intermediate or advanced C++ programmers who want to learn new language features. ReviewThis book is like manual for new C/C++ features. I often get back to it when I want to use something new. Very strict language and a lot of code examples help to understand described concepts. From my perspective the best part was about Atomics. Dealing with multithreded code (especially targeted for multiple runtimes) was a nightmare before introducing concurrency features. It is also worth mentioning that this book is not meant for beginners. The reader needs to have at least some intermediate experience to learn more advanced concepts shown in the book.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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To improve your C++
By Tom
from Nacka, Swedeb
About Me Developer
This is a book you read to improve your C++. It is not a book you read to learn the basics of C++. Before reading this book you should have read "The C++ Programming Language, 4th ed" by Stroustrup and "The C++ Standard Library, 2nd ed" by Josuttis.As with the all books by Scott Meyers this book is well written. It is both entertaining and informative.
Good book, but very high pre-requisites
By Jeff
from Montreal
Excellent book, very accurate, very pointed knowledge. Excellent guidance. However, it takes way to much prior knowledge to get all the value out of it. A professional C++98 programmer with 10+ years of experience would still be completely lost.Every item should have the related code right up at the beginning, with either- an indication of what won't compile,- what will produce unexepected execution,- the interesting bit highlighted. Otherwise, the language/terms are quite inaccessible, even to the seasoned professional.Reading the book without a compiler handy is only valuable to get very general information about the topic.
(3 of 6 customers found this review helpful)
Good book, too much filler text
By Vlad S.
from Toronto, ON
This is a good book jumping around most notable features of modern 11/13 C++. Only problem I have with it - it seems that author had hard time filling 300 pages with useful content, so some "items" are amazingly stretched, a lot of filler text and unnecessary explanation of obvious things explained before. I would say book could be at least half shorter without losing any value.
A must read - as expected
By nopcoder
from Germany
Even though I already have some experience with C++11, Scott Meyers book adds some goodies to my knowledge.
(0 of 4 customers found this review helpful)
Up to date for at least 10 years!
By jantastic
from Hamburg, Germany
Unfortunately the print version isn't available before January 2025. But I'm pretty shure it's worthwhile to wait that long!
(1 of 2 customers found this review helpful)
A must-read book
By scribblekid
About Me Developer, Educator
If you know the "Effective" series books, you know what to expect, and you won't be dissappointed.
I would recommend this
By Paxxi
from Piteå
About Me Developer, Sys Admin
I love the authors style of writing. The book is very well structured and it's easy to jump around and read the specific piece you're interested in at the moment.
Must buy for every person in C++
By Devadatta Herekar
from India
Hats off to scott meyers for his efforts and for being a source of inspiration to millions of people. Effective author and Effective speaker just like his books.
Recommended
By Doug
from Sunnyvale, CA
Effective Modern C++ is a nice complement to a C++ reference, like The C++ Programming Language or cppreference.com. While the references cover everything, this book covers a few topics in detail, helping you more deeply understand the rationale behind some of the language and library features and how to use them well.While this book is probably a good purchase for anyone using C++, if you are an intermediate C++ programmer looking to up your game or an old-school C++ expert looking to start using C++11/14, then you should definitely get this book.
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NegativeReally? You're calling that an Exclusive?/
A few days ago, FTVLive told you that WROC (Rochester) Weather Anchor Scott Hetsko had been off the air as he underwent heart transplant surgery.
Yesterday, the station interviewed Hetsko over Skype to talk about his surgery.
"Now that I have this opportunity, I think I have two responsibilities," Hetsko said. "One, be in the best shape of my life to take care of this heart. Two, its my mission to let people know, and drive them crazy if I have to, about how important this [organ donation] is and how it may affect them some day and you don't realize it... So hopefully i can get in their head a little bit. That's the most important thing."
WROC slugged the Skype interview with their own Anchor as "Exclusive."
Really? Come on!CHOC