Safe C++

Author: Vladimir Kushnir
Publisher: O'Reilly
Pages: 142
ISBN: 978-1449320935
Ebook: 978-1449321352
Audience: Beginner/Mid Level
Rating: 4
Reviewer: Bill Cunningham

 

A short book on avoiding the pitfalls that can happen to the average C++ programmer in the course of writing code

Author: Vladimir Kushnir
Publisher: O'Reilly
Pages: 142
ISBN: 978-1449320935
Ebook: 978-1449321352
Audience: Beginner/Mid Level
Rating: 4
Reviewer: Bill Cunningham

 

This short book could best be described as a HOW-TO in avoiding the pitfalls that can happen to the average C++ programmer in the course of writing code. Helpful tips and examples demonstrate the concepts clearly.

 

 

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Some of the chapters are short, very short. and the book could have been better organized in a more cookbook or quick reference style. The author introduces his own template class to assist the developer in catching errors in the compiler. However some of the advice given is a little on the obvious side of things for the more experienced developers who have been bitten by these mistakes early in their careers. For example, the author suggests to avoid using the new[] operator and instead use the template vector, sound advice if you can do that and can afford the speed hit. Also his suggestion of using smart pointers, while brief, is very useful for those writing non-trivial production programs.

If I were developing a curriculum for C++ students, I would strongly suggest this book to assist in learning the language. Intermediate and beginning developers will benefit more from the book than the highly experienced developers.

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Machine Learning Q and AI (No Starch Press)

Author: Sebastian Raschka
Publisher: No Starch Press
Date: April 2024
Pages: 264
ISBN: 978-1718503762
Print: 1718503768
Kindle: B0CKKXCK3T
Audience: Developers interested in AI
Rating: 4
Reviewer: Mike James
Q and AI, a play on Q&A is a clever title, but is the book equally clever?



ASP.NET Core in Action, 2nd Ed (Manning)

Author: Andrew Lock
Publisher: Manning
Date:April 2021
Pages: 832
ISBN: 978-1617298301
Print: 1617298301
Audience: Developers interested in ASP.NET
Rating: 4
Reviewer: Ian Elliot
One big book to cover the one big alternative web tech.


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