Please recommend some books

Post by **DWORD** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 4:18 pm

Hi,

I would like you to recommend some books for me. I would like to laern more about designing object oriented applications and more advanced usage of C++ (like design patterns/paradigms (what's the difference between those words?), STL, templates, etc.). I know the language itself well, and I use lots of STL and templates, but I think I miss some design oriented skills. Like I think it's diffucult to keep the overview of a larger project, and choosing the right decisions from the start. Hope you can give me some tips.

Post by **tuan kuranes** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 4:29 pm

Scott meyers (effective c++, effective stl )
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/searc ... rs&x=0&y=0

Gang of four (design patterns)

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/de ... 3?v=glance

Meanwhile there's some online readings for free :
http://www.ogre3d.org/phpBB2/viewtopic. ... hlight=stl

Post by **Kencho** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 5:11 pm

As I've always understood, paradigm is used when you mean a way to face a problem or do something. Structured paradigm, Object-oriented paradigm... pattern is an structured solution to something. Signleton pattern, observer pattern, all those have a certain basic structure, which is the pattern itself

epopov · Post by **epopov** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 6:23 pm

A must have about templates: 'C++ Templates, the complete guide' by Vandevoorde & Josuttis / Addison Wesley. ISBN: 0201734842

Everything you want to know about templates is clearly (as much as templates can be clear...) explained in this book. It's really two parts, the first one (6 chapters) being what you have to know as a 'user' of templates, the other one (lots of chapters) will make you an expert on the subject (library implementers will benefit more from this second part, but as I said, as a 'template user', the first part is enough).

bal · Post by **bal** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 6:42 pm

http://64.78.49.204/ => Thinking in C++, Volume 2: Practical Programming

Free and decent.

Post by **DWORD** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 1:37 pm

Thanks a lot. Looks like there's a lot of quality online reading, too. I think I'll start with Scott Meyers' Effective C++, but I see there's a new release in May 2005. Is it worth waiting for, or...?

Post by **Kojack** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 3:10 am

I'd recommend everyone reads the C++ Faq Lite
It's a great collection of info about C++.
There's a book version too, much bigger and more in depth.