Modern C++: Efficient and Scalable Application Development, Grimes Richard, Bancila Marius

• Learn the fundamentals of C# with the help of easy-to-follow examples and explanations
• Leverage the latest features of C# 8, including nullable reference types, pattern matching enhancements, and asynchronous streams
• Explore object-oriented programming, functional programming, and multithreading concepts

Book Description

The C# programming language is often developers' primary choice for creating a wide range of applications for desktop, cloud, and mobile. In nearly two decades of its existence, C# has evolved from a general-purpose, object-oriented language to a multi-paradigm language with impressive features.

This book will take you through C# from the ground up in a step-by-step manner. You'll start with the building blocks of C#, which include basic data types, variables, strings, arrays, operators, control statements, and loops. Once comfortable with the basics, you'll then progress to learning object-oriented programming concepts such as classes and structures, objects, interfaces, and abstraction. Generics, functional programming, dynamic, and asynchronous programming are covered in detail. This book also takes you through regular expressions, reflection, memory management, pattern matching, exceptions, and many other advanced topics. As you advance, you'll explore the .NET Core 3 framework and learn how to use the dotnet command-line interface (CLI), consume NuGet packages, develop for Linux, and migrate apps built with .NET Framework. Finally, you'll understand how to run unit tests with the Microsoft unit testing frameworks available in Visual Studio.

By the end of this book, you'll be well-versed with the essentials of the C# language and be ready to start creating apps with it.

What you will learn

• Get to grips with all the new features of C# 8
• Discover how to use attributes and reflection to build extendable applications
• Utilize LINQ to uniformly query various sources of data
• Use files and streams and serialize data to JSON and XML
• Write asynchronous code with the async-await pattern
• Employ .NET Core tools to create, compile, and publish your applications
• Create unit tests with Visual Studio and the Microsoft unit testing frameworks

Who this book is for

If you have little experience in coding or C# and want to learn the essentials of C# programming to develop powerful programming techniques, this book is for you. It will also help aspiring programmers to write scripts or programs to accomplish specific tasks.

• Explore the most important language and library features of C++17, including containers, algorithms, regular expressions, threads, and more,
• Get going with unit testing frameworks Boost.Test, Google Test and Catch,
• Extend your C++ knowledge and take your development skills to new heights by making your applications fast, robust, and scalable.

Book Description

C++ is one of the most widely used programming languages. Fast, efficient, and flexible, it is used to solve many problems. The latest versions of C++ have seen programmers change the way they code, giving up on the old-fashioned C-style programming and adopting modern C++ instead.

Beginning with the modern language features, each recipe addresses a specific problem, with a discussion that explains the solution and offers insight into how it works. You will learn major concepts about the core programming language as well as common tasks faced while building a wide variety of software. You will learn about concepts such as concurrency, performance, meta-programming, lambda expressions, regular expressions, testing, and many more in the form of recipes. These recipes will ensure you can make your applications robust and fast.

By the end of the book, you will understand the newer aspects of C++11/14/17 and will be able to overcome tasks that are time-consuming or would break your stride while developing.

What you will learn

• Get to know about the new core language features and the problems they were intended to solve
• Understand the standard support for threading and concurrency and know how to put them on work for daily basic tasks
• Leverage C++'s features to get increased robustness and performance
• Explore the widely-used testing frameworks for C++ and implement various useful patterns and idioms
• Work with various types of strings and look at the various aspects of compilation
• Explore functions and callable objects with a focus on modern features
• Leverage the standard library and work with containers, algorithms, and iterators
• Use regular expressions for find and replace string operations
• Take advantage of the new filesystem library to work with files and directories
• Use the new utility additions to the standard library to solve common problems developers encounter including string_view, any, optional and variant types

Who this book is for

If you want to overcome difficult phases of development with C++ and leverage its features using modern programming practices, then this book is for you. The book is designed for both experienced C++ programmers as well as people with strong knowledge of OOP concepts.