This book provides complete, practical coverage of advanced C++. It streamlines the process of learning the C++ language, presenting material a simple step at a time, which allows the reader to digest each concept before moving on, and provides them with a solid foundation in C++.Exception Handling; Defensive Programming; Debugging Techniques; Strings in Depth; Iostreams; Templates in Depth; STL Containers and Iterators; STL Algorithms; Run-time Type Identification; Multiple Inheritance; Design Patterns.For software engineers/developers, programmers, software architects.

Synopsis
This book won the Software Development Magazine Jolt Award for best book published in 1995. You can't just look at C++ as a collection of features; some of the features make no sense in isolation. You can only use the sum of the parts if you are thinking about design, not simply coding. And to understand C++ in this way, you must understand the problems with C and with programming in general. This book discusses programming problems, why they are problems, and the approach C++ has taken to solve such problems. Thus, the set of features I explain in each chapter will be based on the way I see a particular type of problem being solved with the language. In this way I hope to move you, a little at a time, from understanding C (the book assumes you already program in C) to the point where the C++ mindset becomes your native tongue.

My goals in this book are to:

• Present the material a simple step at a time, so the reader can easily digest each concept before moving on.
• Use examples that are as simple and short as possible.
• Carefully sequence the presentation of features so that you aren't seeing something you haven't been exposed to. Of course, this isn't always possible; in those situations, a brief introductory description will be given.
• Give you what I think is important for you to understand about the language, rather than everything I know. I believe there is an "information importance hierarchy," and there are some facts that 95% of programmers will never need to know, but would just confuse people and add to their perception of the complexity of the language.
• Keep each section focused enough so the lecture time- and the time between exercise periods - is small. Not only does this keep the audience' minds more active and involved during a hands-on seminar, but it gives the reader a greater sense of accomplishment.
• Provide the reader with a solid foundation so they can understand the issues well enough to move on to more difficult coursework and books.