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In just one hour a day, you’ll have all the skills you need to begin programming in C++. With this complete tutorial, you’ll quickly master the basics, and then move on to more advanced features and concepts.

Completely updated for the C++11 standard, this book presents the language from a practical point of view, helping you learn how to use C++11 to create faster, simpler, and more efficient C++ applications.

Master the fundamentals of C++ and object-oriented programming
Understand how C++11 features help you write compact and efficient code using concepts such as lambda expressions, move constructors, and assignment operators
Learn best practices and avoid pitfalls via useful Do’s and Don’ts
Learn the Standard Template Library, including containers and algorithms used in most real-world C++ applications
Test your knowledge and expertise using exercises at the end of every lesson

Learn on your own time, at your own pace

No previous programming experience required
Learn C++11, object-oriented programming, and analysis
Write fast and powerful C++ programs, compile the source code, and create executable files
Use the Standard Template Library’s algorithms and containers to write feature-rich yet stable C++ applications
Develop sophisticated programming techniques using lambda expressions, smart pointers, and move constructors
Learn to expand your program’s power with inheritance and polymorphism
Master the features of C++ by learning from programming experts
Learn C++11 features that allow you to program compact and high-performance C++ applications

Siddhartha Rao is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for Visual Studio — Visual C++ and has extensive experience in programming driver and application software on various platforms. Employed by SAP AG, he currently heads SAP Product Security India, where his responsibilities include defining the development best practices that keep SAP software secure and globally competitive.

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Category: Programming

Covers:
C++03, C++11

User Level: Beginning—Intermediate

About the Author

Siddhartha Rao is a technologist at SAP AG, the world’s leading supplier of enterprise software. As the head of SAP Product Security India, his primary responsibilities include hiring expert talent in the area of product security as well as defining development best practices that keeps SAP software globally competitive. Awarded Most Valuable Professional by Microsoft for Visual Studio–Visual C++, he is convinced that C++11 will help you program faster, simpler, and more efficient C++ applications.

Siddhartha also loves traveling and discovering new cultures given an opportunity to. For instance, parts of this book have been composed facing the Atlantic Ocean at a quaint village called Plogoff in Brittany, France—one of the four countries this book was authored in. He looks forward to your feedback on this global effort!

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