C++ All-in-One For Dummies

Introduction 1 Book 1: Getting Started with C++ 7 Chapter 1: Configuring Your Desktop System 9 Chapter 2: Configuring Your Mobile System 27 Chapter 3: Creating Your First C++ Application 45 Chapter 4: Storing Data in C++ 69 Chapter 5: Directing the Application Flow 105 Chapter 6: Dividing Your Work with Functions 139 Chapter 7: Splitting Up Source Code Files 169 Chapter 8: Referring to Your Data Through Pointers 187 Book 2: Understanding Objects and Classes 225 Chapter 1: Working with Classes 227 Chapter 2: Using Advanced C++ Features 269 Chapter 3: Planning and Building Objects 309 Chapter 4: Building with Design Patterns 335 Book 3: Understanding Functional Programming 367 Chapter 1: Considering Functional Programming 369 Chapter 2: Working with Lambda Expressions 397 Chapter 3: Advanced Lambda Expressions 415 Book 4: Fixing Problems 427 Chapter 1: Dealing with Bugs 429 Chapter 2: Debugging an Application 443 Chapter 3: Stopping and Inspecting Your Code 457 Chapter 4: Traveling About the Stack 469 Book 5: Advanced Programming 479 Chapter 1: Working with Arrays, Pointers, and References 481 Chapter 2: Creating Data Structures 515 Chapter 3: Constructors, Destructors, and Exceptions 541 Chapter 4: Advanced Class Usage 571 Chapter 5: Creating Classes with Templates 601 Chapter 6: Programming with the Standard Library 637 Book 6: Reading and Writing Files 681 Chapter 1: Filing Information with the Streams Library 683 Chapter 2: Writing with Output Streams 697 Chapter 3: Reading with Input Streams 711 Chapter 4: Building Directories and Contents 727 Chapter 5: Streaming Your Own Classes 737 Book 7: Advanced Standard Library Usage 751 Chapter 1: Exploring the Standard Library Further 753 Chapter 2: Working with User-Defined Literals (UDLs) 779 Chapter 3: Building Original Templates 795 Chapter 4: Investigating Boost 817 Chapter 5: Boosting up a Step 849 Index 869

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