C++ Object-Oriented Programming (OOP): Mastering Classes, Inheritance, Polymorphism & SOLID Design Patterns to Build Robust, Efficient, and Maintainab

By Richard M. Ponds

Mastering C++ OOP isn't just a reference, it's your definitive playbook for crafting scalable, maintainable Modern C++ systems. From enforcing RAII with smart pointers to modularizing vast codebases, this book guides you through every facet of contemporary C++ development. You'll learn how to apply SOLID principles and Clean Architecture, harness concurrency with threads, futures, and coroutines, and build thread-safe, high-performance libraries that stand the test of time.

What You'll Learn

✔ Classes, Inheritance & Polymorphism

- Decompose complex behavior into focused collaborators using access specifiers, abstract base classes, and interface segregation

- Extend and override functionality safely with virtual functions, final methods, and the Curiously Recurring Template Pattern (CRTP)

- Leverage custom copy/move constructors, assignment operators, and deleted functions to enforce invariants and resource ownership

✔ SOLID Principles & Clean Architecture in C++

- Apply Single Responsibility, Open/Closed, Liskov Substitution, Interface Segregation, and Dependency Inversion to your modules

- Structure code into domain, service, and infrastructure layers with strict inward-pointing dependencies

- Swap implementations without modifying clients via factory methods, dependency injection, and policy-based design

✔ Templates, Concepts & Metaprogramming

- Master function and class templates, specialization, and variadic templates for reusable abstractions

- Enforce compile-time constraints with C++20 Concepts, requires clauses, and SFINAE

- Build zero-overhead type erasure wrappers with std:: variant, std:: any, and custom dispatch for plugin architectures

✔ Concurrency, Coroutines & Thread Safety

- Expose asynchronous APIs with std:: async, std:: thread, and std:: future alongside structured coroutines (co_await, co_return)

- Compose and coordinate tasks using std:: promise, std:: packaged_task, and high-level libraries like Boost.Asio

- Protect shared data with std:: mutex, std:: atomic, lock-free queues, and thread-safe smart pointers

✔ Resource Management, Memory Layout & Low-Level Optimizations

- Design RAII-compliant types with std:: unique_ptr, std:: shared_ptr, and custom deleters to avoid leaks

- Optimize data locality using small-buffer optimization, structure-of-arrays, and cache-aware algorithms

- Profile hotspots with perf, VTune, or Google Benchmark, then apply loop unrolling, SIMD intrinsics, and PGO

✔ Testing Strategies: GoogleTest, Catch2 & CI Automation

- Write fast, deterministic unit tests with GoogleTest fixtures and Catch2's BDD syntax

- Mock interfaces and verify interactions using GoogleMock or Trompeloeil

- Integrate tests, coverage reports, and static analysis into CMake-driven pipelines on GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps

Who This Book Is For

- C++ developers moving from basic idioms to enterprise-grade architectures

- Software architects defining clean module boundaries and dependency graphs

- Systems and embedded engineers building real-time, resource-constrained applications

- Game developers and high-performance computing teams requiring ultra-low latency designs

- DevOps and platform engineers packaging, distributing, and securing C++ modules in CI/CD environments

Packed with hands-on examples, real-world case studies, and actionable best practices, C++ Object-Oriented Programming empowers you to build robust, extensible, and maintainable systems that excel under any production challenge.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FQP8YNX5
• ISBN13: 9798264768842
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.7" x 9.6"