Taligent's Guide to Designing Programs: Well-Mannered Object-Oriented Design in C++

By Inc Taligent

Book Overview

The Taligent operating system is a commercial software system based entirely on object-oriented technology. This guide is a developer's-eye view of the system. It introduces new concepts of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0201408880
• ISBN13: 9780201408881
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 0.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

An excellent guideline for developing a good C++ style

This book is an excellent choice to aid in the development of a consistent C++ coding and design style for your corporate C++ engineers. The book is compact, offers consistent naming and coding guidelines and has the authority to motivate your engineers to adopt their design and coding style.I would also suggest this book for any C++ programmer working on a smaller project. This book can be compared to Scott Meyers Effective C++, but it will require a higher level of understanding of the language. Although it is already a few years old, it does mention namespaces and e.g. the dynamic_cast language construct, so it is certainly not outdated.I recommend this book to any professional C++ programmer.

An important cornerstone to any new C++ project

This book provides clear and concise guidelines for developing C++ applications. If you are beginning a new C++ project, I can't emphasize how important it is to read through this book and adopt what you can from it. Understand that experience in object oriented development is still a rare thing and that the authors share what they have learned over the years. This is precious information, ranging from class naming conventions to classic class design mistakes. I'm a proponent of this book. The easiest thing that you could do, rather than wasting time developing your own in-house style and rule book, is buy a bunch of Taligent's books and pass them out. It will be a big money saver for your team in the long (perhaps even short) run.