C++ Common Knowledge: Essential Intermediate Programming

Most C++ programmers are not experts, and they often need preliminary

education in various C++ language features, coding techniques, and design

patterns before they can be fully productive. Programmers who need this

education include: (1) domain experts who are C programmers, but have only

basic knowledge of C++; (2) new hires who may have an excellent appreciation

of C++ from college courses, but have no practical experience; (3) expert Java

programmers who tend to program in C++ the way they do in Java; (4) C++

programmers with years of experience maintaining programs, but no

knowledge beyond the basics required for that task. What they're missing is the

common knowledge among experienced C++ programmers, what it takes to

write production-quality programs. That common knowledge is the topic of

this book.