Effective Modern C++: 42 Specific Ways to Improve Your Use of C++11 and C++14 --

<p>Coming to grips with C++11 and C++14 is more than a matter of familiarizing yourself with the features they introduce (e.g., <b>auto</b> type declarations, move semantics, lambda expressions, and concurrency support). The challenge is learning to use those features <i>effectively</i>--so that your software is correct, efficient, maintainable, and portable. That's where this practical book comes in. It describes how to write truly great software using C++11 and C++14--i.e. using <i>modern</i> C++.</p><p>Topics include: </p><ul><li>The pros and cons of braced initialization, <b>noexcept</b> specifications, perfect forwarding, and smart pointer <b>make</b> functions</li><li>The relationships among <b>std:: move</b>, <b>std:: forward</b>, rvalue references, and universal references</li><li>Techniques for writing clear, correct, <i>effective</i> lambda expressions</li><li>How <b>std:: atomic</b> differs from <b>volatile</b>, how each should be used, and how they relate to C++'s concurrency API</li><li>How best practices in old C++ programming (i.e., C++98) require revision for software development in modern C++</li></ul><p><i>Effective Modern C++</i> follows the proven guideline-based, example-driven format of Scott Meyers' earlier books, but covers entirely new material.</p><p>After I learned the C++ basics, I then learned how to use C++ in production code from Meyer's series of Effective C++ books. <i>Effective Modern C++</i> is the most important how-to book for advice on k