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Published inDec 2020
Reading LevelIntermediate
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ISBN-139781839216541
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Björn Andrist
Björn Andrist
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Björn Andrist

Björn Andrist is a freelance software consultant currently focusing on audio applications. For more than 15 years, he has been working professionally with C++ in projects ranging from UNIX server applications to real-time audio applications on desktop and mobile. In the past, he has also taught courses in algorithms and data structures, concurrent programming, and programming methodologies. Björn holds a BS in computer engineering and an MS in computer science from KTH Royal Institute of Technology.
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Viktor Sehr
Viktor Sehr
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Viktor Sehr

Viktor Sehr is the founder and main developer of the small game studio Toppluva AB. At Toppluva he develops a custom graphics engine which powers the open-world skiing game Grand Mountain Adventure. He has 13 years of professional experience using C++, with real-time graphics, audio, and architectural design as his focus areas. Through his career, he has developed medical visualization software at Mentice and Raysearch Laboratories as well as real-time audio applications at Propellerhead Software. Viktor holds an M.S. in media science from Linköping University.
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Summary

In this chapter, you have learned how to use modern C++ features that will be used throughout this book. Automatic type deduction, move semantics, and lambda expressions are fundamental techniques that every C++ programmer needs to feel comfortable with today.

We also spent some time looking at error handling and how to think about bugs, along with valid states and how to recover from runtime errors. Error handling is an extremely important part of programming that is easily overlooked. Thinking about contracts between callers and callees is a way to make your code correct and avoid unnecessary defensive checks in the released version of your program.

In the next chapter, we will look into strategies for analyzing and measuring performance in C++.

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Authors (2)

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Björn Andrist

Björn Andrist is a freelance software consultant currently focusing on audio applications. For more than 15 years, he has been working professionally with C++ in projects ranging from UNIX server applications to real-time audio applications on desktop and mobile. In the past, he has also taught courses in algorithms and data structures, concurrent programming, and programming methodologies. Björn holds a BS in computer engineering and an MS in computer science from KTH Royal Institute of Technology.
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Viktor Sehr

Viktor Sehr is the founder and main developer of the small game studio Toppluva AB. At Toppluva he develops a custom graphics engine which powers the open-world skiing game Grand Mountain Adventure. He has 13 years of professional experience using C++, with real-time graphics, audio, and architectural design as his focus areas. Through his career, he has developed medical visualization software at Mentice and Raysearch Laboratories as well as real-time audio applications at Propellerhead Software. Viktor holds an M.S. in media science from Linköping University.
Read more about Viktor Sehr