Experience-based:
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C++ Software Design Tips Guidelines Checklist
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* Open/close principle
* Prefer free to member functions
* Consider moving private members to the implementation file– pimpl idiom (handle/body, compilation firewall)
* Namespace names after content (not e.g. reverse domain names) and not too deep
“Early optimization is the root of all evil”
– optimize only if it makes [...]
Shifting From C to C++.
– Prefer const and inline to #define.
– Prefer iostream to stdio.h.
– Prefer new and delete to malloc and free.
– Prefer C++style comments.
Memory Management.
– Use the same form in corresponding uses of new and delete.
– Use delete on pointer members in destructors.
– Be prepared for outofmemory conditions.
– Adhere to convention when writing [...]
Basics.
– Distinguish Between Pointers and References.
– Prefer C++Style Casts.
– Never Treat Arrays Polymorphically.
– Avoid Gratuitous Default Constructors.
Operators.
– Be Wary of User Defined Conversion Functions.
– Distinguish Between Prefix and Postfix Forms of Increment and decrement operators.
– Never Overload &&, ||, or,.
– Understand the Different Meanings of New and Delete.
Exceptions.
– Use Destructors to Prevent Resource Leaks.
– Prevent [...]
Effective STL – C++ Standard Template Library Tips
Containers.
– Choose your containers with care.
– Beware the illusion of container independent code.
– Make copying cheap and correct for objects in containers.
– Call empty instead of checking size against zero.
– Prefer range member functions to their single element counterparts.
– Be alert for C++’ s most vexing parse.
– When [...]
C++ Design Tips and Tricks by Dr. Michael Whalen
C++ Design Tips Tip 1:
Learn Patterns
Someone has done what you are doing before:
For Example:
Extracting information from a complex graph of classes (visitor)
Creating a framework to notify observers when some data-of-interest changes (observer)
Design Patterns are a way of expressing these ideas that give you an abstract vocabulary for [...]
