API Design for C++, Second Edition provides a comprehensive discussion of Application Programming Interface (API) development, from initial design through implementation, testing, documentation, release, versioning, maintenance, and deprecation. It is the only book that teaches the strategies of C++ API development, including interface design, versioning, scripting, and plug-in extensibility. Drawing from the author's experience on large scale, collaborative software projects, the text offers practical techniques of API design that produce robust code for the long-term. It presents patterns and practices that provide real value to individual developers as well as organizations. The Second Edition includes all new material fully updated for the latest versions of C++, including a new chapter on concurrency and multithreading, as well as a new chapter discussing how Objective C++ and C++ code can co-exist and how a C++ API can be accessed from Swift programs. In addition, it explores often overlooked issues, both technical and non-technical, contributing to successful design decisions that produce high quality, robust, and long-lived APIs. It focuses on various API styles and patterns that will allow you to produce elegant and durable libraries. A discussion on testing strategies concentrates on automated API testing techniques rather than attempting to include end-user application testing techniques such as GUI testing, system testing, or manual testing.
1. 1. Introduction - p. 1 2. 2. Qualities - p. 25 3. 3. Patterns - p. 81 4. 4. Design - p. 123 5. 5. Styles - p. 179 6. 6. C++ usage - p. 209 7. 7. C++ revisions - p. 251 8. 8. Performance - p. 329 9. 9. Concurrency - p. 367 10. 10. Versioning - p. 383 11. 11. Documentation - p. 415 12. 12. Testing - p. 443 13. 13. Objective-C and Swift - p. 487 14. 14. Scripting - p. 501 15. 15. Extensibility - p. 533 16. Appendix A: Libraries - p. 565 17. References - p. 583 18. Index - p. 589
API Design for C++, Second Edition provides a comprehensive discussion of Application Programming Interface (API) development, from initial design through implementation, testing, documentation, release, versioning, maintenance, and deprecation. It is the only book that teaches the strategies of C++ API development, including interface design, versioning, scripting, and plug-in extensibility. Drawing from the author's experience on large scale, collaborative software projects, the text offers practical techniques of API design that produce robust code for the long-term. It presents patterns and practices that provide real value to individual developers as well as organizations. The Second Edition includes all new material fully updated for the latest versions of C++, including a new chapter on concurrency and multithreading, as well as a new chapter discussing how Objective C++ and C++ code can co-exist and how a C++ API can be accessed from Swift programs. In addition, it explores often overlooked issues, both technical and non-technical, contributing to successful design decisions that produce high quality, robust, and long-lived APIs. It focuses on various API styles and patterns that will allow you to produce elegant and durable libraries. A discussion on testing strategies concentrates on automated API testing techniques rather than attempting to include end-user application testing techniques such as GUI testing, system testing, or manual testing.
1. 1. Introduction - p. 1 2. 2. Qualities - p. 25 3. 3. Patterns - p. 81 4. 4. Design - p. 123 5. 5. Styles - p. 179 6. 6. C++ usage - p. 209 7. 7. C++ revisions - p. 251 8. 8. Performance - p. 329 9. 9. Concurrency - p. 367 10. 10. Versioning - p. 383 11. 11. Documentation - p. 415 12. 12. Testing - p. 443 13. 13. Objective-C and Swift - p. 487 14. 14. Scripting - p. 501 15. 15. Extensibility - p. 533 16. Appendix A: Libraries - p. 565 17. References - p. 583 18. Index - p. 589
