6.S096 | January IAP 2014 | Undergraduate

Effective Programming in C and C++

Related Resources

The two references you will likely use most often are cplusplus.com and cppreference.com. Both are excellent references to the standard C and C++ libraries.

Kernighan, Brian, and Dennis Ritchie_. The C Programming Language_. Prentice, 1990. ISBN: 9788120305960.

  • Known as “K. and R.” This is the original book on C and writen by its creator. However it’s quite old, so it does not cover C99.

Stroustrop, Bjarne_. The C++ Programming Language._ 4th ed. Addison-Wesley Professional, 2013. ISBN: 9780321563842.

  • Bjarne Stroustrop is the creator and eternal guru of C++; the 4th edition is very recently updated for C++11, so this is an excellent resource.

Meyers, Scott_. Effective C++: 55 Specefic Ways To Improve Your Programs And Designs._ Addison-Wesley Professional, 2005. ISBN: 9780321334879_._ [Preview with Google Books]

———. More Effective C++: 35 New Ways To Improve Your Programs And Designs. Addison-Wesley Professional, 1996. ISBN: 9780201633719. [Preview with Google Books]

———. Effective STL: 50 Specific Ways to Improve Your Use of Standard Template Library. Addison-Wesley Professional, 2001. ISBN: 9780201749625.

  • Addresses -Weffc++.

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January IAP 2014
Learning Resource Types
Problem Sets with Solutions
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Programming Assignments with Examples