Re: [Dev-C++] 5 somewhat-small (but excellent) books in C++/soft. engg. you have come across.

On Sun, 2005-10-16 at 05:13 -0700, Vishnu M Menon wrote:
> Hello all.
> 
> Suppose you are asked to suggest 5 somewhat small
> books that will significantly improve C++/software
> engineeering literacy in a company whose main product
> is a 500,000 line software written in (you guessed
> it!) C++. Most of the employees are
> otherwise-intelligent Electrical Engg. graduates who,
> unfortunately, write HORRENDOUS code ("it doesn't
> matter what the variable is named as long as it is
> named something", "don't worry about where I place my
> function, just use it", dynamically allocated objects
> where automatic variables would *perfectly* suffice,
> massively redundant coding, zero documentation...).
> 
> What would your suggestions be?
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For somewhat experienced developers I highly recommend this book:
"Effective C++:50 Specific Ways to Improve Your Programs and Design (2nd
Edition)"
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0201924889/qid=1129469217/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/103-8482603-4095850?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

I also recommend the "Software Project Survival Guide" which although is
not a book on programming covers well the topic of software engineering:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1572316217/qid=1129469431/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-8482603-4095850?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

	gabriel