Solid introduction to C++ for an audience with prior programming experience by the creator himself. The brevity of the book makes it a reasonable cover-to-cover read rather than a pure reference. Probably best paired with some practice exercises. Doubt I can write C++ without additional work, but I feel like I can read basic C++ by having enough terminology in the toolbox to know what to Google when I'm confused. Step in to a time capsule of historic posters, signage and vintage tiles in a long-disused tunnel, or stand where history was made during the Second World War. You’ll learn about the people who shaped London’s transport network, as our knowledgeable guides use research from London Transport Museum’s collection to share incrediblestories. Kitson voices an "alley rat" in the pilot episode of the Kristen Schaal and Kurt Braunohler comedy Penelope: Princess of Pets which was aired in 2010 by Channel 4. [17] [18] Radio [ edit ] If I was to fault the book at all it is that there is too much focus on "concepts" (the language feature) which are planned for 20 and hence aren't likely available where you work, but I guess that will become less true with time so it's probably good to have them explained somewhere.

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The book does a good job explaining the purpose of various methods involved with the Rule of 5 (copy and move assignment and construction, etc.). I was struggling with them previously. Also, the author was very careful not to draw lines between old and new features of the language, so you will almost never find explicit mentions of the existing standards. Even the newest C++17 features were blended in so well, that one could think that they were part of the language from the very beginning, so fortunately this isn't a "C++11 plus whatever came after" type of book, but instead, it is more like "This is what C++ resembles today". Moreover, because it occasionally presents some planned features for C++20 (modules, concepts, contracts, etc.) and gives a heads up on what was/is to be deprecated, one can also formulate an educated guess about where the language is headed right now. Finally, for those who worry that this book's usefulness will be limited by not being able to discern what feature came from which standard (because not everybody has access to a fairly recent compiler), the author provides a very thorough list precisely about this at the end of the book. As well as stand up, Kitson has written and performed "story shows". The first was A Made Up Story at the 2003 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, [6] followed by Stories For the Wobbly-Hearted at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2005. The latter show opened at the Traverse Theatre for the 2005 Edinburgh Festival Fringe and won a Scotsman Fringe First Award. In 2006, Kitson took Stories for the Wobbly Hearted to the Brits Off Broadway Festival in New York. [7] In June 2006 the story show made up one half of his Regents Park Open Air Theatre appearance, where Kitson's stories were accompanied by songs from Gavin Osborn. His story show, C-90, opened at the Traverse for the 2006 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. It was awarded both a Fringe First and The Stage Acting Award for Best Solo Show. Kitson appeared in an episode of That Peter Kay Thing, "The Arena", and as Spencer in Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights. He also played a bus driver in the 2001 film Dog Eat Dog.

In 2007, Kitson toured It's The Fireworks Talking and the story show C-90 in the UK, Australia, New York and Paris. There was a second Open Air Theatre show in June 2007. Kitson also complemented his Australian tour of C-90 with a loosely structured stand-up show titled At 10pm, Daniel Kitson Will Be Drinking Tea and Blowing Minds, a reference to a line from the movie Dazed and Confused. as much as to novice programmer, but it is a good tour and have great coverage. And been a practical guy and the creator of C++ programming language, for how to write C++ code, it's the best you can ever get by read a book. In March 2012, Kitson took a brand new stand-up show, Where Once Was Wonder, on a work-in-progress tour around the UK before touring it in Australia and returning for the Edinburgh Fringe in August. The new show comprises all new material and is made up of three stories about "the impossible". [10]

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The concepts overview was (conceptually) interesting but I can’t use C++20 in my current project. Still, I wouldn’t have read about them otherwise and this short intro was clear. On the other hand, as the author mentioned, it's basically a short version of The C++ Programming Language book he wrote. So it's somehow shorter to follow as in a couple of cases, the example and explanation doesn't feel completed. Daniel John Kitson was born in Denby Dale on 2 July 1977, [1] [2] the son of a primary school headteacher mother and a lecturer father. [2] He was a pupil at Scissett Middle School and Shelley College. He subsequently studied drama at Roehampton Institute, now known as the University of Roehampton. [2] [3] Career [ edit ] Comedy [ edit ] Kitson in March 2017 BBC 'Protests greet male Perrier shortlist' article". BBC News. 21 August 2002 . Retrieved 13 May 2009.A good book to refresh some C++ knowledge and get introduced to the latest features (C++14 and C++17) as well as the upcoming ones (C++20). After the Beginning, Before the End. (2013), by Daniel Kitson". Daniel Kitson . Retrieved 8 May 2021. That being said, I would not recommend this book for beginners although the authors seems to suggest so with the argument that it's good to get a tour before going in-depth. Nope, this is not a tour of basic C++. This book teaches C++ quite well after you find that the tour (and some practice) you had already in an undergraduate course tour or YouTube tutorial(s) were not actually sufficient to help you work with C++ code written by experienced people. Written as an intermediate level book between Stroustrup's beginner level "Programming -- Principles and Practice" and expert level "The C++ Programming Language", this book introduces the core concepts and language features that define C++ with just enough explanation for a moderately experienced programmer to understand what they are used for and when to use them. As such it is probably the ideal book for somebody who is experienced with another language who wants to learn how C++ differs or implements similar concepts, or a programmer familiar with older C++ code who wants to learn what is new in the latest language revisions.