Recommended Reading

Recommended Reading

This page collects both bibliography as well as links to online literature. The scope is development of OOo, in various programming languages.

Software engineering in general

• Design Patterns - Erich Gamma et al. - Publisher: Addison-Wesley
• Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code - Martin Fowler et al. - Publisher: Addison-Wesley

C++ Programming

The basics:

• C++ Primer 3rd edition - Stanley B Lippman, Josee Lajoie - Publisher: Addison-Wesley
• Accelerated C++ - Andrew Koenig, Barbara Moo - Publisher: Addison-Wesley

The reference:

• The C++ Programming Language Special Edition - Bjarne Stroustrup - Publisher: Addison-Wesley
• the ISO C++ standard
  • preliminary, but free draft
  • official c++ standard (2003er revision, huge price tag)

Simply indispensable:

• Exceptional C++ - Herb Sutter - Publisher: Addison-Wesley
• More Exceptional C++ - Herb Sutter - Publisher: Addison-Wesley
• Exceptional C++ Style - Herb Sutter - Publisher: Addison-Wesley
• Effective C++ 2nd edition - Scott Meyers - Publisher: Addison-Wesley
• Effective STL - Scott Meyers - Publisher: Addison-Wesley

Advanced Topics:

• Modern C++ Design - Andrei Alexandrescu - Publisher: Addison-Wesley
• C++ Templates - David Vandevoorde, Nicolai Josuttis - Publisher: Addison-Wesley
• Large-Scale C++ Software Design - John Lakos - Publisher: Addison-Wesley

A really complete resource for the essential stuff written about C++ is ACCU's (Association of C/C++ Users) collection of book reviews