A. Beyond Effective C++

Effective C++ covers what I consider to be the most important general guidelines for practicing C++ programmers, but if you're interested in more ways to improve your effectiveness, I encourage you to examine my other C++ books, More Effective C++ and Effective STL.

More Effective C++ covers additional programming guidelines and includes extensive treatments of topics such as efficiency and programming with exceptions. It also describes important C++ programming techniques like smart pointers, reference counting, and proxy objects.

Effective STL is a guideline-oriented book like Effective C++, but it focuses exclusively on making effective use of the Standard Template Library.

Tables of contents for both books are summarized ...

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