The C++ Programming Language, Special Edition

Chapter 24. Design and Programming

	Keep it simple: as simple as possible, but no simpler.
	--A. Einstein

Design and programming language — classes — inheritance — type checking — programming — what do classes represent? — class hierarchies — dependencies — containment — containment and inheritance — design tradeoffs — use relationships — programmed-in relationships — invariants — assertions — encapsulation — components — templates — interfaces and implementations — advice.

Overview

This chapter considers the ways programming languages in general and C++ in particular can support design:

• §24.2 The fundamental role of classes, class hierarchies, type checking, and programming itself

• §24.3 Uses of classes and class hierarchies, focussing on dependencies ...