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Taligent's Guide to Designing Programs: Well-Mannered Object-Oriented Design in C++

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This book is an excellent choice to aid in the development of a consistent C++ coding and design style for your corporate C++ engineers. The book is compact, offers consistent naming and coding guidelines and has the authority to motivate your engineers to adopt their design and coding style.

I would also suggest this book for any C++ programmer working on a smaller project. This book can be compared to Scott Meyers Effective C++, but it will require a higher level of understanding of the language. Although it is already a few years old, it does mention namespaces and e.g. the dynamic_cast language construct, so it is certainly not outdated.

I recommend this book to any professional C++ programmer.

This book provides clear and concise guidelines for developing C++ applications. If you are beginning a new C++ project, I can't emphasize how important it is to read through this book and adopt what you can from it.

Understand that experience in object oriented development is still a rare thing and that the authors share what they have learned over the years. This is precious information, ranging from class naming conventions to classic class design mistakes.

I'm a proponent of this book. The easiest thing that you could do, rather than wasting time developing your own in-house style and rule book, is buy a bunch of Taligent's books and pass them out. It will be a big money saver for your team in the long (perhaps even short) run.