Beginning STL: Standard Template Library

by Ivor Horton

Beginning STL is a contemporary treatment that teaches you the latest C++ 14 APIs, libraries and extensions and how to apply these to your C++ 14 applications. In this book, author Ivor Horton explains what the STL is and how to use it with your C++ applications. You'll learn how to use containers and iterators, as well as how to define, create and apply algorithms. Furthermore, you'll learn about function objects and allocators and how to use them. After reading this book, you'll learn how to extend the STL and define your own types of C++ components. You'll also be able to define your own types to satisfy the C++ STL requirements and to conform to the most common design patterns and best practices. The Standard Library is a fundamental part of the C++ Standard. It provides you as a C++ programmer with a comprehensive set of efficiently implemented tools and reusable components that you can use for most types of application.

500 pages, Paperback

First published September 25, 2015

About the author

Ivor Horton is self-employed in consultancy and writes programming tutorials. He started out as a mathematician, but shortly after graduating, he was lured into messing about with computers by a well-known manufacturer. Horton's experience at IBM includes programming in most languages (like assembler and high-level languages on a variety of machines), real-time programming, and designing and implementing real-time closed loop industrial control systems. He has extensive experience teaching programming to engineers and scientists (Fortran, PL/1, APL, etc.). Horton is an expert in mechanical, process, and electronic CAD systems; mechanical CAM systems; and DNC/CNC systems. He has spent many happy years programming occasionally useful applications in a variety of languages as well as teaching mainly scientists and engineers to do likewise. He has extensive experience in applying computers to problems in engineering design and to manufacturing operations in a wide range of industries. He is the author of a number of tutorial books on programming in C, C++, and Java. When not writing programming books or providing advice to others, he leads a life of leisure.