[haiku-development] Re: Newbie programmer, want to help

  • From: Michael Franz <mvfranz@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 16:38:41 -0500

Mike,

Have you read Andrei Alexandrescu's C++ books?
http://www.amazon.com/Andrei-Alexandrescu/e/B001ILKI7K/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1


Michael
On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 5:44 PM, Michael Crawford <mdcrawford@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Jonathan,
>
> Buy a copy of Scott Meyers' book Effective C++.  Make sure you get the
> third edition:
>
>   http://www.aristeia.com/
>
> His book is divided into fifty-five "Items," each of which is a
> specific, concrete piece of advice as to how to improve C++ code.
>
> Find a Haiku GUI application that looks like it could use some love,
> by browsing the bug reports in Haiku's Trac:
>
>   http://dev.haiku-os.org/
>
> Start by just getting that GUI program just to build, then read the
> first of Meyers' Items.  Go through the program's *entire* source
> code, while applying the advice of that Item wherever it would be
> appropriate.
>
> When you're done applying the first Item, do the same for the second.
> Lather, Rinse, Repeat.
>
> It will seem at first that to apply all fifty-five Items would be a
> Herculean effort, but you will soon find that your work goes faster
> and faster as you grow more and more familiar with your program's
> source.  At some point you will find yourself able to apply several
> Items simultaneously.  It really won't take that long at all.
>
> When you're done with the fifty-fifth, do the same with Meyers' book
> More Effective C++, then after that, Effective STL.
>
> I did this very same thing with my own program back in 2000 (but with
> the 2nd Edition).  Not only did I fix a whole bunch of bugs and memory
> leaks, I mark that effort as the moment of my transition from Clueless
> C++ Newie to Masterful C++ Wizard.
>
> Welcome to the Machine,
>
> Mike
> --
> Michael David Crawford
> mdcrawford at gmail dot com
>
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>

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