API Design for C++ by Martin Ry

API Design for C++



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API Design for C++ Martin Ry ebook
Format: pdf
Page: 446
Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann
ISBN: 0123850037, 9780123850034


Even though I live in the C++ world as opposed to Java, 99% of this is directly applicable. With an area of C + + code to illustrate each concept, Design API for C + + includes all grades of API global development strategy. There are many different rules and tradeoffs to consider during Java API design. Proper API Design requires testing and verification. For C++/Java/.NET, provide custom exception classes. Prevent each new release to completely destabilize existing usages. Somewhat later I had the pleasant experience of writing C++ code with Qt. Asynchronous APIs are trickier to design than synchronous ones. If you are designing a C API, have each function return a success/error code. It is being billed as an SDK for C++. Based on hearsay, Qt is quite complicated and hackish inside, but what it presents to the outside is pure delight in terms of API design. This requires standard unit testing as well, as something special - testing for binary compatibility There is a backward binary compatibility checker for shared libraries in C/C++. Therefore, I think it's critical to factor the C/C++ API design so that as much of it as possible is writable in application level python on top of a small core that does the final C++ dispatch. Like any complex task, it tests the limits of our attention and memory. An anonymous coward just provided a link to API compliance checker. The goal when designing an API is to prevent the amoeba shaking effect - e.g. Similar to the pilots' pre-flight checklist, this list helps software designers remember obvious and not so obvious rules while designing Java APIs. Casablanca is intended to support cloud-based client-server communication in native code using a modern asynchronous C++ API design. You can't simply return the result of the operation, since it isn't ready yet.