The C++11 standard allows programmers to express ideas more clearly?? simply?? and directly?? and to write faster?? more efficient code. Bjarne Stroustrup?? the designer and original implementer of C++?? thoroughly covers the details of this language and its use in his definitive reference?? The C++ Programming Language?? Fourth Edition.
In A Tour of C++ ?? Stroustrup excerpts the overview chapters from that complete reference?? expanding and enhancing them to give an experienced programmer?in just a few hours?a clear idea of what constitutes modern C++. In this concise?? self-contained guide?? Stroustrup covers most major language features and the major standard-library components?not?? of course?? in great depth?? but to a level that gives programmers a meaningful overview of the language?? some key examples?? and practical help in getting started.
Stroustrup presents the C++ features in the context of the programming styles they support?? such as object-oriented and generic programming. His tour is remarkably comprehensive. Coverage begins with the basics?? then ranges widely through more advanced topics?? including many that are new in C++11?? such as move semantics?? uniform initialization?? lambda expressions?? improved containers?? random numbers?? and concurrency. The tour ends with a discussion of the design and evolution of C++ and the extensions added for C++11.
This guide does not aim to teach you how to program (see Stroustrup??s Programming: Principles and Practice Using C++ for that); nor will it be the only resource you??ll need for C++ mastery (see Stroustrup??s The C++ Programming Language?? Fourth Edition?? for that). If?? however?? you are a C or C++ programmer wanting greater familiarity with the current C++ language?? or a programmer versed in another language wishing to gain an accurate picture of the nature and benefits of modern C++?? you can??t find a shorter or simpler introduction than this tour provides.