API Design for C++ by Martin Ry

API Design for C++



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


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. The strictly virtuous thing to do would be to take the time to have a lot of discussions and design a brand new C++ API that would remain stable for the future. Similar to the pilots' pre-flight checklist, this list helps software designers remember obvious and not so obvious rules while designing Java APIs. Like any complex task, it tests the limits of our attention and memory. Notification (AutoReset) events are signalled. For several years Gecko used a C++ wrapper around cairo as its cross-platform rendering API. The task of designing a web service or API that adheres to the REST guidelines then becomes an exercise in identifying the resources that will be exposed and how they will be affected by the different request methods. Some good advice comes from the developers behind Qt who have corrected some things in their API and described it at: Designing Qt-Style C++ APIs. Even though I live in the C++ world as opposed to Java, 99% of this is directly applicable. There are many different rules and tradeoffs to consider during Java API design. The number of Web APIs is growing rapidly (there are over 2,000 APIs in the ProgrammableWeb directory), especially with the popularity of Software as a Service. The new Win7 threadpool API requires you to use SetThreadpoolWait to schedule a new wait - Article in the C++ forum contributed by doug65536. (To fill the streaming buffer with more audio). Somewhat later I had the pleasant experience of writing C++ code with Qt.