Synopses & Reviews
Improve the performance of your C++ programs to meet customer requirements for responsiveness and throughput. With this practical book, youll learn how to take correct code that embodies best practices of C++ design, and change it into correct code that also runs faster and consumes fewer resources on pretty much any computer.
You wont learn about laboriously coding assembly language subroutines, counting clock cycles, or memorizing how many instructions Intel's latest silicon stylings can dispatch concurrently. This book is about performing miracles.
- Learn the mindset that good performance tuning programmers use
- Get examples with timing data to “prove” that the books suggestions improve performance
- Dive into commonly occurring optimization problems with actionable, up-to-date, testable advice
- Understand good C++ practice over arcane microprocessor lore
Synopsis
In today s fast and competitive world, a program s performance is just as important to customers as the features it provides. This practical guide teaches developers performance-tuning principles that enable optimization in C++. You ll learn how to make code that already embodies best practices of C++ design run faster and consume fewer resources on any computer whether it s a watch, phone, workstation, supercomputer, or globe-spanning network of servers.
Author Kurt Guntheroth provides several running examples that demonstrate how to apply these principles incrementally to improve existing code so it meets customer requirements for responsiveness and throughput. The advice in this book will prove itself the first time you hear a colleague exclaim, Wow, that was fast. Who fixed something? Locate performance hot spots using the profiler and software timersLearn to perform repeatable experiments to measure performance of code changesOptimize use of dynamically allocated variablesImprove performance of hot loops and functionsSpeed up string handling functionsRecognize efficient algorithms and optimization patternsLearn the strengths and weaknesses of C++ container classesView searching and sorting through an optimizer s eyeMake efficient use of C++ streaming I/O functionsUse C++ thread-based concurrency features effectively"
About the Author
A career technologist with broad experience in software development, Kurt has exceptional experience and skills in early stages of product development including market research, user needs analysis, and architectural design. In addition, Kurt has very deep C++ development experience. He currently works as a Software Engineer at iStreamPlanet.