C++98 for Modern Developers: Understand, Maintain, and Modernize Legacy C++ Codebases (The C++ Evolution Series) - Softcover

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C++98 for Modern Developers provides a practical guide to understanding, maintaining, debugging, and modernizing legacy C++ code.

Rather than treating C++98 as simply an outdated language standard, this book approaches it from the perspective of today's developer: how to work effectively with existing code while preparing it for safer, cleaner, and more maintainable modern C++.

You'll explore the programming techniques, design patterns, memory-management approaches, standard library facilities, and development practices commonly found in C++98-era codebases. You'll also learn how to identify technical debt, improve fragile components, refactor safely, and plan migrations toward newer C++ standards.

Inside, you'll learn how to:

• Understand the structure and conventions of C++98 codebases
• Work safely with pointers, references, dynamic memory, and manual resource management
• Use classes, inheritance, templates, and the classic STL effectively
• Identify common sources of bugs and technical debt
• Debug and maintain large legacy C++ applications
• Refactor legacy code without unnecessarily disrupting existing systems
• Improve reliability, readability, and maintainability
• Prepare C++98 applications for migration to modern C++
• Evaluate modernization strategies for real-world codebases
• Apply practical techniques to extend the life of established C++ systems

Whether you're maintaining an older production application, inheriting a legacy C++ project, or preparing an established codebase for modernization, this book provides the foundation you need to understand where legacy C++ came from—and how to move it forward.

Part of The C++ Evolution Series.

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