C++ is a statically typed language with rich support for object-oriented programming, generic programming, and metaprogramming. There’s also some support for functional programming with C++11. As a professional C++ programmer, I am eager to extend my knowledge of the language and occasionally use it as illustration for my posts.
The wiki cppreference.com is a good online reference, and The C++ Programming Language 4th Edition by Stroustrup is a decent introductions into the breadth and depth of the language if one is already familiar with the basics.
This article explains the difference between dynamic dispatch (late binding) and static dispatch (early binding). We’ll also touch on the differences in language support for virtual and static methods, and how virtual methods can be circumvented.
Global dependencies make it difficult to properly test a piece of code. By extracting all dependencies into a single manageable object, we can easily mock the necessary services and avoid a large-scale refactor.