Beginning C++ Compilers: An Introductory Guide to Microsoft C/C++ and MinGW Compilers

ISBN-13: 9781484295625 / Miękka / 2024

Ademi Ospanova

Spis treści

Part I. Operating Systems and Platforms

 

Introduction

 

Chapter 1. Files and Devices

Chapter Goal: General Information on Files and Devices

  File types and formats

  Executable and batch files

  System commands

  Mounting Devices

  Virtual Devices

 

Chapter 2. Software Installation

Chapter Goal: Description of Software Installation Ways

  Installation packages (msi)

  Installing with archives

  Installing from sources

  Portable Installation

  Overview of Installation Methods

  Best Software Installation Practices for Windows systems

 

Chapter 3. Programming Languages and Software

Chapter Goal: Overview of Programming Languages

  Programming Languages

  C/C++

  Fortran

  Assembly

 

Part II. Programming Environments

 

Chapter 4. General Build Information

Chapter Goal: Description of Software Building on Various Platforms with Various Compilers

  Unix systems

     GNU Autotools (GNU Build System)

  Windows systems

     nmake Utility

     Visual Studio .vcxproj and .sln files

     MSBuild Build System

  Cygwin

  Cross-platform topics

 

Chapter 5. Some Useful Open Source Utilities

Chapter Goal: Overview of Handy Tools

  Far Manager

    Default Installation

    Easy Installation

    Usage

  7z

    Default Installation

    Easy Installation

    Usage

  Notepad++

    Default Installation

    Easy Installation

    Usage

  lessmsi

    Easy Installation

    Usage

  WinCDEmu

    Easy Installation

    Usage

 

Chapter 6. Command-Line Interface

Chapter Goal: Description of Important Shell Environment

  Command Interpreter

  Environment Variables

  Access management

 

Chapter 7. Integrated Development Environments and Editors

Chapter Goal: Various Visual Development Tools

  Microsoft Visual Studio

  Qt Creator

  Code::Blocks

  Geany

  Kate

 

Chapter 8. Minimal Systems

Chapter Goal: Overview of Handy Build Subsystems

  MSYS

    Easy Installation

    Some Tips

  MSYS2

    Default Installation

    Easy Installation

  CMake

    Default Installation

    Easy Installation

 

Chapter 9. Compilers

Chapter Goal: Various Ways of Compilers Installations

  GCC/MinGW

    Default Installation

    Building from the sources

    Easy Installation

  Microsoft C/C++

    Default Installation

    Easy Installation (without Visual Studio) with EWDK

  Intel C/C++

 

Part III. Building and Using Libraries (A. B. Ospanova, co-author)

 

Chapter 10. Libraries

Chapter Goal: Libraries, How to Treat Them

Dynamic and Static Libraries

Building Libraries

Creating User Libraries

 

Chapter 11. Using Libraries

Chapter Goal: Overview of Using Libraries

Linking with Static Libraries

Linking with Dynamic Libraries

    Using Libraries from Source Code

 

Chapter 12. GMP (GNU Multiprecision Library)

Chapter Goal: Using GMP Library

    Building

    Example: Computation of 10 000 000!

 

Chapter 13. Crypto++

Chapter Goal: Using Crypto++ Library

Building with MinGW

Building with Microsoft C/C++ Compiler

Example: AES Implementation

 

Chapter 14. Process Hacker

Chapter Goal: Using Process Hacker Utility

Building with Microsoft C/C++ Compiler

   Building Driver

   Building Utility

O autorze

Berik Tuleuov is a Senior Lecturer at L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. He’s a researcher and mathematician who uses computers for scientific computations and designing algorithms. He runs a topic on The AIFC Tech Hub (a meeting point for global startups, entrepreneurs, investors, industry’s top experts and talent pool) about Microsoft C/C++ compilers. This forum has more than two million registered participants. He regularly takes part in academic and industry conferences, mainly on computer science topics. Interests include programming languages, algorithms and data structures, concurrent (parallel) programming, scientific programming, (La)TeX Typesetting System, and data visualization.

Ademi B. Ospanova is an Associate Professor in the Information Security subdivision of L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University. She manages grant and initiative projects, her Master's and PhD students have won state research competitions. She’s also the author and co-author of dozens of articles on mathematics and computer science topics.