C++ Concurrency in Action, Second Edition

By: Anthony Williams

Narrated by: Lisa Farina, Diana Gardiner

This best seller has been updated and revised to cover all the latest changes to C++ 14 and 17! C++ Concurrency in Action, Second Edition teaches you everything you need to write robust and elegant multithreaded applications in C++17.

About the Technology

You choose C++ when your applications need to run fast. Well-designed concurrency makes them go even faster. C++ 17 delivers strong support for the multithreaded, multiprocessor programming required for fast graphic processing, machine learning, and other performance-sensitive tasks. This exceptional audiobook unpacks the features, patterns, and best practices of production-grade C++ concurrency.

About the Book

C++ Concurrency in Action, Second Edition is the definitive guide to writing elegant multithreaded applications in C++. Updated for C++ 17, it carefully addresses every aspect of concurrent development, from starting new threads to designing fully functional multithreaded algorithms and data structures. Concurrency master Anthony Williams presents examples and practical tasks in every section, including insights that will delight even the most experienced developer.

What's Inside

• Full coverage of new C++ 17 features
• Starting and managing threads
• Synchronizing concurrent operations
• Designing concurrent code
• Debugging multithreaded applications

About the Reader/Listener

Written for intermediate C and C++ developers. No prior experience with concurrency required.

About the Author

Anthony Williams has been an active member of the BSI C++ Panel since 2001 and is the developer of the just::thread Pro extensions to the C++ 11 thread library.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

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Not a suitable substitute for reading the book

Overall, I think the audiobook is pretty good. It is helpful for reviewing concurrency concepts, but ultimately this audiobook leaves much to be desired for fully engaging with the content through audio alone. The audiobook provides visual appendices for illustrations or code examples, and these are necessary for following along. The appendices themselves are nearly identical to the figures from the text book. My primary complaint is that for an audiobook, you can really only follow 60-80% of what is going on through the audio alone. I would have preferred more audible descriptions of code examples or diagrams. Instead, you will frequently hear statements like "A better solution to this problem would look like ___________" (silence) before the narrator moves on to the next point. If you are already familiar with concurrency, this should not be as problematic if you are simply reviewing the content at a high level, but you will be better off reading through the text book if you are new to these topics. I would say that this audiobook was helpful for my use case: reviewing skills while performing domestic housework.