Learning D

About This BookAcquire the skills to understand the fundamentals of D through its support for imperative and object-oriented programmingTake advantage of D's powerful compile-time features, templates and ranges to apply generative, generic, and functional styleA systematic guide that will help you become familiar with the concepts in D with the help of simple and easy-to-understand examplesWho This Book Is ForThis book is intended for those with some background in a C-family language who want to learn how to apply their knowledge to D. Perhaps you're a college student looking to use D for hobby projects, or a career programmer interested in expanding your skillset. This book will help you get up to speed with D and avoid common pitfalls that arise when translating C-family experience to D.What You Will LearnCompile programs with DMD and manage projects with DUBWork efficiently by binding your D programs to new and existing C librariesGenerate code at compile-time to enhance runtime performanceImplement complex templates for more powerful generic codeWrite idiomatic D with range-based functional pipelinesUse the DUB repository to link with a variety of D librariesImplement a web-app in D from the ground upIn DetailThis book familiarizes you with D from the ground up, with a heavy focus on helping you to avoid surprises so that you can take your D knowledge to the next level.Your journey begins with a taste of the language and the basics of compiling D programs. You then set out on an exploration of D's major features. This begins with the fundamentals of D, followed by an examination of D's object-oriented programming support. Next up are D's compile-time features, including templates. After that, you'll learn the more advanced features of ranges and functional pipeline programming. Finally, you get a peek at D web development using the vibe.d project. The book closes with some handy advice on where to go next.