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**Title**: C++ Best Practice - Designing Header Files\\
**Proposer**: [[2014:Alan Griffiths]]\\
**Type**: Tutorial\\
**Duration**: 90 mins\\
**Description**: \\
C++, shares information between translation units with a directive to
insert text from a header file. This text is inserted with no regard for
the surrounding context and, as a result, successful the use of header
files relies on a number of conventions.\\
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Novice developers rarely understand these conventions or the reasons for
them. Most developers learn the conventions by a process of trial, error
and imitation without always understanding the rationale.\\
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Experienced developers rarely think about these conventions or whether
they are being met in an effective manner.\\
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Both novices and experts can benefit from a considered examination of:\\
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 the forces being balanced when designing a header file;\\
 the resulting conventions; and,\\
 the different ways these can be realized.\\
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