To truly dive into C++11 and C++14, it's not enough to just familiarize yourself with the new features, such as type declaration with auto, move semantics, lambda expressions, or concurrency support. The challenge lies in effectively applying them so that your software is correct, efficient, maintainable, and portable. This practical book comes into play: it describes how to create really good software with C++11 and C++14 – in other words, how to use modern C++. Topics include the advantages and disadvantages of braced initialization, noexcept specifications, perfect forwarding, and the make functions for smart pointers, the relationship between std::move, std::forward, rvalue and universal references, techniques for writing clear, correct, and efficient lambda expressions, and what distinguishes std::atomic from volatile, as well as how both are used.