http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/ Programming with the D programming language en D Programming Language Book http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/modules.html Added 'deprecated' that helps with deprecation process of library features, 'extern' that is for declaring external symbols, and 'extern()' that allows interacting with libraries of other languages (extern(C), extern(C++, std), etc.). Chapter 24 Oct 2015 22:00 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/index.html You can download most of the code samples that appear in the book as a .zip file. Code 16 Oct 2015 20:00 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/ix.html The index section of the book. Chapter 21 Aug 2015 02:00 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/fibers.html Cooperative multitasking in D with fibers. Chapter 17 Aug 2015 15:00 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/pragma.html Pragmas that allow interactions with the compiler, including the most recent pragma(inline). Chapter 17 Aug 2015 15:00 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/operator_precedence.html The rules that specify the execution order of chained operators and the expressions that they use. Chapter 17 Aug 2015 15:00 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/foreword2.html "Instead of falling for getting things done quickly, 'Programming in D' focuses on getting things done properly, to the lasting benefit of its reader." Chapter 17 Aug 2015 15:00 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/index.html In addition to the PDF version, now there are EPUB and AZW3 versions as well. Ebook 15 Dec 2014 02:00 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/memory.html The .offsetof property to get the offsets of and the align attribute to specify the alignments of struct members. Chapter 25 Nov 2014 17:00 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/invariant.html Inheriting 'in' and 'out' blocks of interface and class functions. Chapter 25 Nov 2014 17:00 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/templates_more.html __MODULE__, __FILE__, __LINE__, __FUNCTION__, and __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ Chapter 25 Nov 2014 17:00 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/templates.html The pragma directive Chapter 25 Nov 2014 17:00 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/nested.html Defining functions, structs, and classes inside existing scopes. Chapter 25 Nov 2014 17:00 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/lvalue_rvalue.html Lvalues, rvalues, their differences, and 'auto ref' parameter type that can accept either kind. Chapter 25 Nov 2014 17:00 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/pdf_indir.html Automatically generated index section for the PDF version of the book. Chapter 25 Nov 2014 17:00 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/pdf_indir.html Automatically generated TOC section for the PDF version of the book. Chapter 28 Sep 2014 23:00 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/exceptions.html The attributes of the Throwable interface, collateral exceptions, and an example of accessing collateral exceptions through the .next property. Chapter 18 Sep 2014 16:00 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/modules.html Importing modules selectively, locally, under a different name, and as a package. Chapter 17 Sep 2014 00:30 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/special_functions.html The @disable attribute to disable special functions of structs. Chapter 12 Sep 2014 00:15 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/templates_more.html The templated versions of opDollar, opIndex, and opSlice, and examples of using them to support multiple indexes inside square brackets. Chapter 11 Sep 2014 00:15 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/index.html Specifying the initial and final operations of threads and programs. Chapter 26 Aug 2014 23:30 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/uda.html Assigning user defined attributes to type and variable declarations, testing the attributes at compile time, and compiling the program according to those attributes. Chapter 26 Aug 2014 22:30 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/memory.html The garbage collector, allocating memory, and placing objects at specific locations in memory. Chapter 24 Jul 2014 01:00 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/cond_comp.html Using type traits in conditional compilation. Chapter 29 May 2014 20:30 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/concurrency_shared.html Multi-threaded programming in D by data sharing. Chapter 20 May 2014 12:00 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/ranges_more.html Useful range templates of the std.range module. Providing range capabilities depending on the capabilities on dependent ranges. Chapter 01 November 2013 17:00 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/mixin.html Template and string mixins that allow inserting compile-time generated code into the source code. Chapter 01 November 2013 17:00 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/functions_more.html More features of D functions: auto, ref, auto ref, and inout return attributes; pure and nothrow behavioral attributes; and @safe, @trusted, and @system memory safety attributes. Chapter 01 November 2013 17:00 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/templates_more.html More information about templates: Templates can define any kind of code; template parameters can be of type, value, alias, this, and tuple; template constraints enable template definitions only for template arguments that satisfy that template's requirements. Chapter 19 September 2013 00:30 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/tuples.html Tuples, which combine values of different types and make them available similar to struct objects, and TypeTuple, which represents the concept of 'list of values' as seen in parameter lists, template argument lists, and array literal initialization lists. Chapter 19 September 2013 00:30 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/ranges.html The code examples in the Ranges chapter are made const-correct and they take advantage of UFCS. Chapter 09 July 2013 19:30 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/goto.html Labels that give names to code lines and the goto statement that make program execution go to a label. Chapter 28 June 2013 19:00 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/union.html Sharing the same memory area for multiple members. Chapter 26 June 2013 10:00 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/foreach_opapply.html Providing foreach support for structs and classes. Chapter 14 June 2013 18:30 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/lambda.html Function pointers and delegates allow storing how the program should behave at a later time. Lambdas (anonymous function or function literals) make code more readable and reduce boilerplate code. Chapter 9 June 2013 18:00 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/is_expr.html is expression, one of the most powerful compile-time features of the D programming language. Chapter 3 June 2013 22:00 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/cond_comp.html Compiling parts of programs in special ways depending on conditions that are checked at compile time. Chapter 3 June 2013 21:30 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/bit_operations.html The D features that enable manipulating data bit-by-bit. Chapter 21 May 2013 23:30 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/pointers.html Pointers are variables that provide access to other variables. They are low-level capabilities of the microprocessor. Chapter 31 Jan 2013 20:30 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/alias_this.html 'alias this' enables automatic type conversions of user-defined types. Chapter 31 Jan 2013 20:30 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/alias.html 'alias' assigns aliases to existing names Chapter 31 Jan 2013 20:30 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/invariant.html The 'invariant' keyword and the use of the 'in' and 'out' blocks with structs and classes. Chapter 31 Jan 2013 20:30 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/property.html Properties allow using member functions like member variables. Chapter 31 Jan 2013 20:30 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/ufcs.html UFCS enables the member function syntax even for regular functions. Chapter 31 Jan 2013 20:30 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/encapsulation.html Preserving class invariants by limiting access to class members. Chapter 2 Nov 2012 21:00 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/modules.html Organizing D programs and libraries as modules and packages. Chapter 2 Nov 2012 21:00 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/destroy.html 'destroy()' to call destructors explicitly and 'scoped()' to destroy objects automatically. Chapter 2 Nov 2012 21:00 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/interface.html The 'interface' keyword to define class interfaces. Chapter 2 Nov 2012 21:00 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/object.html The Object class that is at the top of class hierarchies and its member functions toString(), opEquals(), opCmp(), and toHash(). Chapter 2 Nov 2012 21:00 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/inheritance.html Inheriting the members of existing classes. Chapter 2 Nov 2012 21:00 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/class.html The 'class' feature of the D programming language, which supports the object oriented programming (OOP) paradigm. Chapter 2 Nov 2012 21:00 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/operator_overloading.html Defining the behaviors of operators for structs to allow their uses as convenient as the fundamental types. Chapter 15 Sep 2012 23:30 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/special_functions.html The four special functions of structs: constructor, destructor, postblit, and assignment. Chapter 15 Sep 2012 23:30 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/concurrency.html Receiving LinkTerminated and OwnerTerminated exceptions as messages. Chapter 09 Aug 2012 23:45 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/parallelism.html Explain the parameters of the functions of the std.parallelism module: Work unit size and buffer size. Chapter 09 Aug 2012 23:30 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/const_and_immutable.html The consequences of marking function parameters const or immutable. Chapter 09 Aug 2012 22:00 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/const_member_functions.html Marking parameters as 'const ref' and member functions as 'const' in order to be able to use them with immutable variables as well. Chapter Sun, 10 Jun 2012 17:40 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/member_functions.html Defining functions that are closely related to a struct inside the curly brackets of that struct definition. Chapter Sun, 10 Jun 2012 16:15 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/function_overloading.html The function overloading feature that enables defining multiple functions having the same name. Chapter Sun, 10 Jun 2012 14:50 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/parameter_flexibility.html Default parameter values and variadic functions. Chapter Sun, 10 Jun 2012 13:20 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/struct.html The 'struct' feature for defining higher-level concepts as user-defined types. Chapter Sun, 10 Jun 2012 12:20 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/cast.html Automatic and explicit type conversions of D: integer promotions, arithmetic conversions, the to() and assumeUnique() functions, and the cast operator. Chapter Sun, 10 Jun 2012 00:05 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/null_is.html The null value and the is and !is operators. Chapter Sat, 09 Jun 2012 18:30 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/value_vs_reference.html Introducing value types, reference variables, and reference types; and their differences. Chapter Sat, 09 Jun 2012 17:45 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/lifetimes.html Object lifetimes: Initialization and finalization of variables. Chapter Sat, 09 Jun 2012 15:15 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/contracts.html Contract programming in D: the 'in' and 'out' blocks of functions. Chapter Tue, 27 Apr 2012 23:15 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/unit_testing.html Unit tests for reducing the risk of bugs and test driven development (TDD). Chapter Tue, 24 Apr 2012 22:15 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/hello_world.html Added how to install dmd and how to compile programs on the command line. Chapter Sat, 21 Apr 2012 22:15 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/concurrency.html Multi-threaded programming in D by message passing, provided by the std.concurrency module. Chapter 15 Apr 2012 23:15 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/assert.html The assert checks and the enforce() function that help with program correctness. Chapter 12 April 2012 23:30 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/scope.html The scope(success), scope(failure), and scope(exit) statements of D, which in many cases obviate the need for try-catch-finally blocks and RAII classes. Chapter 28 Mar 2012 23:20 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/main.html The environment that starts a D program and the ways the program can interact with its environment: return value, parameters, environment variables. Chapter 28 Mar 2012 23:10 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/lazy_operators.html The shortcut evaluations of three operators: logical or, logical and, and the ternary operator. Chapter 28 Mar 2012 01:00 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/function_parameters.html Different kinds of function parameters and how they affect the functions and the arguments. Chapter 28 Mar 2012 01:00 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/const_and_immutable.html The concept of immutability in the D programming language, the const and immutable keywords, and recommendations on how to take advantage of immutability when defining variables and function parameters. Chapter 22 Mar 2012 22:50 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/functions.html The functions that define the building blocks of program behavior. Chapter 14 Mar 2012 00:30 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/enum.html The enum feature that enables defining named constant values. Chapter 13 Mar 2012 18:30 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/switch_case.html The switch and final switch statements, their case sections, and the use of the goto statement under the case sections. Chapter 27 Feb 2012 18:10 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/foreach.html The foreach loop, one of the most common statements of D. Its use with arrays, strings, and associative arrays. Chapter 27 Feb 2012 18:00 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/aa.html Associative arrays, the hash table implementation of the D programming language. Chapter 26 Feb 2012 22:40 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/parallelism.html The std.parallelism module to make programs run faster by taking advantage of multiple cores of the system. Chapter 19 Feb 2012 23:10 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/do_while.html The do-while loop and its comparison to the while loop. Chapter 11 Feb 2012 20:10 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/formatted_input.html Reading data that match specific formats. Chapter 11 Feb 2012 20:00 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/formatted_output.html Determining the format of printed values. Chapter 31 Jan 2012 00:00 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/literals.html The syntax of literals of different D types. Chapter 31 Jan 2012 00:00 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/ternary.html The ternary operator and comparing it to the if-else statement. Chapter 31 Jan 2012 00:00 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/for.html The for loop and its comparison to the while loop. Chapter 31 Jan 2012 00:00 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/index.html The PDF version of the book is now available through a link in chapter headers News 21 Jan 2012 18:00 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/name_space.html The lifetime and accessibility of names of variables and other program constructs Chapter 21 Jan 2012 18:00 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/auto_and_typeof.html The 'auto' keyword and its use during type inference, and the typeof keyword to get the type of expressions Chapter 21 Jan 2012 18:00 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/files.html Reading from and writing to files using the std.stdio.File struct Chapter 21 Jan 2012 18:00 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/stream_redirect.html How to redirect standard input and output streams of program to files and other programs Chapter 21 Jan 2012 18:00 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/templates.html The 'Templates' chapter Chapter 12 Jan 2012 00:40 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/strings.html The 'Strings' chapter Chapter 03 Jan 2012 18:00 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/slices.html The 'Slices and Other Array Features' chapter Chapter 31 Dec 2011 19:15 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/characters.html The 'Characters' chapter Chapter 18 Dec 2011 19:15 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/arrays.html The 'Arrays' chapter has been proofread. Proofreading 18 Dec 2011 19:00 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/arrays.html The 'Arrays' chapter Chapter 11 Dec 2011 14:00 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/floating_point.html The 'Floating Point Types' chapter Chapter 09 Dec 2011 22:10 http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/index.html The index of the book Book 13 Nov 2011 23:00