Advanced C++ Programming (Modern C++)

This “skills-centric” course is about 50% hands-on lab and 50% lecture, designed to train attendees in basic coding with C++, coupling the most current, effective techniques with the soundest industry practices. Working in a hands-on learning environment, guided by our expert team, attendees will explore:

Please note that this list of topics is based on our standard course offering, evolved from typical industry uses and trends. We’ll work with you to tune this course and level of coverage to target the skills you need most.

1. Modern C++

• New keywords in C++ 11,14,17
• RAII - Modern memory management in C++ - overview
• Copy vs Move semantics
• Namespaces

2. Generic Programming

• General Purpose Functions
• Function Templates
• Template Parameters
• Template Parameter Conversion
• Function Template Problem
• Generic Programming
• General Purpose Classes
• Class Templates
• Class Template Instantiation
• Non-Type Parameter
• C++ Containers overview
• Variadic Templates

3. Memory Management

• The handle/body (Bridge) pattern
• Using strings effectively
• Smart Pointers
• Move constructor in depth
• Other <memory> features

4. Inheritance and Polymorphism

• Base Class Initializer List
• Composition
• Member Initialization List
• Order of Initialization
• Inheritance vs. Composition
• Interfaces
• Polymorphism
• Chaining Constructors
• Inheriting Constructors

5. Exception Handling

• Exception Handling
• try and catch
• Exception Flow of Control
• Context and Stack Unwinding
• Handling Exceptions in best Context
• Benefits of Exception Handling
• Unhandled Exceptions
• Clean Up
• Multiple Catch Handlers

6. Operator Overloading

• What is overloadable?
• Why overload operators?
• Functors

7. Unit Testing in C++

• Unit testing – Quick Overview
• Unit testing in C++
• Introduction <catch.hpp>

8. Functional Programming

• Overview
• The IoC pattern
• Dependency Injection
• Functions as objects
• IoC via interface
• Functors
• IoC with Functors
• Implementing Functors
• Function Pointers
• IoC with Function Pointers
• Lambda Expressions
• Lambda Syntax
• IoC with Lambdas

9. Runtime Type Information

• Runtime Type and Polymorphism
• type_info Class
• typeid Operator
• Compiler Options
• Safe Pointer Conversions
• Dynamic Cast
• New C++ Style Casts
• Static Cast
• Reinterpret Cast
• Const Cast

10. STL Containers

• Vectors
• Vector.cpp
• Vector Operations
• Typedefs
• Deques
• deque as Stack
• deque Functionality
• Lists
• Generic Programming
• Tradeoff with Lists
• List Memory Allocation
• list Functionality
• Associate Containers
• Sets
• Sets with User Defined Objects
• Multisets (Bags)
• Maps
• Multimaps
• Functional Programming with Containers

11. STL Iterators

• Pointers
• Template Version
• String Version
• A Generalization of Pointers
• STL Iterators
• Input Iterators
• Output Iterators
• Forward Iterators
• Bidirectional Iterators
• Random Access Iterators

12. Threads & Tasks

• Overview Threads
• Starting Threads
• Managing threads
• Overview of Tasks
• Tasks
• async