Modern-CPP-Programming/README.md

# Modern C++ Programming #
## C++11/C++14/C++17 ##

Open access C++ course, University of Verona (UNIVR), Italy

[Short list of C++ online compilers](https://rawgit.com/FedericoUnivr/Modern-CPP-Programming/master/html/OnlineCompiler.html)

## TOPICS ##

[**1. Introduction**](https://github.com/FedericoUnivr/Modern-CPP-Programming/blob/master/01.Introduction.pdf)

* A Little History of C/C++ Programming Languages
* C++ Philosophy
* Why C++?
* Course References

[**2. Basic Concepts I**](https://github.com/FedericoUnivr/Modern-CPP-Programming/blob/master/02.Basic_Concepts_I.pdf)

* Hello World
* C++ Primitive Types
* auto and decltype
* Floating-point Arithmetic
* (Strongly Typed) Enumerators
* Union and Bitfield
* Math Operators
* Statement and Control Flow

[**3. Basic Concepts II**](https://github.com/FedericoUnivr/Modern-CPP-Programming/blob/master/03.Basic_Concepts_II.pdf)

* Memory Management: Heap and Stack
* Pointers and References
* sizeof Operator
* const / constexpr
* Explicit Type Conversion (Cast)

[**4. Basic Concepts III**](https://github.com/FedericoUnivr/Modern-CPP-Programming/blob/master/04.Basic_Concepts_III.pdf)

* Declaration and Definition
* Functions
* Preprocessing

[**5. Utilities**](https://github.com/FedericoUnivr/Modern-CPP-Programming/blob/master/05.Utilities.pdf)

* I/O Stream
* Filesystem Library
* Math Library
* Algorithm Library
* String and String View
* Random Numbers
* Time Measuring

[**6. C++ Object Oriented Programming I**](https://github.com/FedericoUnivr/Modern-CPP-Programming/blob/master/06.Object_Oriented_I.pdf)

* C++ Classes and Hierarchy
* Constructor
* Copy Construcor
* Destructor
* Class Keyword: this, static, const, mutable, using, friend, delete

[**7. C++ Object Oriented Programming II**](https://github.com/FedericoUnivr/Modern-CPP-Programming/blob/master/07.Object_Oriented_II.pdf)

* Polymorphism
* Keyword: virtual, override, final
* Operator overloading: <<, (), =
* Special Object: Aggregate, Trivial class, Standard layout, POD

[**8. C++ Templates and Meta-programming I**](https://github.com/FedericoUnivr/Modern-CPP-Programming/blob/master/08.Templates_I.pdf)

* Function Templates
* Type Deduction
* Compile-Time Utilities: static_assert, decltype, declval, using
* Type Traits
* Template Parameters

[**9. C++ Templates and Meta-programming II**](https://github.com/FedericoUnivr/Modern-CPP-Programming/blob/master/09.Templates_II.pdf)

* Class Templates
* Template Meta-Programming
* SFINAE
* Variadic Template
* STD Template Utility

[**10. Containers, Iterators, and Algorithms**](https://github.com/FedericoUnivr/Modern-CPP-Programming/blob/master/10.Iterators_Containers_Alg.pdf)

* Containers and Iterators
* Sequence Containers: array, vector, list, deque, forward_list
* Associative Containers: set, map
* Container Adaptors: stack, queue, priority_queue
* Implement a Custom Iterator
* Iterator Utility Methods
* Algorithms Library
* Lambda Expressions

[**11. Translation Units**](https://github.com/FedericoUnivr/Modern-CPP-Programming/blob/master/11.Translation_Units.pdf)

* Basic concepts, linkage, scope
* Variables Storage
* Dealing with Multiple Files and Templates
* #include Issues
* Namespace
* Libraries

[**12. Code Conventions**](https://github.com/FedericoUnivr/Modern-CPP-Programming/blob/master/12.Code_Convention.pdf)

* Coding Style
* Naming and formatting
* Maintainability and Documentation
* C++ Guidelines

[**13. Debugging and Tools**](https://github.com/FedericoUnivr/Modern-CPP-Programming/blob/master/13.Debugging_Tools.pdf)

* Debugging: Assertion, execution, memory, sanitizers
* CMake
* Code Checking and Analysis: warnings and static analyzers
* Code Quality (Linter)
* Code Testing
* Code Commenting (Doxygen)
* Code Statistics: lines, cyclomatic complexity
* Other Tools: formating, code explorer

[**14. Advanced Topics**](https://github.com/FedericoUnivr/Modern-CPP-Programming/blob/master/14.Advanced_Topics.pdf)

* Move Semantic
* Type deduction
* C++ Idioms: rule of three/five, singleton, PILP, CRTP
* Smart Pointers
* Concurrency

[**15. Optimization**](https://github.com/FedericoUnivr/Modern-CPP-Programming/blob/master/15.Optimization.pdf)
(ongoing)

* Concepts: optimization cycles, complexity, performane bounds
* I/O Operations
* Memory Locality and Memory Access Patterns
* Arithmetic
* Control Flow
* Functions
* C++ Objects
* Compiler Optimizations
* Libraries and Data Structures
* Profiling
* Parallel Computing
* Compile Time

### Reporting bugs and contributing ###

If you find any typos please report them by using the repository
(**issues** panel).
We are also ready to engage in improving and extending the course material.

## Author ##

* `Federico Busato`, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Verona (Italy) [federico.busato@univr.it](mailto:federico.busato@univr.it),
now Nvidia Corporation ([fbusato@nvidia.com](mailto:fbusato@nvidia.com))
* `Alessandro Danese`, Dept. of Computer Science,  University of Verona (Italy) [alessandro.danese@univr.it](mailto:alessandro.danese@univr.it)

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