# Modern C++ Programming

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This *open-access* course is directed at those who are already familiar with C and object-oriented programming towards a proficiency level of C++ programming. The course covers the basics of C++ programming and moves on to advanced C++ semantics and concepts.

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- *Free and frequently updated*
- *26 lectures, 1800+ slides*
- Include the *last language standard* concepts and features
- *Practical teaching*: non-verbose, short structured descriptions associated with code
- *Minimal code examples* for showing just a specific feature or issue without digressing
- *Complementary language aspects*: tools, coding conventions, project organization, and code optimization
- *Experience-based*: many aspects, examples, and problems come from real-world cases faced during my work as software engineer

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## CHAPTERS

| #      | TITLE                                                                                                                                                                                  | MAIN FOCUS                                                                                     |
| ------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **1**  | [**Introduction**](01.Introduction.pdf) ([html](https://federico-busato.github.io/Modern-CPP-Programming/htmls/01.Introduction.html))                                                  | History of C/C++, Areas of applications, Course introduction                                   |
| **2**  | [**Preparation**](02.Preparation.pdf) ([html](https://federico-busato.github.io/Modern-CPP-Programming/htmls/02.Preparation.html))                                                     | Books, How to compile, Hello world                                                             |
| **3**  | [**Basic Concepts I**](03.Basic_Concepts_I.pdf) ([html](https://federico-busato.github.io/Modern-CPP-Programming/htmls/03.Basic_Concepts_I.html))                                      | Type System, Fundamental types, and Operators                                                  |
| **4**  | [**Basic Concepts II**](04.Basic_Concepts_II.pdf) ([html](https://federico-busato.github.io/Modern-CPP-Programming/htmls/04.Basic_Concepts_II.html))                                   | Integral and Floating-point types and their arithmetic                                         |
| **5**  | [**Basic Concepts III**](05.Basic_Concepts_III.pdf) ([html](https://federico-busato.github.io/Modern-CPP-Programming/htmls/05.Basic_Concepts_III.html))                                | Entities, Enumerators, Structures, Control flow statements                                     |
| **6**  | [**Basic Concepts IV**](06.Basic_Concepts_IV.pdf) ([html](https://federico-busato.github.io/Modern-CPP-Programming/htmls/06.Basic_Concepts_IV.html))                                   | Heap, Stack, Pointers, References, Const properties, Conversion operators                      |
| **7**  | [**Basic Concepts V**](07.Basic_Concepts_V.pdf) ([html](https://federico-busato.github.io/Modern-CPP-Programming/htmls/07.Basic_Concepts_V.html))                                      | Functions, Lambda expressions, Preprocessing directives                                        |
| **8**  | [**Object-Oriented Programming I**](08.Object_Oriented_I.pdf) ([html](https://federico-busato.github.io/Modern-CPP-Programming/htmls/08.Object_Oriented_I.html))                       | Class hierarchy, Constructor, Destructor, Class keywords                                       |
| **9**  | [**Object Oriented Programming II**](09.Object_Oriented_II.pdf) ([html](https://federico-busato.github.io/Modern-CPP-Programming/htmls/09.Object_Oriented_II.html))                    | Polymorphism, Operators overloading                                                            |
| **10** | [**Templates and Meta-programming I**](10.Templates_I.pdf) ([html](https://federico-busato.github.io/Modern-CPP-Programming/htmls/10.Templates_I.html))                                | Function template, Type traits, Compile-time utilities                                         |
| **11** | [**Templates and Meta-programming II**](11.Templates_II.pdf) ([html](https://federico-busato.github.io/Modern-CPP-Programming/htmls/11.Templates_II.html))                             | Class template, SFINAE                                                                         |
| **12** | [**Translation Units I**](12.Translation_Units_I.pdf) ([html](https://federico-busato.github.io/Modern-CPP-Programming/htmls/12.Translation_Units_I.html))                             | Linkage and One Definition Rule                                                                |
| **13** | [**Translation Units II**](13.Translation_Units_II.pdf) ([html](https://federico-busato.github.io/Modern-CPP-Programming/htmls/13.Translation_Units_II.html))                          | Dealing with multiple translation units and files,`#include`, Modules                          |
| **14** | [**Code Conventions I**](14.Code_Convention_I.pdf) ([html](https://federico-busato.github.io/Modern-CPP-Programming/htmls/14.Code_Convention_I.html))                                  | Project organization, code conventions intro, entities conventions                             |
| **15** | [**Code Conventions II**](15.Code_Convention_II.pdf) ([html](https://federico-busato.github.io/Modern-CPP-Programming/htmls/15.Code_Convention_II.html))                               | Template, namespace, modern c++, maintainability , naming, and formatting conventions          |
| **16** | [**Debugging and Testing**](16.Debugging.pdf) ([html](https://federico-busato.github.io/Modern-CPP-Programming/htmls/16.Debugging.html))                                               | Execution/memory debugging, Sanitizers, Harding techniques, Unit test, Test-Driven Development |
| **17** | [**Ecosystem**](17.Ecosystem.pdf) ([html](https://federico-busato.github.io/Modern-CPP-Programming/htmls/17.Ecosystem.html))                                                           | Cmake, Documenting, and Other Tools                                                            |
| **18** | [**Utilities**](18.Utilities.pdf) ([html](https://federico-busato.github.io/Modern-CPP-Programming/htmls/18.Utilities.html))                                                           | Main `std` libraries                                                                           |
| **19** | [**Containers, Iterators, and Algorithms**](19.Iterators_Containers_Alg.pdf) ([html](https://federico-busato.github.io/Modern-CPP-Programming/htmls/19.Iterators_Containers_Alg.html)) | Containers, Iterators, Algorithms, Ranges                                                      |
| **20** | [**Advanced Topics I**](20.Advanced_Topics_I.pdf) ([html](https://federico-busato.github.io/Modern-CPP-Programming/htmls/20.Advanced_Topics_I.html))                                   | Move semantics, Universal reference, Type deduction                                            |
| **21** | [**Advanced Topics II**](21.Advanced_Topics_II.pdf) ([html](https://federico-busato.github.io/Modern-CPP-Programming/htmls/21.Advanced_Topics_II.html))                                | Error handling, C++ idioms, Smart pointers                                                     |
| **22** | [**Performance Optimizations I**](22.Optimization_I.pdf) ([html](https://federico-busato.github.io/Modern-CPP-Programming/htmls/22.Optimization_I.html))                               | Ahmdal Law, Performance bounds, Architecture concepts (ILP, SIMD, etc.), Memory hierarchy      |
| **23** | [**Performance Optimizations II**](23.Optimization_II.pdf) ([html](https://federico-busato.github.io/Modern-CPP-Programming/htmls/23.Optimization_II.html))                            | Arithmetic optimizations, Memory optimizations, etc.                                           |
| **24** | [**Performance Optimizations III**](24.Optimization_III.pdf) ([html](https://federico-busato.github.io/Modern-CPP-Programming/htmls/24.Optimization_III.html))                         | Compiler optimizations, Profiling, Benchmarking tools                                          |
| **25** | [**Software Design I**](25.Software_Design_I.pdf) ([html](https://federico-busato.github.io/Modern-CPP-Programming/htmls/25.Software_Design_I.html))                                   | Basic Concepts, Principles, Use cases                                                          |
| **26** | [**Software Design II**](26.Software_Design_II.pdf) ([html](https://federico-busato.github.io/Modern-CPP-Programming/htmls/26.Software_Design_II.html))                                | Design Patterns and Idioms                                                                     |

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## TOPICS IN DETAILS

**[1. Introduction](01.Introduction.pdf)**

* **A Little History of C/C++ Programming Languages**
* **Areas of Application and Popularity**
* **C++ Philosophy**
* **C++ Weakness**: C++ alternatives, Why switching to a new language is hard?
* **The Course**

**[2. Preparation](02.Preparation.pdf)**

- **Books and References**
- **Slide Legend**
- **What Editor/ IDE/Compiler Should I Use?**
- **How to compile?**
- **Hello World**: I/O Stream

**[3. Basic Concepts I - Type System, Fundamental Types, and Operators](03.Basic_Concepts_I.pdf)**

* **The C++ Type System**: Type categories, Type properties
* **C++ Fundamental Types Overview**: Arithmetic types, Suffix and prefix, Non-standard arithmetic types, `void` type, `nullptr`
* **Conversion Rules**
* **`auto` Keyword**
* **C++ Operators**: Operators precedence, Prefix/Postfix increment/decrement semantic, Assignment, compound, and comma operators, Spaceship operator `<=>` , Safe comparison operators

**[4. Basic Concepts II - Integral and Floating-point Types](04.Basic_Concepts_II.pdf)**

* **Integral Data Types**: Fixed width integers, `size_t`, `ptrdiff_t`, `uintptr_t`,  Arithmetic Operation Semantics, Promotion, Truncation, Undefined behavior, Saturation Arithmentic
* **Floating-point Types and Arithmetic**: IEEE Floating-point standard and other representations, Normal/Denormal values, Infinity, Not a Number (`NaN`), Machine Epsilon, Units at the Last Place (ULP), Cheatsheet, Limits and useful functions, Arithmetic properties, Special values behavior, Undefined behavior, Detect floating-point errors
* **Floating-point Issues**: Catastrophic cancellation, Floating-point comparison

**[5. Basic Concepts III - Entities and Control Flow](05.Basic_Concepts_III.pdf)**

* **Entities**
* **Declaration and Definition**
* **Enumerators**
* **`struct`, Bitfield, `union`**
* **Control Flow**: `if` statement, `for` and `while` loops, Range-base `for` loop, `switch`, `goto`, Avoid unused variable warning
* **Namespace**: Explicit global namespace, namespace alias, `using`-declaration, `using namespace`-directive, `inline` namespace
* **Attributes**: `[[nodiscard]]`, `[[maybe_unused]]`, `[[deprecated]]`, `[[noreturn]]`

**[6. Basic Concepts IV - Memory Concepts](06.Basic_Concepts_IV.pdf)**

* **Pointers**: Pointer operations, Address-of operator `&`
* **Heap and Stack**: Stack memory, `new`, `delete`, Non-allocating placement allocation, Non-throwing allocation, Memory leak
* **Initialization**: Variable initialization, Uniform initialization, Array initialization, Structure initialization, Structure Binding, Dynamic memory initialization
* **References**
* **`Const` and Constant Expressions**: Contants and literals, `const`, `constexpr`, `consteval`, `constinit`, `if constexpr`, `std::is constant evaluated()`, `if consteval`
* **`volatile` keyword**
* **Explicit Type Conversion**: `static_cast`, `const_cast`, `reinterpret_cast`, Type punning, `std::bit_cast`, Uniform initialization conversion, `gls::narrow_cast`
* **`sizeof` Operator**: overview, `[[no_unique_address]]`

**[7. Basic Concepts V - Functions and Preprocessing](07.Basic_Concepts_V.pdf)**

* **Functions**: Pass-by-value, Pass-by-pointer, Pass-by-reference, Function signature and overloading, Overloading and `=delete`, Default parameters
* **Function Pointer and Function Objects**
* **Lambda Expressions**: Capture list, Lambda expression and function relation, Parameter notes, Composability, Recursion,  `constexpr/consteval`, `template`, `mutable`, `[[nodiscard]]`, Capture list and classes
* **Preprocessing**: Preprocessors, Common errors, Source location macros, Conditional compiling macros, Stringizing operator (`#`),  `#error` and `#warning`, `#pragma`, Token-pasting operator `##`, Variadic macro

**[8. Object-Oriented Programming I - Class Concepts](08.Object_Oriented_I.pdf)**

* **C++ Classes**: RAII idiom
* **Class Hierarchy**
* **Access specifiers**: Inheritance access specifiers, When use `public/protected/private` for data members?
* **Class Constructor**: Default constructor, Class initialization, Uniform initialization for objects, Delegate constructor, `explicit` keyword, `[[nodiscard]]` and classes
* **Copy Constructor**
* **Class Destructor**
* **Defaulted  Constructors, Destructor, and Operators** (`= default`)
* **Class Keywords**: `this`, `static`, `const`, `mutable`, `using`, `friend`, `delete`

**[9. Object-Oriented Programming II - Polymorphism and Operator Overloading](09.Object_Oriented_II.pdf)**

* **Polymorphism**: C++ mechanisms for polymorphism, `virtual` methods, Virtual table, `override` keyword, `final` keyword, Common errors, Pure virtual method, Abstract class and interface
* **Inheritance Casting and Run-time Type Identification**
* **Operator Overloading**: Overview, Comparison operator `<`, Spaceship operator `<=>`, Subscript operator `[]`, Multidimensional subscript operator `[]`, Function call operator `()`, static operator `[]` and operator `()`, Conversion operator `T()`, Return type overloading resolution, Increment and decrement operators `++`/`--`, Assignment operator `=`, Stream operator `<<`, Operator notes
* **C++ Object Layout**: Aggregate, Trivial class, Standard-layout class, Plain old data (POD), Hierarchy

**[10. Templates and Meta-programming I - Function Templates and Compile-Time Utilities](10.Templates_I.pdf)**

* **Function Template**: Overview, Template instantiation, Templat parameters, Template parameter - default value, Overloading, Specialization
* **Template Variable**
* **Template Parameter Types**: Generic Type Notes, `auto` Placeholder, Class template parameter type, Array and pointer types, Function type
* **Compile-Time Utilities**: `static_assert`, `using` keyword, `decltype` keyword
* **Type Traits**: Overview, Type traits library, Type manipulation

**[11. Templates and Meta-programming II - Class Templates and SFINAE](11.Templates_II.pdf)**

* **Class Template**: Class specialization, Class template constructor
* **Constructor template automatic deduction (CTAD)**
* **Class Template - Advanced Concepts**: Class + Function - specialization, Dependent names - `typename` and `template` keywords, Class template hierarchy and `using`, `friend` keyword, Template template arguments
* **Template Meta-Programming**
* **SFINAE: Substitution Failure Is Not An Error**: Function SFINAE, Class SFINAE
* **Variadic Template**: Folding expression, Variadic class template
* **C++20 Concepts**: Overview, `concept` keyword, `requires` clause, `requires` expression, `requires` expression + clause, `requires` clause + expression, `requires` and `constexpr`, Nested `requires`
* **Template Debugging**

**[12. Translation Units I - Linkage and One Definition Rule](12.Translation_Units_I.pdf)**

* **Basic Concepts**: Translation unit, Local and global scope, Linkage
* **Storage Class and Duration**: Storage duration, Storage class, `static` keyword, Anonymous namespace, `extern` keywords
* **Linkage of `const` and `constexpr`**: Static initialization order fiasco
* **Linkage Summary**
* **Dealing with Multiple Translation Units**: Class in multiple translation units
* **One Definition Rule (ODR)**: Global variable issues, ODR - Point 3, `inline` functions/variables, `constexpr` and `inline`
* **ODR - Function Template**: Cases, `extern` keyword
* **ODR - Class Template**: Cases, `extern` keyword
* **ODR Undefined Behavior and Summary**

**[13. Translation Units II - Include, Module, and Namespace](13.Translation_Units_II.pdf)**

- **`#include` Issues**: Include guard, Forward declaration, Circular dependencies, Common linking errors
- **C++20 Modules**: Overview, Terminology, Visibility and reachability, Module unit types, Keywords, Global module fragment, Private module fragment, Header module unit, Module partitions
- **Compiling Multiple Translation Units**: Fundamental compiler flags, Compile Methods
- **Libraries in C++**: Static library, Build static libraries, Using static libraries, Dynamic library, Build dynamic libraries, Using dynamic libraries, Application binary interface (ABI), Demangling, Find Dynamic library dependencies, Analyze object/executable symbols

**[14. Code Conventions I](14.Code_Convention_I.pdf)**

* **C++ Project Organization**: Project directories, Project files, "Common" project organization notes, Alternative - “Canonical” project organization
* **Coding Styles and Conventions**: Overview, Popular coding styles
* **Header Files and `#include`**: `#include` guard, `#include` syntax, order of `#include`, Common header/source filename conventions
* **Preprocessing**: Macro, Preprocessing statements
* **Variables**: `static` global variables, conversions
* **Enumerators**
* **Arithmetic Types**: Signed vs. unsigned integral types, integral types conversion, Integral types: size and other issues, Floating-point types
* **Functions**: Function parameters, Function arguments, function return values, Function specifiers, lambda expressions
* **Structs and Classes**: `struct` vs `class`, Initialization, Braced initializer lists, Special member functions, `=default`, `=delete`, Other issues, Inheritance, Style

**[15. Code Conventions II](15.Code_Convention_II.pdf)**

- **`auto`**
- **Templates and Type Deduction**
- **Control Flow**: Redundant control flow , `if/else`, Comparison, `switch`, `for/while`
- **Namespace**: `using namespace` directive, Anoymous/unnamed namespace, Namespace and class design, Style
- **Modern C++ Features**: Keywords, Features, Class, Library
- **Maintainability**: Code comprehension, Functions, Template and Debuction, Library
- Portability
- **Naming**: Entities, Variables, Functions, Style conventions, Enforcing naming styles
- **Readability and Formatting**: Horizontal spacing, Pointers/References, Vertical spacing, Braces, Type decorators, Reduce code verbosity, Other issues
- **Code Documentation**: Function documentation, Comment syntax, File documentation

**[16. Debugging and Testing](16.Debugging.pdf)**

* **Debugging Overview**
* **Assertions**
* **Execution debugging**: Breakpoints, Watchpoints / Catchpoints, Control flow, Stack and info, Print, Disassemble, `std::breakpoint`
* **Memory Debugging**: `valgrind`
* **Hardening Techniques**: Stack usage, Standard library checks, Undefined behavior protections, Control flow protections
* **Sanitizers**: Address sanitizer, Leak sanitizer, Memory sanitizers, Undefined behavior sanitizer, Sampling-baed sanitizer
* **Debugging Summary**
* **Compiler Warnings**
* **Static Analysis**
* **Code Testing**: Unit testing, Test-Driven Development (TDD), Code coverage, Fuzz testing
* **Code Quality**: `clang-tidy`

**[17. Ecosystem - Cmake and Other Tools](17.Ecosystem.pdf)**

- **CMake**: `cmake` and `ctest`
- **Code Documentation**: `doxygen`
- **Code Statistics**: Count lines of code, Cyclomatic complexity analyzer
- **Other Tools**: Code formatting - `clang-format`, `Compiler Explorer`, Code transformation - `CppInsights`, AI-powered code completion -Local code search - `ugrep`, `ripgrep`, `hypergrep`, Code search engine - `searchcode/grep.app`, Code benchmarking - `Quick-Bench`, Font for coding

**[18. Utilities](18.Utilities.pdf)**

* **I/O Stream**: Manipulator, `ofstream/ifstream`
* **Strings**: `std::string`, Conversion from/to numeric  values, `std::string_view`, `std::format`, `std::print`
* **View**: `std::span`
* **Math Libraries**
* **Random Number**: Basic concepts, C++ `<random>`, Seed, PRNG period and quality, Distribution, Recent algorithms and Performance, Quasi-random
* **Time Measuring**: Wall-Clock time, User time, System time
* **Std Class Templates**: `std::pair`, `std::tuple`, `std::variant`, `std::optional`, `std::any`, `std::stacktrace`
* **Filesystem Library**: Query methods, Modify methods

**[19. Containers, Iterators, and Algorithms](19.Iterators_Containers_Alg.pdf)**

* **Containers and Iterators**
* **Sequence Containers**: `std::array`, `std::vector`, `std::deque`, `std::list`, `std::forward_list`
* **Associative Containers**: `std::set`, `std::map`, `std::multiset`
* **Container Adaptors**: `std::stack`, `std::queue`, `std::priority_queue`
* **Implement a Custom Iterator**: Implement a simple Iterator
* **Iterator Notes**:
* **Iterator Utility Methods**: `std::advance`, `std::next`, `std::prev`, `std::distance`, Container access methods, Iterator traits
* **Algorithms Library**: `std::find_if`, `std::sort`, `std::accumulate`, `std::generate`, `std::remove_if`
* **C++20 Ranges**: Key concepts, Range view,  Range adaptor, Range factory, Range algorithms, Range actions

**[20. Advanced Topics I](20.Advanced_Topics_I.pdf)**

* **Move Semantic**: `lvalues` and `rvalues` references, Move semantic, `std::move`, Class declaration semantic
* **Universal Reference and Perfect Forwarding**: Universal reference, Reference collapsing rules, Perfect forwarding
* **Value Categories**
* **`&`, `&&` Ref-qualifiers and `volatile` Overloading**
* **Copy Elision and RVO**
* **Type Deduction**: Pass by-reference, Pass-by-pointer, Pass-by-value, `auto` deduction, `auto(x)`: Decay-copy
* **`const` Correctness**

**[21. Advanced Topics II](21.Advanced_Topics_II.pdf)**

- **Undefined Behavior:** Illegal behavior, Platform specific behavior, unspecified behavior, Detecting undefined behavior
- **Error Handling**: Recoverable error handing, Return code, C++ Exceptions, Defining custom exceptions, `noexcept` keyword, Memory allocation issues, Return code and exception summary, `std::expected`, Alternative error handling approaches
- **Smart pointers**: `std::unique_ptr`, `std::shared_ptr`, `std::weak_ptr`
- **Concurrency**: Thread methods, Mutex, Atomic, Task-based parallelism

**[22. Optimization I - Basic Concepts](22.Optimization_I.pdf)**

* **Introduction**: Moore's Law, Moore's Law limitations, Reasons for optimizing
* **Basic Concepts**: Asymptotic complexity, Time-Memory trade-off, Developing cycle, Ahmdal's law, Throughput, Bandwidth, Latency, Performance bounds, Arithmetic intensity
* **Basic Architecture Concepts**: Instruction throughput (IPC), In-Order, and Out-of-Order Execution, Instruction pipelining, Instruction-level parallelism (ILP), Little’s law, Data-level parallelism (DLP) and vector instructions (SIMD), Thread-level parallelism (TLP), Single Instruction Multiple Threads (SIMT), RISC, CISC instruction sets
* **Memory Hierarchy**: Memory hierarchy concepts, Memory locality, Core-to-core latency and thread affinity, Memory ordering model

**[23. Optimization II - Code Optimization](23.Optimization_II.pdf)**

* **I/O Operations**: `printf`, Memory mapped I/O, Speed up raw data loading
* **Memory Optimizations**: Heap memory, Stack memory, Cache utilization, Data alignment, Memory Prefetch
* **Arithmetic Types**: Data types, Arithmetic operations, Conversion, Floating-point, Compiler intrinsic functions, Value in a range, Lookup table
* **Control Flow**: Branhes, Branch Hints - `[[likely]]` / `[[unlikely]]`, Signed/Unsigned integers, Loops, Loop hoisting, Loop unrolling, Assertions, Compiler hints `[[assume]]/std::unreacheable()`, Recursion
* **Functions**: Function call cost, Argument passing, Function inlining, Function attributes, Pointers aliasing
* **Object-Oriented Programming**
* **Std Library and Other Language Aspects**

**[24. Optimization III - Non-Coding Optimizations and Benchmarking](24.Optimization_III.pdf)**

* **Compiler Optimizations**: About the compiler, Compiler optimization flags, Floating-point optimization flags, Linker optimization flags, Architecture flags, Help the compiler to produce better code, Profile guided optimization (PGO), Post-processing binary optimizer, Polyhedral optimizations
* **Compiler Transformation Techniques**: Basic transformations, Loop unswitching, Loop fusion, Loop fission, Loop interchange, Loop tiling
* **Libraries and Data Structures**
* **Performance Benchmarking**: What to test?, Workload/Dataset quality, Cache behavior, Stable CPU performance, Multi-threads considerations, Program memory layout, Measurement overhead, Compiler optimizations, Metric evaluation
* **Profiling**: `gprof`, `uftrace`, `callgrind`, `cachegrind`, `perf` Linux profiler
* **Parallel Computing**: Concurrency vs. parallelism, Performance scaling, Gustafson's Law, Parallel programming languages

**[25. Software Design I - Basic Concepts (DRAFT)](25.Software_Design_I.pdf)**

- **Books and References**
- **Basic Concepts**: Abstraction, interface, and module, Class Invariant
- **Software Design Principles**: Separation of concern, Low coupling, high cohesion, Encapsulation and information hiding, Design by contract, Problem decomposition, Code reuse
- **Software Complexity**: Software entropy, Technical debt
- **The SOLID Design Principles**
- **Class Design**: The class interface principle, Member functions vs. free functions, namespace functions vs. class static methods
- **BLAS GEMM Case Study**
- **Owning Objects and Views**
- **Value vs. Reference Semantic**
- **Global Variables**

**[26. Software Design II - Design Patterns and Idioms (DRAFT)](26.Software_Design_II.pdf)**

- **C++ Idioms**: Rule of Zero, Rule of Three, Rule of Five
- **Design Pattern**: Singleton, Pointer to implementation (PIMPL), Curiously Recurring Template Pattern (CRTP), Template virtual functions

### Roadmap

1. Improve Software Design Chapters
2. Build Aspects Chapter (e.g. reducing build time)

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## Author

`Federico Busato`, https://federico-busato.github.io/

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