Modern C++ Programming

C++11/C++14/C++17

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

Essential Tool

Online compiler and execution: CompilerExplorer

• for code execution: [Add new..] -> [execution only]

TOPICS

1. Introduction

• A Little History of C/C++ Programming Languages
• C++ Philosophy
• Why C++?
• Course Overview and References
• Who I Am

2. Basic Concepts I

• Prerequirements: Compiler, editor, etc.
• Hello World
• C++ Primitive Types
• Integral Data Types
• Floating-point Arithmetic
• Floating-point Issues

3. Basic Concepts II

• Enumerators
• union and Bitfield
• using, decltype, and auto
• Math Operators
• Statements and Control Flow

4. Basic Concepts III

• Memory Management: Heap and Stack
• Initialization
• Pointers and References
• sizeof Operator
• const and constexpr
• Explicit Type Conversion

5. Basic Concepts IV

• Declaration and Definition
• Functions
• Preprocessing

6. Utilities

• I/O Stream
• Filesystem Library
• Math Functions
• Algorithm Library
• std::string and std::string_view
• Random Numbers
• Time Measuring

7. C++ Object Oriented Programming I

• C++ Classes
• Class Constructor
• Copy Construcor
• Class Destructor
• Initialization and Defaulted Members
• Class Keywords

8. C++ Object Oriented Programming II

• Polymorphism
• Operator overloading ** Special Objects

9. C++ Templates and Meta-programming I

• Function Templates
• Compile-Time Utilities
• Type Traits
• Template Parameters

10. C++ Templates and Meta-programming II

• Class Templates
• Template Meta-Programming
• SFINAE: Substitution Failure Is Not An Error
• Variadic Template
• STD Template Utility

11. Containers, Iterators, and Algorithms

• 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

12. Translation Units

• Basic Concepts
• Linkage
• Variables Storage
• Function Template
• Class Template
• Undefined Behavior and Summary
• #include Issues
• Namespace
• How to Compile: static and dynamic libraries

13. Code Conventions

• C++ Project Organization
• Coding Styles and Conventions
• #include and namespace
• Variables and Prepossessing
• Functions and Classes
• Modern C++ Features
• Control Flow
• Naming and Formatting

14. Ecosystem

• Execution Debugging: gdb and assert
• Memory Debugging: valgrind
• Sanitizers: address, leak, memory, undefined behavior
• Debugging Summary
• CMake
• Code Checking and Analysis: warnings and static analyzers
• Code Quality: linters
• Code Testing: unit test, coverage
• Code Commenting: doxygen
• Code Statistics: lines count, cyclomatic complexity
• Other Tools: code formating, exploring, benchmarking

15. Advanced Topics

• Move Semantic
• Copy Elision and RVO
• Type deduction
• C++ Idioms: rule of zero/three/five, singleton, PILP, CRTP
• Smart Pointers
• Concurrency: std::thread

16. Optimization I

• General Concepts: asymptotic complexity, optimization cycle, Ahmdal Law, etc.
• I/O Operations
• Locality and Memory Access Patterns
• Arithmetic
• Control Flow
• Functions
• C++ Objects

17. Optimization II

• Compiler Optimizations
• Libraries and Data Structures
• Profiling
• Parallel Computing

Reporting bugs and contributing

If you find any typos please report them by using the repository (issues panel).

Author

• Federico Busato, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Verona (Italy) federico.busato@univr.it, now Nvidia Corporation (fbusato@nvidia.com)

License

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