Advanced C++

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C++ is possibly the richest programming language in common use, and it allows programmers to write code using three distinct styles: procedural, object-oriented, and generic.

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  • C++
  • IT

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Using Language Features CorrectlyConst and Casting

  • Const correctness
  • Overloading on const
  • C++ cast operators
  • Mutable

Conversions and Scope

  • Standard conversions
  • Converting constructors
  • User defined conversions
  • Namespaces
  • Koenig lookup
  • Nested types
  • Static

Proper Exception Handling

  • Throwing and catching correctly
  • Exception safe code

Memory Management

  • The new handler
  • Placement new
  • Overloading new and delete

TemplatesTemplate Functions

  • What are templates?
  • Implementing template functions
  • Template instantiation

Template Classes

  • Creating a template class
  • Class instantiation
  • Non-type template parameters
  • Specialization

Template Metaprogramming

  • A brief introduction to metaprogramming

C++ Idioms and Design PatternsImplementing Value Types

  • What are value types?
  • Construction and destruction
  • Copying and assignment
  • Operator overloading

The Handle/body Idiom

  • The Bridge design pattern
  • Using Bridge to decouple compilation
  • Implementing handle/body

Functors

  • What are functors?
  • Implementing functors using operator overloading

Smart Pointers

  • What are smart pointers?
  • Uses of smart pointers in C++
  • Implementing a simple smart pointer
  • Reference counting and smart pointers
  • Std::auto_ptr

Singletons

  • The Singleton design pattern
  • A naïve implementation
  • Problems with Singleton in C++
  • Controlling Singleton lifetime

Standard Template LibrarySTL concepts

  • Concept-based programming
  • Containers, iterators and algorithms

Containers

  • Sequence containers
  • Associative containers
  • Adapters

Traits

  • The need for traits
  • Implementation of traits in STL

Iterators

  • The Iterator design pattern
  • Iterator concepts in C++
  • Iterators and containers
  • Implementing and using iterators
  • Stream iterators

Algorithms

  • The STL standard algorithms
  • Creating and using algorithms

The Boost LibrariesIntroduction to Boost

  • What is Boost?
  • Obtaining and installing Boost
  • Overview of the Boost libraries

Common Boost Libraries

  • boost::tuple
  • boost::any
  • boost::ref
  • The Boost smart pointers
  • boost::bind

Advanced C++

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