Advanced C++ Programming for Unix and Linux

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This course covers the mechanics of building complex Unix / Linux based applications in C++. It is a collection of examples and case studies that are important, yet do not seem to be dealt with elsewhere.

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Subjects

  • IT
  • C++
  • Unix
  • Linux
  • Programming

Course programme

An overview of C++ - the language, patterns and idioms

  • Inheritance, Polymorphism and all that
  • Function Objects
  • Templates and the Standard Template Library
  • Mixed C and C++ programming
  • Key patterns - Singleton, Observer, Visitor, Composite
  • Templates and the Standard Template Library
  • Namespaces and scope

An overview Unix technologies

  • The POSIX API and its variants
  • Inter-process communication under Unix/Linux
  • The Berkeley Sockets API
  • POSIX Threads (p-threads)
  • The Unix file system
  • X windows

Techniques for Devising and Implementing Wrapper Classes

  • Operating system resources as objects
  • The create a resource, get a handle, manipulate the resource via system and library calls that take a handle as an argument API model
  • Creating classes corresponding to operating system resources - that contain the handle as a member variable, and methods for manipulating the resource that invoke the underlying system and library calls
  • Wrapping up Motif Widgets in C++ - a case study

Extending functionality beyond Wrapper Classes

  • Managing a collection of child processes
  • Devising two way communication with objects that contain a pair of pipes
  • Creating shared memory objects with built in critical sections
  • Implementing a Model-View-Controller pattern using Motif Widgets

Working with P-threads the object oriented way

  • Designing and implementing a p-thread class
  • Devising and implementing a thread local storage scheme
  • Managing a pool of worker threads
  • Inter-task communication mechanisms for use with p-threads

Working with C++ based widget sets

  • Commonly occurring widgets - buttons, menus, dialogs, list boxes ...
  • Layout managers
  • Overview of Qt+
  • Overview of Gtk+
  • Deriving new widget classes

CORBA and C++

  • Overview of CORBA
  • MICO - Corba implementation
  • ORBACUS - Corba implementation
  • Implementing Client / Server applications in C++ and CORBA

Data Persistence

  • Serialisation - simple and complex
  • Serialisation libraries
  • Use of Smart pointers
  • Persistence using relational databases
  • Persistence using object relational databases
  • Persistence using object oriented databases

Network Programming

  • Object oriented perspective on TCP/IP
  • Wrapping up the Sockets API in C++
  • Building application services derived from a Socket class
  • Network management with SNMP
  • An overview of SNMP++

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