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Advanced C++

Objectives

Latest changes of the C++ standard, C++ 11, C++ 14 and the future C++ 17 are introducing new concepts within the C++ language aiming to make the language more efficient and more intuitive. It is imperative for a C++ programmer to get familiar with these concepts as they will become more and more common. This introductory course aims to present some important concepts from C++ 11 and 14 using a comprehensive set on small example programs to help their understanding.

Prerequisites

Medium knowledge of C++ 03 programming is required in order to maximize the benefits of attending to course.

Topics

RValue references and LValue references

• Move semantics.
• std::move and std::forward
• Universal references
• Implementing move semantics using BOOST

Smart pointers

• std::unique_ptr, std::shared_ptr, std::weak_ptr
• RAII - Resource Acquisition Is Initialization
• Smart pointers avalable in BOOST

Smart classes

• Elements that compose a smart class
• Traits

Levels of exception safety and how to achieve them

• Guidelines
• Noexcept

New elements in C++ 11 and 14 which make programming tasks simpler

• Lambda expressions
• Auto
• Trailing return type syntax
• BOOST replacements

Concurrency in C++

Instructor