Advanced C++ Programming (Modern Advanced C++)
Prepare yourself with the skills to put advanced C++ programming skills right to work in a practical environment, using sound coding techniques and best practices.
Advanced C++ Programming (Modern Advanced C++) is a lab-intensive, hands-on C++ training course geared for experienced C++ programmers who wish to take their development skills to the next level.
This comprehensive course consists of three modules. A preliminary module reviews topics, including inheritance, the ANSI C++ Standard Library, templates. I/O streams, and practical issues of C++ programming, such as reliability & testing. This material is covered as needed depending on the background of the students.
The second module covers more advanced topics. Unit testing, advanced inheritance & polymorphism are discussed. Memory management along with move constructors and RAII are explored. Templates and generic programming are explored including lambda expressions and functors. The third module is a deep dive into the Standard C++ Library. Containers, Algorithms, Threads and much more.
Throughout the course, new features of modern C++ (version 11 and beyond) are introduced as well as the impact on programming style. These new features include smart pointers, move constructors, functional programming and lambda expressions.
Available formats for this course
Duration
5 days/40 hours of instructionPublic Classroom Pricing
Starting at: $2495(USD)
$3250(CAD)
GSA Price: $1870
Group Rate: $2395
Part 1: Overview/Review of C++
- Implementing a basic O-O design
- Implementing Classes
Part 2: Modern C++
- New keywords in C++ 11,14,17
- RAII – Modern memory management in C++ – overview
- Copy vs Move semantics
- Namespaces
Part 3: Generic Programming
- General Purpose Functions
- Function Templates
- Template Parameters
- Template Parameter Conversion
- Function Template Problem
- Generic Programming
- General Purpose Classes
- Class Templates
- Class Template Instantiation
- Non Type Parameter
- C++ Containers overview
- Variadic Templates
Part 4: Memory Management
- The handle/body (Bridge) pattern
- Using strings effectively
- Smart Pointers
- Move constructor in depth
- Other <memory> features
Part 5: Inheritance and Polymorphism
- Base Class Initializer List
- Composition
- Member Initialization List
- Order of Initialization
- Inheritance vs. Composition
- Interfaces
- Polymorphism
- Chaining Constructors
- Inheriting Constructors
Part 6: Exception Handling
- Exception Handling
- try and catch
- Exception Flow of Control
- Context and Stack Unwinding
- Handling Exceptions in best Context
- Benefits of Exception Handling
- Unhandled Exceptions
- Clean Up
- Multiple Catch Handlers
Part 7: Operator Overloading
- What is overloadable?
- Why overload operators?
- Functors
Part 8: Unit Testing in C++
- Unit testing – Quick Overview
- Unit testing in C++
- Introduction <catch.hpp>
Part 9: Functional Programming
- Overview
- The IoC pattern
- Dependency Injection
- Functions as objects
- IoC via interface
- Functors
- IoC with Functors
- Implementing Functors
- Function Pointers
- IoC with Function Pointers
- Lambda Expressions
- Lambda Syntax
- IoC with Lambdas
Part 10: Runtime Type Information
- Runtime Type and Polymorphism
- type_info Class
- typeid Operator
- Compiler Options
- Safe Pointer Conversions
- Dynamic Cast
- New C++ Style Casts
- Static Cast
- Reinterpret Cast
- Const Cast
Part 11: STL Containers
- Vectors
- Vector.cpp
- Vector Operations
- Typedefs
- Deques
- deque as Stack
- deque Functionality
- Lists
- Generic Programming
- Tradeoff with Lists
- List Memory Allocation
- list Functionality
- Associate Containers
- Sets
- Sets with User Defined Objects
- Multisets (Bags)
- Maps
- Multimaps
- Functional Programming with Containers
Part 12: STL Iterators
- Pointers
- Template Version
- String Version
- A Generalization of Pointers
- STL Iterators
- Input Iterators
- Output Iterators
- Forward Iterators
- Bidirectional Iterators
- Random Access Iterators
Part 13: Threads & Tasks
- Overview Threads
- Starting Threads
- Managing threads
- Overview of Tasks
- Tasks
- async
- Future & Promise
This an intermediate and beyond-level programming course, designed for:
- Experienced C++ developers.
- This course is not recommended for developers new to C++ programming.
- C++ Fundamentals Refresher
- Modern C++
- Generic Programming
- Memory Management
- Inheritance and Polymorphism
- Unit Testing in C++
- Functional Programming
- STL Containers
- STL Iterators
- Threads & Tasks