Modern C++: Advanced Techniques and Features

Course details

This course helps you get up to speed with important techniques and features available in modern C++. Learn about movability and value references, smart pointers, functional programming, multithreading, and more. Expert trainer Andy Olsen guides you through the new features and shows you how to create and implement efficient, elegant, and contemporary code.

Learning objectives
Explore language and library enhancements available in modern C++.
Learn how to get the most out of move semantics, functional programming techniques, smart pointers, and more.
Understand important features such as variadic templates, universal references, concepts, and modules.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - What s new in modern C++ - Introduction

Lesson 1 - General C++ Language Enhancements

02 - Improved type declarations
03 - Nullability
04 - A closer look at constant-ness
05 - Miscellany

Lesson 2 - Value Categories and Movability

06 - Understanding value categories
07 - Copy and move semantics
08 - Reference binding rules
09 - Additional considerations

Lesson 3 - Improved Initialization

10 - Constructor enhancements
11 - Uniform initialization syntax
12 - Initializer lists

Lesson 4 - Smart Pointers

13 - Overview of smart pointers
14 - Shared pointers
15 - Weak pointers
16 - Unique pointers
17 - Using enable shared from this

Lesson 5 - Functional Programming

18 - Getting started with lambdas
19 - A closer look at lambdas
20 - The type of a lambda

Lesson 6 - Additional Techniques

21 - Multithreading
22 - Calling functions asynchronously
23 - Miscellaneous language enhancements
24 - Additional language enhancements
25 - Miscellaneous library enhancements
26 - Additional library enhancements

Summary

27 - What s new in modern C++ - Summary

Modern C++: Advanced Techniques and Features

Authors

Pearson

Andy Olsen