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CppCon 2020 Trip Report--Conor Hoekstra

By Adrien Hamelin | Sep 24, 2020 11:37 AM | Tags: community

And another.

CppCon 2020 Trip Report

by Conor Hoekstra

From the article:

This was my second time attending CppCon. The first time I attended was in 2019, when I gave my first CppCon presentation in two parts, Algorithm Intuition - although I personally recommend the C++Now 2019 version which is 30 minutes shorter.

CppCon 2020 Trip Report--Shafik Yaghmour

By Adrien Hamelin | Sep 24, 2020 11:35 AM | Tags: community

And another.

CppCon 2020 Trip Report

by Shafik Yaghmour

From the article:

CppCon 2020 was online this year due to Covid-19. I was not sure what to expect from an online only conference. I had heard mildly positive feedback from recent online only conferences but this would be my first experience. For the most part the experience exceeded my expectations. There were were technical problems here and there but mostly it ran smoothly. It was fatiguing to watching videos for so long but since I was home I was able to stretch in between sessions and move around and that usually helped...

CopperSpice: Qualifiers

By Ansel Sermersheim | Sep 21, 2020 12:28 PM | Tags: None

New video on the CopperSpice YouTube Channel:

Qualifiers

by Barbara Geller and Ansel Sermersheim

About the video:

In this video we explore the many different kinds of qualifiers available in C++ and explore how they interact. We also cover why you would want to qualify your methods, and a surprising corner case in the way assignment is defined which can lead to very subtle bugs.

Please take a look and remember to subscribe!

The last vestiges of object oriented programming -- Geoffrey Viola

By Geoff | Sep 21, 2020 12:26 PM | Tags: None

A history, some negative examples, and some positive examples of using object oriented programming in C++.

The Last Vestiges of Object Orientated Programming

by Geoffrey Viola

From the article:

Object oriented programming is not as popular as it was. As with any programming language feature it can be abused. Multiple inheritance, long inheritance chains, and needless inheritance can add unnecessary complexity. There are few cases where it works well in C++: building product types, enforcing an invariant, and dynamic polymorphism. Generally, classes should follow one of these deliberately to follow the single responsibility principle, but there are exceptions.

Introduction to modern CMake for beginners

By triangles | Sep 21, 2020 12:24 PM | Tags: None

A look at one of the most popular build systems for C and C++.

Introduction to modern CMake for beginners

Internal Pointers

From the article:

CMake is a collection of open-source and cross-platform tools used to build and distribute software. In recent years it has become a de-facto standard for C and C++ applications, so the time has come for a lightweight introductory article on the subject.

Quick Q: Is std::unique_ptr required to know the full definition of T?

By Adrien Hamelin | Sep 21, 2020 11:53 AM | Tags: intermediate

Quick A: For certain members only.

Recently on SO:

Is std::unique_ptr<T> required to know the full definition of T?

Most templates in the C++ standard library require that they be instantiated with complete types. However shared_ptr and unique_ptr are partial exceptions. Some, but not all of their members can be instantiated with incomplete types. The motivation for this is to support idioms such as pimpl using smart pointers, and without risking undefined behavior...