Boost libraries are now supported in biicode

by Manu Sánchez

At biicode we have been working hard to simplify the process of making Boost available for any C++ programmer with just an include. But this is only the start, the project has been released as open source to allow everyone contribute and help.

Elevate Your Code to Modern C++11 with Automated Tooling

by Bjarne Stroustrup

(watch on YouTube) (watch on Channel 9)

C++ faces two challenges: Helping programmers address the most demanding tasks in terms of performance, scale, and dependability. It must also help programmers be productive writing ordinary maintainable code. There is much more "ordinary code" than there is performance-critical code. Thus, C++ must make simple tasks simple while not getting in the way of tuning software for the last byte and last cycle where that's necessary. This talk focuses on what C++11 and C++14 offers to simplify programming: auto, range-for loops, move semantics, futures, concepts, and more. However, the focus is not primarily on language features: the key is programming: how can we write better, more readable, efficient, and more maintainable code? If you think that the essence of C++ is clever pointer manipulation and huge class hierarchies you may be in for a few surprises.

All videos of Meeting C++ 2014 are online!

by Jens Weller

I uploaded yesterday the last video of last years Meeting C++ conference! So you can now watch all 21 talks and the 2 keynotes at youtube!

Common algorithm patterns

by Scott Prager

C++17 Library Papers for Cologne - Part II

by Jens WEller

This is the second part about the papers for the Library Working Group Meeting in Cologne next week. The last part already covered some interesting papers, and gives an impression on what will be included into the Standard Library for C++17...

cppcast episode 1: Jon Kalb loves the C++ Community

by Rob Irving

Jon has been writing C++ for two and half decades, does onsite C++ training, and works on the Amazon search engine for A9.com. He chairs the CppCon and C++Now conferences. He also programs the C++ Track for the Silicon Valley Code Camp and serves as chair of the Boost Libraries Steering Committee.

Elevate Your Code to Modern C++11 with Automated Tooling

by Peter Sommerlad

(watch on YouTube) (watch on Channel 9)

This talk will motivate and demonstrate how to transform your existing C++ code into more modern style and better quality. A key to that is refactoring the code into better shape. While manual refactoring can be tedious and error prone the author demonstrates automated refactoring that was created by his students and assistants and himself over the last nine years on the basis of Eclipse CDT. The tooling works with all compilers, because it is independent of one.

For example, we will show how to eliminate unnecessary macros or replace them by type-safe C++11/14 alternative code automatically. Or, to replace pointers, plain arrays and manual memory management by references, smart pointers, std::string, std::array, or std::vector automatically. Also other transformations, such as introducing a template parameter to reduce a coupling to a single concrete type are demonstrated. All with the goal to modernize and hopefully simplify your C++ code. Even if you are not deeply interested in modernizing your code base, some helpful tooling, such as toggling function definitions into a single place, to change their signature, can be of great help. On the other hand, many of the proposed improvements can also be applied with your favorite code editor only more tediously.

Stroustrup receives 2015 Computer History Museum award

by Rachel Rose

The Computer History Museum Fellow Awards honor exceptional men and women whose ideas have changed the world. The fellowship is a lifetime award for individuals who have made major contributions to the computer industry. The list of fellows is a veritable Who's Who of the computer industry...

“This recognizes C++’s place in computing history and also honors the many people who helped make it one of the most successful programming languages ever and the many who used C++ to build awe-inspiring systems,” Stroustrup said of the award.

Convenient Constructs For Stepping Through a Range of Values

by Mikhail Semenov

In this article, the following loops are proposed:

for (auto x : step(start, count, step-width)) { ... }

for (auto x : step(count)) {...}

for (auto x : step_backward(count)) {...}

for (auto x : step_to(start, finish, step-width)) {...}

for (auto x : step_until(start, finish, step-width)) {...}

They are based on the C++11 for-range loop. In order to write such loops, the appropriate functions step, step_backward, step_to and step_until have to be implemented.  The article shows their implementation, discusses advantages of such loops and includes the benchmark results.

Find Your Favorite Library for C++ in NuGet

by Hong Hong

Many of you may know that NuGet is the “go-to” library repository for .NET development, but what about using it for C++? The answer here may surprise you as many of the top open source C++ libraries are actually sitting in the NuGet gallery...