CopperSpice: Docker for Developers

By Ansel Sermersheim | Apr 28, 2023 01:10 PM | Tags: None

New video on the CopperSpice YouTube Channel:

Docker for Developers

by Barbara Geller and Ansel Sermersheim

About the video:

Docker is a container, but what does it actually store? Our new video explains how Docker is beneficial to the development process and not simply a deployment tool. We also discuss the differences between Docker and a VM.

Please take a look and remember to subscribe.

What Is the C++ Small String Optimization (SSO)? -- Giovanni Dicanio

By Giovanni Dicanio | Apr 28, 2023 01:08 PM | Tags: None

What is the Small String Optimization (SSO)?

Let's discover that in the following blog post:

The C++ Small String Optimization

by Giovanni Dicanio

From the article:

How do “Connie” and “meow” differ from “The Commodore 64 is a great computer”?

In several implementations, [...], the STL string classes are empowered by an interesting optimization: The Small String Optimization (SSO).

Italian C++ Conference 2023

By Marco Arena | Apr 28, 2023 06:27 AM | Tags: events conferences community

A full day of C++ in Rome (Italy) on June 10:

Italian C++ Conference 2023

An event organized by the Italian C++ Community.

Sponsors: AIV, Luxoft, KDAB, ZURU, think-cell, Qubica AMF.

 

International attendees are welcome: talks are all in English.

 

In a nutshell

The Italian C++ Conference is the greatest international conference about C++ hosted in Italy. Organized by the Italian C++ Community, the conference is not-for-profit and this year (7th edition) takes place in Rome, hosted at Università degli Studi Roma Tre. The purpose of this one-day event is to bring together the C++ software developer community in Italy and to promote the understanding and use of modern C++ standards, and best practices, constantly evolving.

Also...The Italian C++ Community celebrates its 10th anniversary this year and we are going to celebrate somehow...NO SPOILER!

 

Who should attend the Italian C++ Conference 2023?

This event is made by passionate C++ professionals for C++ professionals, students and enthusiasts.

 

What can I find at the Italian C++ Conference 2023?

• Talks: 10x50-min and 2x30-min tech talks.
• Networking
• Sponsors: some are hiring and will be there!
• Food: 2 coffee breaks and one lunch included
• Italian C++ Community's 10th anniversary celebration

You can refer to the detailed program for more information.

 

When does the Italian C++ Conference 2023 take place?

The event will be held on June 10, 2023 at Università degli Studi Roma Tre, in Rome.

Check-in at 8.45 AM. The event starts at 9.15 AM and will last for a full day.

 

Who supports this event?

Sponsors: AIV, Luxoft, KDAB, ZURU, think-cell, Qubica AMF.

 

Do I need to register?

The Italian C++ Conference 2023 is free, but you must register to facilitate the organization of the event. You can register here.

Model-View-Controller -- Rainer Grimm

By Blog Staff | Apr 27, 2023 09:43 AM | Tags: None

The Model-View-Controller (MVC) is one of the classic architectural patterns from the book "Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture, Volume 1". It addresses interactive applications with a  flexible human-machine interface.

Model-View-Controller

by Rainer Grimm

From the article:

The MVC divides the program logic of a user interface into separate components model, view, and controller. The model manages the data and rules of the application. The view represents the data, and the controller interacts with the user.

Purpose

• User interfaces need to be changed frequently
• Different user interfaces must be supported
• The data model is stable

Solution

• The application is divided into the components Model (data model), View (output components), and Controller (input components)
• Multiple output components can use the same data model

Results summary: 2023 Annual C++ Developer Survey "Lite"

By Blog Staff | Apr 27, 2023 09:06 AM | Tags: None

Over the past week, we ran our 2023 annual global C++ developer survey. Thank you to everyone who responded. As promised, here is a summary of the results:

CppDevSurvey-2023-summary.pdf

The results have now been forwarded to the C++ standards committee to help inform C++ evolution. Your feedback will be very helpful, and thank you again for your participation! Stay safe, everyone.

2023-04 Mailing Available

By Administrator | Apr 25, 2023 02:50 PM | Tags: None

The 2023-04 mailing of new standards papers is now available.

Tonight 20:00 CEST/Berlin/Amsterdam: Meeting C++ online book & tool fair

By Meeting C++ | Apr 25, 2023 01:07 AM | Tags: meetingcpp community

Join us tonight (20:00 CEST/Berlin/Amsterdam) for the Meeting C++ online book & tool fair!

Meeting C++ online book & tool fair

About the event:

Tonight will featuring 3 tools and one book in the fair and the kick off livestream with demos at 20:00 CEST:

• Undo.io
• Modern C++ for absolute Beginners by Slobodan Dmitrović
• Conan 2.0
• KDABs open source tools: hotspot, heaptrack, gammaray and more

The second part of the event will be in the Hubilo lounge, where you can visit each of the above tools and books at their own table and ask your questions!

C++20: consteval and constexpr Functions -- Daniel Lemire

By Blog Staff | Apr 24, 2023 01:21 PM | Tags: None

Optimizing compilers seek try to push as much of the computation as possible at compile time.

C++20: consteval and constexpr Functions

by Daniel Lemire

From the article:

In modern C++, you can declare a function as ‘constexpr’, meaning that you state explicitly that the function may be executed at compile time.

The constexpr qualifier is not magical. There may not be any practical difference in practice between an inline function and a constexpr function, as in this example:

inline int f(int x) {
  return x+1;
}

constexpr int fc(int x) {
  return x+1;
}

Functional exception-less error handling with C++23’s optional and expected -- Sy Brand

By TartanLlama | Apr 23, 2023 11:13 AM | Tags: None

std::optional has been updated in C++23, and std::expected added as a new way of representing errors in your code. Read more about them here:

Functional exception-less error handling with C++23’s optional and expected

by Sy Brand

From the article:

std::optional<T> expresses “either a T or nothing”. C++23 comes with a new type, std::expected<T,E> which expresses “either the expected T, or some E telling you what went wrong”. This type also comes with that special new functional interface. As of Visual Studio 2022 version 17.6 Preview 3, all of these features are available in our standard library. Armed with an STL implementation you can try yourself, I’m going to exhibit how to use std::optional‘s new interface, and the new std::expected to handle disappointments.

Simple Usage of C++20 Modules -- Victor Zverovich

By Blog Staff | Apr 21, 2023 01:18 PM | Tags: None

In my previous post I showed how to compile {fmt} as a C++20 module with clang. Although taking only two commands, ideally it’s not something you should be doing manually. So in this post, I’ll talk about module support in CMake, everyone’s favorite not a build system.

Simple Usage of C++20 Modules

by Victor Zverovich

From the article:

My first attempt was to use the CMake’s built-in functionality advertised in “import CMake; C++20 Modules”. And after some struggle I made it to work with clang but unfortunately it was very limited. Here are some of the problems and limitations that I discovered:

1. It only worked with ninja and while I don’t have anything against this build system it’s an extra hassle to get this additional dependency installed while make is usually available by default. This restriction also likely means that you cannot use such a CMake config with IDEs.
2. Native CMake support only worked with clang 16 while the fmt module can be built manually with clang 15.
3. It required the latest version of CMake and a lot of ceremony to set up, including some incomprehensible things.
4. There were issues in dynamic dependency extraction both in clang-scan-deps and CMake itself.