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By Meeting C++ | Jul 23, 2020 08:28 AM | Tags: None
An update on how the plans for Meeting C++ 2020 evolved.
July update on COVID-19 and Meeting C++ 2020
by Jens Weller
From the article:
This is the July update for how the plans for Meeting C++ 2020 are evolving in this ongoing pandemic. One thing you can do until the weekend, is to start voting on the talks for Meeting C++2020!
By Adrien Hamelin | Jul 22, 2020 11:13 AM | Tags: community
This year, CppCon 2020 is going virtual. The dates are still the same – September 14-18 – and we are aiming for the CppCon live event to have pretty much everything you’re familiar with at CppCon except moved online: multiple tracks including “back to basics” and a new “embedded” track; live speaker Q&A; live talk time zones friendly to Americas and EMEA (and we’re going to try to arrange around-the-clock recorded repeats in all time zones, where speakers who are available can be available for live Q&A in their repeated talks too, and we’ll do that if it’s possible – but we’re still working on it!); virtual tables where you can interact face-to-face online with other attendees just like at the physical event; virtual exhibitor spaces where you can meet the folks on your favorite product’s teams to ask them question face-to-face; pre- and post-conference classes; and even the CppCon house band playing live before every plenary session. All talk recordings will be freely available as usual on YouTube a month or two after the event, but everything else above will be available only live during CppCon week.
To whet your appetite for this year’s conference, here’s another of the top-rated talks from last year. Enjoy – and register today for CppCon 2020 – all the spirit and flavor of CppCon, this year all virtual and online!
Back to Basics: Const as a Promise
by Dan Saks
Summary of the talk:
The const qualifier has various uses in C++. One of the most valuable uses is in declaring function headings that constrain the effects of function calls. Using const appropriately can reduce bugs and development time by turning potential run-time errors into compile-time errors that are much easier to find and correct. Using const can even reduce your program’s code size and execution time.
Despite these benefits, too many C++ programmers still use const reactively rather than proactively. That is, they tend to add const as needed to quell compiler error messages, rather than design const in as they code. To get the most out of const, programmers really need to understand (1) when and where to place const in declarations, (2) when to leave it out entirely, and (3) how type conversions involving const behave.
The key insight about const is to understand const as a promise—a promise not to modify something. This session explains the real meaning of that promise and how that insight can guide you in declaring function parameters and return types. It also explains why you shouldn’t declare by-value parameters and return types as const, why overloading on const is such a useful and ubiquitous idiom, and why it is meaningful to declare constexpr member functions as const.
By Adrien Hamelin | Jul 20, 2020 09:33 AM | Tags: None
This year, CppCon 2020 is going virtual. The dates are still the same – September 14-18 – and we are aiming for the CppCon live event to have pretty much everything you’re familiar with at CppCon except moved online: multiple tracks including “back to basics” and a new “embedded” track; live speaker Q&A; live talk time zones friendly to Americas and EMEA (and we’re going to try to arrange around-the-clock recorded repeats in all time zones, where speakers who are available can be available for live Q&A in their repeated talks too, and we’ll do that if it’s possible – but we’re still working on it!); virtual tables where you can interact face-to-face online with other attendees just like at the physical event; virtual exhibitor spaces where you can meet the folks on your favorite product’s teams to ask them question face-to-face; pre- and post-conference classes; and even the CppCon house band playing live before every plenary session. All talk recordings will be freely available as usual on YouTube a month or two after the event, but everything else above will be available only live during CppCon week.
To whet your appetite for this year’s conference, here’s another of the top-rated talks from last year. Enjoy – and register today for CppCon 2020 – all the spirit and flavor of CppCon, this year all virtual and online!
Range Algorithms, Views and Actions: A Comprehensive Guide
by Dvir Yitzchaki
Summary of the talk:
STL algorithms are something every C++ programmer should know. With ranges being voted in C++ 20, there are even more useful tools that we should at least be aware of, if not use daily.
Using ranges helps writing a code which is great in expressiveness and safety and does not fall behind in performance. In this talk we will cover what ranges add to the C++20 standard library, as well as go over all the different views and actions available in range-v3 library which can be used today.
This talk is inspired by Jonathan Boccara’s talk "105 algorithms in less than an hour".
By Adrien Hamelin | Jul 17, 2020 11:43 AM | Tags: community
This year, CppCon 2020 is going virtual. The dates are still the same – September 14-18 – and we are aiming for the CppCon live event to have pretty much everything you’re familiar with at CppCon except moved online: multiple tracks including “back to basics” and a new “embedded” track; live speaker Q&A; live talk time zones friendly to Americas and EMEA (and we’re going to try to arrange around-the-clock recorded repeats in all time zones, where speakers who are available can be available for live Q&A in their repeated talks too, and we’ll do that if it’s possible – but we’re still working on it!); virtual tables where you can interact face-to-face online with other attendees just like at the physical event; virtual exhibitor spaces where you can meet the folks on your favorite product’s teams to ask them question face-to-face; pre- and post-conference classes; and even the CppCon house band playing live before every plenary session. All talk recordings will be freely available as usual on YouTube a month or two after the event, but everything else above will be available only live during CppCon week.
To whet your appetite for this year’s conference, here’s another of the top-rated talks from last year. Enjoy – and register today for CppCon 2020 – all the spirit and flavor of CppCon, this year all virtual and online!
C++20: C++ at 40
by Bjarne Stroustrup
Summary of the talk:
It is now 40 years since C++ (then called C with Classes) had its first non-research user. It is now 35 years since the first commercial release of C++. It is now 30 years since the start of the standards process.
So what is C++? I will try to explain what's great about C++, C++20, as a modern language, not treating it as a layer cake of features. Imagine you have never heard of C, C with Classes, or C++11. How do classes, templates, and lambdas fit together? What have constructors and destructors to do with exceptions? What's in the standard library? How can we start using C++?
Finally, I will make a few comments about how to get from older styles of C++ use to modern C++ and point to areas where we need to improve C++ further.
By Meeting C++ | Jul 14, 2020 06:40 AM | Tags: meetingcpp community c++20 c++17 basics
The yearly voting for the program of the yearly Meeting C++ Conference has started!
The voting on the talks for Meeting C++ 2020 begins!
by Jens Weller
From the article:
With today, you can start to vote on all submitted talks for Meeting C++ 2020! As 2020 is a bit special, it is less talks, but also this years conference will only feature one track, the voting will give me guiding in which talks to choose from speakers with multiple talks, but also will help to see which other speakers might should make it to the conference. Unlike prior years the main track can't be the mostly consisting out of the most popular talks of the voting.
By philsquared | Jul 8, 2020 11:00 AM | Tags: None
With less than two weeks to go before the conference (in fact only one week before the first workshop), we have some big announcements!
Full schedule, Nico Josuttis Keynote and Remo as a platform
by C++ on Sea
From the article:
After evaluating many options, including building our own solution (from component parts), we have settled on a fairly new system called Remo. What we love about Remo is that it's the closest thing we've found to recreating the experience of being at a physical event
By Meeting C++ | Jun 10, 2020 01:24 AM | Tags: meetingcpp experimental community
What events in Fall might look like, a first look at Meeting C++ 2020
A first look at COVID-19 and Meeting C++ 2020
by Jens Weller
From the article:
With this news entry I want to give you an overview on the current situation with this years Meeting C++ conference regarding the ongoing pandemic.
In the early stages of the outbreak...
By Adrien Hamelin | Jun 2, 2020 01:32 PM | Tags: community
Will you be there?
Registration for CppCon 2020 is Open
by Jon Kalb
From the article:
2020 has a been a challenging year for all of us. As C++ programmers with in-demand skills and, for most of us, the ability to work from home, we are better off than many, but it hasn’t been easy for any of us...
By philsquared | May 21, 2020 09:58 AM | Tags: None
C++ on Sea will now be a virtual conference, held July 15th-17th (with workshops the following week).
C++ on Sea moves online - and into July
From the article:
We decided to move the workshops a little further away, since we no longer have the constraints imposed by venue, accommodation and travel - but we do want to reduce the number of consecutive days people will need to spend watching online.
The workshops will also run on different days from each other - so, potentially, you could attend more than one!
By Marco Arena | May 17, 2020 02:18 AM | Tags: community
An online-only full day of C++:
Virtual Italian C++ Conference 2020
June 13, 2020
In a nutshell
The Italian C++ Conference 2020 has been turned into an online-only event, due to the COVID-19 global emergency.
The event consists in live sessions, a few pre-recorded sessions, and virtual rooms for networking.
What can I find in the Virtual Italian C++ Conference 2020?
You will find:
- live keynote by Nicolai Josuttis: C++ Move Semantics – The surprising things you should better know
- 7x50-min live sessions
- 2x50-min and 1x30-min pre-recorded sessions
- text/video/voice moderated and sized virtual rooms for networking
You can refer to the event page for more information.
How can I attend the virtual event?
The event will go live on June 13 from 9 AM CEST.
All the sessions (live and pre-recorded) will be hosted on our YouTube channel. However, only registered people can see session links in advance.
Virtual rooms will be hosted on our Discord server. For invitation link and further details, you must register for the event.
Who supports this event?
The event is totally organized by the Italian C++ Community and it is sponsored by Think-cell and AIV.
Do I need to register?
The Virtual Italian C++ Conference 2020 is free (as all the previous editions) but you must register to be invited to virtual rooms and to receive session links in advance.
Direct link to (free) tickets here.
See you at the event, safely from home!