Italian C++ Conference 2020--Marco Arena
Event report with some details on the online organization:
Italian C++ Conference 2020
by Marco Arena
News
Speaker and Talks for Meeting C++ 2020 are online!
The Speaker and Talks of Meeting C++ 2020 were announced at the begin of August, now also all details are online.
A first version of the schedule should be online next week!
Speaker and Talks at Meeting C++ 2020
by Jens Weller
CppCon 2019: Speed Is Found In The Minds of People--Andrei Alexandrescu
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!
Speed Is Found In The Minds of People
by Andrei Alexandrescu
Summary of the talk:
In all likelihood, sorting is one of the most researched classes of algorithms. It is a fundamental task in Computer Science, both on its own and as a step in other algorithms. Efficient algorithms for sorting and searching are now taught in core undergraduate classes. Are they at their best, or is there more blood to squeeze from that stone? This talk will explore a few less known – but more allegro! – variants of classic sorting algorithms. And as they say, the road matters more than the destination. Along the way, we'll encounter many wondrous surprises and we'll learn how to cope with the puzzling behavior of modern complex architectures.
Cppcon: Instructor Interview: Klaus Iglberger / Modern C++ Design Patterns
A new interesting interview.
Instructor Interview: Klaus Iglberger / Modern C++ Design Patterns
From the video:
In this week’s instructor interview, Kevin Carpenter welcomes Klaus Iglberger for a discussion of his CppCon Academy class, Modern C++ Design Patterns. Kevin took this class with Klaus last year and they discuss how Klaus has adapted it for online instruction. Klaus also outlines the additions and improvement to last year’s presentation. Kevin shares how his codebase has incorporated the Design Patterns that are covered in the class...
Announcing Meeting C++ online!
Meeting C++ online is a series of virtual events organized by Meeting C++ for the C++ community.
Announcing Meeting C++ online!
by Jens Weller
From the article:
This year has brought a new age, and Meeting C++ will embrace this with hosting online only events in addition to the yearly conference. Its natural addition to what Meeting C++ already offers for the C++ Community. So Meeting C++ online will be a series of different virtual events organized by Meeting C++ for the C++ community.
CppCon 2019: C++ Code Smells--Jason Turner
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++ Code Smells
by Jason Turner
Summary of the talk:
There are a lot of rules to remember for writing good C++. Which features to use? Which to avoid? The C++ Core Guidelines would be over 500 pages long if you were to try to print it! What happens if we swap this around and instead of Best Practices look at Code Smells. Coding decisions that should make you think twice and reconsider what you are doing.
We will ask:
* What are the most important code smells?
* Does it simplify the way we write code?
Online Concurrency Classes--Anthony Williams
Will you attend?
Online Concurrency Classes
by Anthony Williams
From the article:
With all the restrictions brought upon us by COVID-19, many C++ conferences are moving online...
New Attributes with C++20--Rainer Grimm
More possibilities.
New Attributes with C++20
by Rainer Grimm
From the article:
With C++20, we got new and improved attributes such as [[nodiscard("reason")]], [[likely]], [[unlikely]], and [[no_unique_address]]. In particular, [[nodiscard("reason")]] allows it to express the intention of your interface way clearer...
Modern C++ Software Design (Online Training) -- Klaus Iglberger
The second online training on "Modern C++ Software Design" has been announced:
Modern C++ Software Design (Online Training)
by Klaus Iglberger
From the article:
Content of the training
This advanced C++ training is a course on good software design with the C++ programming language. The focus of the training is on the essential and C++-specific software development principles, concepts, idioms, and best practices, which enable programmers to create professional, high-quality code. The course aims at understanding the core of the C++ programming language, teaches guidelines to develop mature, robust, maintainable, and efficient C++ software with a minimum of dependencies, and helps to avoid the most common pitfalls.
Date: September 23rd - 25th, 2020
Location: Online training
Instructor: Klaus Iglberger
Level: Intermediate, Advanced
The implication of const or reference member variables in C++ -- Lesley Lai
This article discusses why const or reference member variables can be problematic and the workarounds.
The implication of const or reference member variables in C++
by Lesley Lai
From the article:
I decide to write this post because the same problem raises several time by different people on Twitter and the #include ＜C++＞ discord server. There are solid reasons on why you should avoid const or reference member variables in C++...