SG20 Education and Recommended Videos for Teaching C++ -- Christopher Di Bella

By Christopher Di Bella | Dec 9, 2018 10:21 AM | Tags: None

In today’s blog, we look at both the newly minted Study Group for education in the C++ Standard Committee. We also look at a small number of conference videos that I recommend teachers consider while they’re waiting for this Study Group to produce usable materials.

SG20 Education and Recommended Videos for Teaching C++

by Christopher Di Bella

From the article:

As articulated in P1231, the goal of SG20 is not to provide normative curricula for teaching C++, but rather to provide teaching and curriculum guidelines.

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Below are a list of conference videos that I’ve compiled for teachers to watch (and will update if recommendations come in). There’s well over a day’s worth of videos below, but these aren’t a random assortment of my favourite conference videos. Rather, they are sessions that communicate values about:

• teaching people how to write programs using C++, or
• writing C++ programs using approaches the community agrees produce better code.

Advanced Programming in C++ (Spanish) in Madrid -- Daniel Garcia

By jdgarcia | Dec 4, 2018 11:04 AM | Tags: None

This course is offered in Spanish (might be available in English on demand).

Advanced Programming in C++

by Daniel Garcia

About the course:

The course is a 3 full-days training (24 hours) covering C++11, C++14, and an introduction to C++17 at March 25th, 26th, 27th, 2019 in Madrid. It is structured in 4 modules:

• Language (Generalities and type system, Initialization, classes, global novelties, generic programming support).
• Standards library (Metaprogramming support, utilities, STL, strings).
• Concurrency (Introduction to concurrency, memory model, threads, mutual exclusion, futures and promises).
• Introduction to C++17

About the trainer:

J. Daniel Garcia is an Associate Professor in Computer Architecture at University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain. He has extensive experience in industrial project in domains ranging from aerospace and civil engineering to medical technology and finance.

Since 2008 he has served as a member of WG21 (C++ standards committee) as well as chair of the Spanish committee on C++. He has co-authored a number of proposals for C++, since C++11. His main efforts for C++20 are related to the introduction of contracts programming.

New Pluralsight Course: Introduction to Data Structures and Algorithms in C++ -- Giovanni Dicanio

By Giovanni Dicanio | Oct 9, 2018 09:53 AM | Tags: None

A new course was published in the Pluralsight library:

Introduction to Data Structures and Algorithms in C++

by Giovanni Dicanio

From the article:

In this course, you’ll learn how to implement some fundamental data structures and algorithms in C++ from scratch, with a combination of theoretical introduction using slides, and practical C++ implementation code.

No prior data structure or algorithm theory knowledge is required. You only need a basic knowledge of C++ language features.

Boost C++ Master Class with Boris Schäling

By Boris Schäling | Oct 3, 2018 02:54 PM | Tags: None

Boris Schäling is pleased to invite you to the 2nd Boost C++ Master class 2018 in Israel:

Boost C++ Master Class

November 25-27, 2018 in Haifa, Israel

The Boost C++ Master class strives to deepen your understanding of the Boost C++ Libraries. As of today, the Boost C++ Libraries are the most important stepping stone if you want to increase your productivity as a C++ developer and significantly improve the quality of your code. In-depth knowledge of the Boost C++ Libraries empowers you to write code that is shorter, more expressive, less error-prone, more agile, and more future-proof.

The Boost C++ Master class is an all-round training. It has no focus on a specific Boost library. The training covers a wide range of major Boost libraries. This includes general purpose libraries whose usage immediately leads to better code. And it includes concept-oriented libraries that demonstrate new approaches to organizing code and implementing features.

The Boost C++ Master class with its focus on the Boost C++ Libraries goes far beyond what is known today as modern C++. While many Boost libraries support and enable writing modern C++ code, the Boost libraries open new doors. Quite often the Boost libraries provide possibilities which catch many developers by surprise.

The Boost C++ Master class is taught by Boris Schäling who is one of the world’s leading professional Boost C++ experts and the author of the book The Boost C++ Libraries.

Free C++ Course

By xxvms | Sep 3, 2018 11:42 PM | Tags: None

Free C++ course starting 18th September 2018.

Free C++ Cour​se

About the course:

This is free course, aimed at beginners and intermediate users. Our syllabus is based on Programming: Principles and Practice Using C++, 2nd Edition.

Who can benefit from this course:

1. People who have no experience with coding
2. People that come from different languages such as Java, Python, C# etc
3. Developers that would like to refresh their C++ knowledge

Location:

Please check our website for up to date details www.CPPLondonUni.com

London and Online

London - CodeNode 10 South Pl, London EC2M 7EB

Online - https://goo.gl/BqMCgj (Please RSVP on our host website https:://skillsmatter.com)

When:

Every Tuesday lecture

London - from 18:15 GMT

Online - from 18:30 GMT or soon after

Every Thursday workshop

London - from 18:15 GMT

Functions in std--Andrzej Krzemieński

By Marco Arena | Jul 9, 2018 06:52 AM | Tags: advanced

The Standard reserves the right to change the signatures and overloads of the existing Standard Library functions in what is considered a backward compatible way:

Functions in std

by Andrzej Krzemieński

From the article:

Names of functions from the Standard Library used as pointers/references to functions can cause breakage in your code...

Boost Your Productivity with Modern C++ - Now with C++17—Peter Gottschling

By Peter Gottschling | Jul 5, 2018 07:17 AM | Tags: None

Repeating the last years’ popular course, again being held in English and German:

"Modern C++ Template Programming" with Nicolai Josuttis

By Meeting C++ | May 2, 2018 02:19 AM | Tags: workshop training templates meetingcpp intermediate c++17 c++14 c++11 advanced

Meeting C++ 2018 offers also a workshop with Nicolai Josuttis:

Modern C++ Template Programming

by Jens Weller

From the article:

Each and every C++ programmer uses templates. Containers such as vector<> or array<>, strings, algorithms such as sort(), iterators, and I/O streams are all implemented as generic code. Modern C++ adds type traits, smart pointers, and template member functions such as emplace(), and generic lambdas as a tricky form of generic code.

Nevertheless the knowledge and understanding of how to implement and use templates is very limited and each and every programmer is sooner or later getting uncertain.

This workshop therefore discusses templates for a whole day to make clear what it means to use templates and how to use them in practice. As a result the general understanding of templates will be improved and generic code might become more helpful and less surprising.

Registration for CppCon 2018 is Open

By Jon Kalb | Apr 26, 2018 06:02 AM | Tags: cppcon community

The next CppCon conference is in Bellevue, Washington September 23-28.

Registration for CppCon 2018 is Open

From the announcement:

In addition to the regular conference program there will be keynotes, lightning talks, and panels. There are also pre- and post-conference classes (both two-day and one-day are offered) as well as a meeting of SG14.

Learn C++ in London and Remotley

By xxvms | Apr 17, 2018 05:31 AM | Tags: None

Free C++ course starting 1st May 2018.

CPPLondonUni

by CppLondonUni

About the course:

This is free course, aimed at beginners and intermediate users. Our syllabus is based on Programming: Principles and Practice Using C++, 2nd Edition.

Who can benefit from this course:

1. People who have no experience with coding

2. People that come from different languages such as Java, Python, C# etc

3. Developers that would like to refresh their C++ knowledge

Location:

London and Online

London - CodeNode 10 South Pl, London EC2M 7EB

Online - https://goo.gl/BqMCgj (Please RSVP on our host website https:://skillsmatter.com

 

When:

Every Tuesday

London - from 18:15 GMT

Online - from 18:30 GMT or soon after