CppCon 2018: Simplicity: Not Just for Beginners -- Kate Gregory

By Blog Staff | Sep 28, 2018 10:01 AM | Tags: None

The CppCon 2018 Wednesday keynote is now on YouTube:

Simplicity: Not Just for Beginners

by Kate Gregory

Kate Gregory has been using C++ since before Microsoft had a C++ compiler. She writes, mentors, codes, and leads projects, in both C++ and .NET, especially for Windows. Kate is a Microsoft Regional Director, a Visual C++ MVP, has written over a dozen books, and speaks at conferences and user groups around the world. Kate develops courses on C++, Visual Studio, and Windows programming for Pluralsight.

From the description:

Many people say that simple code is better code, but fewer put it into practice. In this talk I’ll spend a little time on why simpler is better, and why we resist simplicity. Then I’ll provide some specific approaches that are likely to make your code simpler, and discuss what you need to know and do in order to consistently write simpler code and reap the benefits of that simplicity.

CppCon 2018: Patterns and Techniques Used in the Houdini 3D Graphics Application -- Mark Elendt

By Blog Staff | Sep 28, 2018 06:56 AM | Tags: None

The CppCon 2018 Tuesday keynote is now on YouTube:

Patterns and Techniques Used in the Houdini 3D Graphics Application

by Mark Elendt, SideFX

Mark Elendt has been an active practitioner at SideFX software for over 25 years. He works primarily on low level libraries for Houdini but also is the chief author of the mantra production rendering engine. He was honored to receive the Scientific and Technical Academy Award of Merit for his contributions to Houdini.

From the description:

Earlier this year, Mark Elendt and SideFX were awarded the Scientific and Technical Award of Merit for their continued work and innovation on the Houdini Visual Effects software package.

Not only has Houdini been used in all of the Visual Effects Academy Award winning films of the past 10 years, but it has also been used for television shows like Game of Thrones and Stranger Things as well as content creation for many AAA video games, and even for scientific visualization.

Houdini artists are tasked with creating amazing, never before seen visual effects. They constantly push both performance and scale in the software. Since the early 1990's Houdini's C++ architecture has provided a flexible platform that has enabled artists from around the world to create their vision.

Mark will discuss some of the patterns and approaches that have been used in Houdini to meet the demands of production, from the early days of dealing with c-front to embracing modern features provided by modern C++.

CppCon 2018: Concepts, The Future of Generic Programming (the future is here) -- Bjarne Stroustrup

By Blog Staff | Sep 25, 2018 03:08 PM | Tags: None

Yesterday's opening keynote is now on YouTube:

Concepts: The Future of Generic Programming (the future is here)

by Bjarne Stroustrup

Note: The conference still intends to professionally caption the videos, but for the keynotes the primary goal is to get them up as quickly as possible. The automatic YouTube captions are available now and have fairly decent quality.

CppCast Episode 168: CppCon Preview with Bryce Adelstein Lelbach

By robwirving | Sep 21, 2018 04:32 PM | Tags: None

Episode 168 of CppCast the only podcast for C++ developers by C++ developers. In this episode Rob and Jason are joined by Bryce Adelstein Lelbach to discuss his work on the upcoming CppCon conference, his thoughts on the graphics proposal and more.

CppCast Episode 168: CppCon Preview with Bryce Adelstein Lelbach

by Rob Irving and Jason Turner

About the interviewee:

Bryce Adelstein Lelbach is a software engineer on the CUDA driver team at NVIDIA. Bryce is passionate about parallel programming. He maintains Thrust, the CUDA C++ core library. He is also one of the initial developers of the HPX C++ runtime system. He spent five years working on HPX while he was at Louisiana State University's Center for ComCppputation and Technology, and three years at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (a US Department of Energy research facility) developing and analyzing new parallel programming models for exascale and post-Moore architectures. He also helped start the LLVMLinux initiative, and has occasionally contributed to the Boost C++ libraries. Bryce is an organizer for the C++Now and CppCon conferences as well as the Bay Area C++ user group, and he is passionate about C++ community development. He is a member of the ISO C++ standard committee. He worked on the C++17 parallel algorithms; today, he works on standardizing better futures, executors, and multi-dimensional arrays.

Deterministic Disappointment -- Niall Douglas

By Pawel Kurdybacha | Sep 20, 2018 11:38 AM | Tags: None

All the ways past, present and future that one can disappoint deterministically in C++.

Deterministic Disappointment

by Niall Douglas

Content of the talk:

1. What is disappointment?
2. What is determinism?
3. The direction of C++
4. Future disappointment in C++?
5. Achieving the future today
   a. C++ 11 system_error
   b. C++ 11 P1028 SG14 status_code
   c. C++ 14 (Boost.) Outcome

CppCon 2017: Web | C++--Lukas Bergdoll

By Adrien Hamelin | Sep 19, 2018 12:57 PM | Tags: community

Have you registered for CppCon 2018 in September? Late registration is open now.

While we wait for this year’s event, we’re featuring videos of some of the 100+ talks from CppCon 2017 for you to enjoy. Here is today’s feature:

Web | C++

by Lukas Bergdoll

(watch on YouTube) (watch on Channel 9)

Summary of the talk:

Have you ever tried writing a web application with C++? Can opening a file and serving it via HTTP be as simple as writing 20 lines of python? With the undeniable importance of web development, C++ can not allow itself to ignore such an important field, especially with the rising competition in the field of system programming languages, coming from Rust, D and Go.

Join us as we explore modern approaches to asynchronous IO, socket communication the advantages and disadvantages of using a unikernel and their respective performance implications.

We'll also take a look at how future iterations of the C++ standard library, could solve some of those problems.

CppCon 2017: Class Template Argument Deduction: A New Abstraction--Zhihao Yuan

By Adrien Hamelin | Sep 17, 2018 11:59 AM | Tags: community

Have you registered for CppCon 2018 in September? Late registration is open now.

While we wait for this year’s event, we’re featuring videos of some of the 100+ talks from CppCon 2017 for you to enjoy. Here is today’s feature:

Class Template Argument Deduction: A New Abstraction

by Zhihao Yuan

(watch on YouTube) (watch on Channel 9)

Summary of the talk:

C++17 is often quoted as “just a better C++14”, suggesting that nothing is new, nothing is changing the way we program. This talk presents class template argument deduction as a counterexample, a hidden gem in the new standard.

Saves typing? A replacement for the `make` functions? If that’s your frame, then you should come to this talk. The true power of class template argument deduction is underestimated. It’s a new point of abstraction but requiring creativity, insights, and understanding about the language details to manage.

This talk will start by introducing all matters about this feature to build up sufficient background knowledge, followed by teaching how to write deduction guides by examples, and finally explain how to build abstractions using the whole feature in a top-down approach, with patterns categorized.

CopperSpice: Constexpr Static Const

By Ansel Sermersheim | Sep 15, 2018 06:05 AM | Tags: None

New video on the CopperSpice YouTube Channel:

Constexpr Static Const

by Barbara Geller and Ansel Sermersheim

About the video:

This presentation covers constexpr and how it differs from const. We also discuss what constexpr means in practice versus what is actually required by the standard, a subject which is often misunderstood. The topic of constexpr vs preprocessor macros is also covered with suggestions for best practices.

Please take a look and remember to subscribe!

CppCon 2017: Fantastic Algorithms and Where To Find Them--Nicholas Ormrod

By Adrien Hamelin | Sep 12, 2018 12:23 PM | Tags: community

Have you registered for CppCon 2018 in September? Registration is open now.

While we wait for this year’s event, we’re featuring videos of some of the 100+ talks from CppCon 2017 for you to enjoy. Here is today’s feature:

Fantastic Algorithms and Where To Find Them

by Nicholas Ormrod

(watch on YouTube) (watch on Channel 9)

Summary of the talk:

Come dive into some exciting algorithms — tools rare enough to be novel, but useful enough to be found in practice. Want to learn about "heavy hitters" to prevent DOS attacks? Come to this talk. Want to avoid smashing your stack during tree destruction? Come to this talk. Want to hear war stories about how a new algorithm saved the day? Come to this talk! We'll dive into the finest of algorithms and see them in use — Fantastic Algorithms, and Where To Find Them.

CppCon 2017: Boost Your Program’s Health by Adding Fibers to your Coroutine

By Adrien Hamelin | Sep 7, 2018 12:03 PM | Tags: community

Have you registered for CppCon 2018 in September? Registration is open now.

While we wait for this year’s event, we’re featuring videos of some of the 100+ talks from CppCon 2017 for you to enjoy. Here is today’s feature:

Boost Your Program’s Health by Adding Fibers to your Coroutine

by David Sackstein

(watch on YouTube) (watch on Channel 9)

Summary of the talk:

This session is intended to help the advanced programmer to understand what coroutines and fibers are, what problems they solve and how they should be applied in practice.
The session begins with an overview of these concepts, comparing them with threads, and demonstrating how they are exposed by the Boost libraries.
Apart from being clean and succinct as Boost libraries typically are, the authors of these libraries have gone to great lengths to ensure that fibers and coroutines expose a programming model consistent with that of threads. This will make them seem very familiar.
During the session I will demonstrate how fibers and coroutines can be used together with the powerful Boost.Asio library to solve some commonly occurring problems.
To conclude, I will provide some practical tips and guidelines for those who are adding fibers and coroutines to their programming diet.