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ACCU 2019 Call for Papers -- ACCU

The ACCU 2019 is now putting together its program, and they want you to speak on C++. The ACCU has a strong C++ track, though it is not a C++-only conference. If you have something to share, check out their

Call for Papers

by the ACCU

From the article:

Historically, ACCU has a lot of C++ and C content, and is proud of that: ACCU is the foremost annual conference for people interested in C++ and C, at least in and around the UK. But it is not just a C++ and C conference, ACCU is about programming in whatever language people are using, with whatever tools and processes people are using: D, Chapel, Java, Kotlin, C#, F#, Groovy, Rust, Go, Python, Ruby, Lisp, to name just a few programming languages about which there have been sessions at ACCU conferences. Git, Mercurial, CMake, Meson, TDD, BDD, allthese tools and techniques have been the focus of sessions at ACCU. The ACCU Conference is looking for sessions that will be interesting to people who create software.

The keynote speakers are M. Angela Sasse, Kate Gregory, Paul Grenyer and Herb Sutter.

The Call for Papers lasts for about 3 weeks and will close on Friday 2018-10-26T23:59+01:00.

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

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.

C++ Links #2--Bartlomiej Filipek

New links to check out!

C++ Links #2

by Bartlomiej Filipek

From the article:

Welcome to new C++ Links - most important and useful articles, podcasts and videos that happened between 8th and 14th of September. Today you will find a link to a post about the C++ quality of life features, a video with an explanation of the difference between const and constexpr, an article that describes some of SFINAE problems and many others.

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

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.

Microsoft Cognitive Services C++ SDK--Sebastiano Galazzo

Are you wondering how to use the Microsoft Cognitive Services with C++?

Microsoft Cognitive Services C++ SDK

by Sebastiano Galazzo

Introduction:

The project is a wrapper to use Microsoft Cognitive Services in standard C++ as is currently not supported.

The project provides full support to Computer Vision API. A wrapper to gphoto2 will provide the full control digital cameras (DSLR), getting the raw shot and making manipulations with Computer Vision API.

Available camera-ai, a working commandline example to take a picture from the camera conneced by USB and analyze by Cognitive Services.

A lot of people have a better C++ than mine, who wants to contribute is welcomed!

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

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.