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C++ Day 2018

By Marco Arena | Oct 15, 2018 06:07 AM | Tags: events community

A full day of C++ in Italy:

C++ Day 2018

November 24, 2018

Pavia (Italy)

 

In a nutshell

The C++ Day 2018 is a full-day event entirely dedicated to the C++ language, hosted in Pavia (Italy).

The event consists in some technical sessions (ITA and ENG) and networking.

Keynote: HPX : High performance computing in C++ with concurrency, parallelism and futures by John Biddiscombe from the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre in Lugano.

 

Who should attend the C++ Day 2018?

This event is made by C++ professionals for C++ professionals, students and enthusiasts. Whoever is interested in the C++ language and is keen on meeting the Italian C++ ecosystem is welcome!

 

What can I find in the C++ Day 2018?

The agenda consists of 1x90' keynote, 8x50' and 2x20' tech talks and 2.5 hours allocated for networking.

Topcis of the tech talks:

  • C++20
  • A.I.
  • Reflection
  • GIS in C++
  • Algorithms & Optimization
  • Scientific Computing
  • Python Integration
  • Metaprogramming

 

You can refer to the detailed program for more information.
 

When and Where will the C++ Day 2018 take place?

The event will be held on November 24, 2018 at University of Pavia, in Pavia (Italy).

Check-in opens at 8.30 AM, the main event begins at 9.45 AM and will last for a full day.
 

Who supports this event?

The Italian C++ Community co-organizes the event with some students of the University of Pavia.

We don't have sponsorships yet. Please get in touch if you want to support/sponsor the event!

 

Do I need to register?

The C++ Day 2018 is free, but you must register to facilitate the organization of the event.

You can register here.

Word Counting in C++: Implementing a Simple Word Counter--Jonathan Boccara

By Adrien Hamelin | Oct 12, 2018 11:36 AM | Tags: intermediate community

Useful to learn.

Word Counting in C++: Implementing a Simple Word Counter

by Jonathan Boccara

From the article:

Word counts can reveal information about your code, or make an unknown piece of code more expressive to your eyes.

There are online tools to count words in generic text, but most of those I’ve come across are designed around counting words in text and SEO (Search Engine Optimization). Since analysing source code is not the same thing as analysing the text of a blog post, let’s design a tool fit for our needs of counting words in code. This way, we will be able to make it evolve when we discover new tasks to try with our word counter.

Another reason to write our own word counter is that it will let us practice interface design, and also STL algorithms, which are useful to master for coding in C++.

For this first version of our word counter, the objective will be to put together a working prototype. Then we will improve it over future posts, by adding features and by refining its implementation...

JSON for Modern C++ version 3.3.0--Niels Lohmann

By Adrien Hamelin | Oct 8, 2018 10:53 AM | Tags: community

Are you using it?

JSON for Modern C++ version 3.3.0

by Niels Lohmann

From the article:

This release adds support for GCC 4.8. Furthermore, it adds a function get_to to write a JSON value to a passed reference. Another topic of this release was the CMake support which has been overworked and documented.

Besides, a lot of bugs have been fixed and slight improvements have been made. All changes are backward-compatible...

ACCU 2019 Call for Papers -- ACCU

By Felix Petriconi | Oct 7, 2018 11:19 AM | Tags: community

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

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.

C++ Links #2--Bartlomiej Filipek

By Adrien Hamelin | Sep 18, 2018 12:30 PM | Tags: community

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

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.