Advanced C++ Training Course

About the course:

Sharpen your C++ skills

The hands-on Advanced C++ Programming course course is intended to teach existing C++ programmers more about the hugely popular and mature general-purpose language and to implement good development practices and expert techniques in order to build better, more robust applications.

The course will be valuable to C++ developers working across all platforms - please let us know your preference of C++ IDE and we'll try and accommodate you accordingly during the course.

You will also get a good introduction to the most important C++ new features.

The Advanced C++ course is divided into four sections:

C++ Language Best Practices

This section examines various C++ language areas that people may not know in detail, and common scenarios which cause confusion about exactly how things work. This introduction gives students a solid foundation for the rest of the course.

C++ Templates

This section gives students a deep dive into getting the most out of Templates. While course delegates may be familiar with C++ templates, it is likely there are facets and powerful features that aren't being used to their full, and as a cornerstone of modern C++ development (and indeed the rest of the course) we will be going into some solid detail in this area.

C++ Idioms and Design Patterns

The unique features of C++ (specifically Manual Memory Management and Templates) present challenges to the programmer, and also provide ways to overcome them. This section looks at a number of key idioms and patterns, showing how best they can be implemented in C++.

Standard C++ Libraries and Boost C++ Libraries

The final section looks at really getting under the bonnet of the C++ Standard Library and also making the best use of the Boost C++ libraries, examining the productivity and code quality improvements that can be made.

If you are interested in custom / on-site C++ / Boost Libraries training for any size of team, please get in touch - we would be glad to help build a course that meets your learning requirements.

We can take into account your existing technical skills, project requirements and timeframes, and specific topics of interest to tailor the most relevant and focussed course for you.

This can be particularly useful if you need to learn just the new features and Best Practices with C++ and the Boost libraries, or need to include extra topics to help with pre-requisite skills.

In a nutshell Who should attend On-site Course syllabus

By the end of this course, you will have learnt:

Const and Casting
Conversions and Scope
Proper Exception Handling
Memory Management
C++11 Features
Template Functions, Classes and Metaprogramming
Implementing Value Types
The Handle/body Idiom
Functors
Smart Pointers
Singletons
STL Containers, Traits. Iterators and Algorithms
Boost C++ Libraries

Who should attend

Anyone involved in C++ programming who would like to take their skills to a higher level. This course isgenuinely advanced and will provide an engaging and enjoyable challenge for course delegates. This course is not suitable for those who have not programmed in C++ before, or who do not have a reasonable amount of C++ experience. Neither is it suitable for programmers from similar backgrounds such as Java or C# who need to cross-train, but if that's your requirement please get in touch, as we can certainly offer training to better suit your needs.

Prerequisites

Delegates should have practical experience of programming in modern C++

On-site

If you are interested in custom / on-site C++ 11 training for any size of team, please get in touch – we would be glad to help build a course that meets your learning requirements.

We can take into account your existing technical skills, project requirements and timeframes, and specific topics of interest to tailor the most relevant and focussed course for you.

Part 1: C++ Language Features Best Practices

Const and Casting

Const correctness
Overloading on const
C++ cast operators
Mutable

Conversions and Scope

Standard conversions
Converting constructors
User defined conversions
Namespaces
Koenig lookup
Nested types
Static

Proper Exception Handling

Throwing and catching correctly
Exception safe code

Memory Management

The new handler
Placement new
Overloading new and delete

C++11 New Features

auto
initialization syntax
rvalue references
nullptr
enums
range-based for
lambdas
threading

Part 2: C++ Templates

C++ Template Functions

What are templates?
Implementing template functions
Template instantiation

C++ Template Classes

Creating a template class
Class instantiation
Non-type template parameters
Specialization

C++ Template Metaprogramming

A brief introduction to metaprogramming

Part 3: C++ Idioms and Design Patterns

Implementing Value Types

What are value types?
Construction and destruction
Copying and assignment
Operator overloading

The Handle/body Idiom

The Bridge design pattern
Using Bridge to decouple compilation
Implementing handle/body

C++ Functors

What are functors?
Implementing functors using operator overloading

Smart Pointers

What are smart pointers?
Uses of smart pointers in C++
Implementing a simple smart pointer
Reference counting and smart pointers
Std::auto_ptr

C++ Singletons

The Singleton design pattern
A naïve implementation
Problems with Singleton in C++
Controlling Singleton lifetime

Part 4: C++ Standard Template Libraries (STL)

STL Concepts

Concept-based programming
Containers, iterators and algorithms

STL Containers

Sequence containers
Associative containers
Adapters

STL Traits

The need for traits
Implementation of traits in STL

STL Iterators

The Iterator design pattern
Iterator concepts in C++
Iterators and containers
Implementing and using iterators
Stream iterators

STL Algorithms

The STL standard algorithms
Creating and using algorithms

Introduction to Boost

What is Boost?
Obtaining and installing Boost
Overview of the Boost libraries

Common Boost Libraries

boost::tuple
boost::any
boost::ref
The Boost smart pointers
boost::bind

Advanced C++ Training Course

Course overview

Tailor this course for your business

About the course:

Sharpen your C++ skills

C++ Language Best Practices

C++ Templates

C++ Idioms and Design Patterns

Standard C++ Libraries and Boost C++ Libraries

By the end of this course, you will have learnt:

Who should attend

Prerequisites

On-site

Part 1: C++ Language Features Best Practices

Const and Casting

Conversions and Scope

Proper Exception Handling

Memory Management

C++11 New Features

Part 2: C++ Templates

C++ Template Functions

C++ Template Classes

C++ Template Metaprogramming

Part 3: C++ Idioms and Design Patterns

Implementing Value Types

The Handle/body Idiom

C++ Functors

Smart Pointers

C++ Singletons

Part 4: C++ Standard Template Libraries (STL)

STL Concepts

STL Containers

STL Traits

STL Iterators

STL Algorithms

Introduction to Boost

Common Boost Libraries

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Advanced C++ Training Course

Course overview

Tailor this course for your business

About the course:

Sharpen your C++ skills

C++ Language Best Practices

C++ Templates

C++ Idioms and Design Patterns

Standard C++ Libraries and Boost C++ Libraries

By the end of this course, you will have learnt:

Who should attend

Prerequisites

On-site

Part 1: C++ Language Features Best Practices

Const and Casting

Conversions and Scope

Proper Exception Handling

Memory Management

C++11 New Features

Part 2: C++ Templates

C++ Template Functions

C++ Template Classes

C++ Template Metaprogramming

Part 3: C++ Idioms and Design Patterns

Implementing Value Types

The Handle/body Idiom

C++ Functors

Smart Pointers

C++ Singletons

Part 4: C++ Standard Template Libraries (STL)

STL Concepts

STL Containers

STL Traits

STL Iterators

STL Algorithms

Introduction to Boost

Common Boost Libraries

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