C++ Advanced training course

Part 1: Using Language Features Correctly

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

Part 2: Templates

Template Functions

• What are templates?
• Implementing template functions
• Template instantiation

Template Classes

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

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

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 (deprecated)

Singletons

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

Policy-Based Design

• Efficient library design
• Mixing templates and multiple inheritance
• Policies and policy classes

Part 4: Standard Template Library

STL concepts

• Concept-based programming
• Containers, iterators and algorithms

Containers

• Sequence containers
• Associative containers
• Adapters

Traits

• The need for traits
• Implementation of traits in STL

Iterators

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

Algorithms

• The STL standard algorithms
• Creating and using algorithm

Part 5: The Boost Libraries

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
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