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C++ Fundamentals for Professionals

Gain insights into professional C++ with essential C++17 standards. Learn about memory management, inheritance, templates, threads, and more to optimize performance and ensure high safety.

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C++ is a common first choice for software developers when optimal performance and high safety are necessary. Learning the rich core language and the many libraries, however, can be a neverending story. This course has one goal: ending that story. This course is a combination of new material and material pulled from my other C++ courses, giving you all the most crucial information in one place. You will learn the necessary information you need to be a professional C++ programmer, including the current C++17 standard. You’ll explore memory management, inheritance, templates, vectors, threads, tasks, and much more. Once you're done, you’ll have all the necessary skills to take advantage of the potential of C++ in your day-to-day work.

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321 Lessons

1.

Core Language

1 Lessons

Get familiar with C++ history, evolution, and its core features in programming.

2.

Literals

7 Lessons

Look at literals in C++, including user-defined types, practical examples, and exercises.

User-Defined Literals

C++14 Built-In Literals

3.

Types

6 Lessons

Examine scoped enumerations, pointers, null pointer, and references in C++.

Scoped Enumerations

4.

Automatic Type Deduction

10 Lessons

Enhance your skills in automatic type deduction, `auto` and `decltype`, and return type inference.

Automatic Type Deduction: auto

Refactorization with auto

Automatic Type Deduction: decltype

Automatic Return Type

5.

Casts

6 Lessons

Dig into explicit casting operators, dynamic casting, static casting, const and reinterpret casting in C++.

Reinterpret Cast

Type Information

6.

Unified Initialization

4 Lessons

Tackle unified initialization in C++ with {}, examples, and exercises on standard containers.

Unified Initialization with {}

7.

const, constexpr, and volatile

5 Lessons

Build on using `const`, `constexpr`, and `volatile` for efficient, safe, and adaptable C++ code.

Constant Expressions: constexpr

8.

Move Semantic and Perfect Forwarding

11 Lessons

Sharpen your skills in C++ move semantics, copy vs. move, and perfect forwarding.

Rvalues and Lvalues

Copy vs. Move Semantics

Perfect Forwarding

9.

Memory Management

5 Lessons

Look at explicit memory management, RAII principles, and overloading new/delete in C++.

Memory Allocation

Release of Memory

Overloading new and delete

Overloading new and delete: A Few Adjustments

10.

Functions

7 Lessons

Master the steps to function declarations, overloading, and lambda functions in C++.

Function Declarations

Function Overloading

Lambda Functions

11.

Classes and Objects

27 Lessons

Grasp the fundamentals of creating and managing classes and objects in C++.

More Kinds of Constructors

Initializers for Instances

Constructor Delegation

Request and Suppress Methods

Operator Overloading

Explicit Conversion Operators

Access Rights for Members

Friend Declarations

Structs and Unions

12.

Inheritance

20 Lessons

Explore inheritance, abstract base classes, access rights, constructor inheritance, virtual methods, and multiple inheritance in C++.

Abstract Base Classes

Constructor Inheriting

Base Class Initializers

Destructor Calls

Virtual Methods

Override and Final

Multiple Inheritance

13.

Templates

32 Lessons

Focus on C++ templates for functions, classes, parameters, specialization, and CRTP, enhancing flexibility and code reuse.

Function Templates

Class Templates

Template Parameters

Dependent Names

Variadic Templates

Template Arguments

14.

Utilities

13 Lessons

Build on C++ utilities covering std::bind, lambda, pairs, tuples, reference wrappers, and type traits.

std::bind and std::function

Reference Wrappers

Type Traits: Categories and Transformations

15.

Smart Pointers

13 Lessons

Learn how to use smart pointers in C++ for efficient memory management and resource handling.

Unique Pointers

Shared Pointers

Cyclic References

Performance Comparison

Passing Smart Pointers

16.

1. Containers in General

6 Lessons

Look at container operations: creation, size determination, element access, assignment, and comparison in C++.

Create and Delete

Assign and Swap

17.

1.1 Sequential Containers

11 Lessons

Examine C++ sequential containers, their functionalities, advantages, and efficient memory usage.

18.

1.2 Associative Containers in General

2 Lessons

Grasp the fundamentals of C++ associative containers, including insertion and deletion mechanisms.

Insertion and Deletion

19.

1.2.1 Ordered Associative Containers

6 Lessons

Take a closer look at C++ ordered associative containers, their keys, comparison criteria, and special search functions.

Keys and Values

The Comparison Criterion

Special Search Functions

20.

1.2.2 Unordered Associative Containers

7 Lessons

See how unordered associative containers enhance performance using hash functions in C++.

Keys and Values

The Hash Function

21.

1. Algorithms

5 Lessons

Approach using STL algorithms and conventions to efficiently manipulate container elements.

22.

1.1 Non-Modifying Algorithms

6 Lessons

Step through non-modifying algorithms for searching, counting, testing, and comparing ranges in C++.

Search Elements

Counting Elements

23.

1.2 Modifying Algorithms

11 Lessons

Unpack the core of modifying algorithms to copy, replace, remove, fill, generate, move, swap, transform, reverse, rotate, shuffle, and remove duplicates.

Copy Elements and Ranges

Replace Elements and Ranges

Remove Elements and Ranges

Fill and Generate Ranges

Transform Ranges

Remove Duplicates

24.

1.3 More Algorithms

10 Lessons

Break apart advanced algorithms for sorting, searching, merging, and numeric operations in C++.

Merge Operation

Minimum and Maximum

25.

Callables

3 Lessons

Grasp the fundamentals of callables in C++, including functions, function objects, and lambda functions.

Functions and Function Objects

Lambda Functions

26.

Iterators

5 Lessons

Solve problems in C++ using iterators for efficient container navigation and modification.

Iterator Creation

Useful Functions

27.

Strings

12 Lessons

See how it works with creating, manipulating, and efficiently managing C++ string operations.

Create and Delete

Conversion Between C++ and C Strings

Size versus Capacity

Comparison and Concatenation

Input and Output

Modifying Operations

Numeric Conversions

28.

Regular Expressions

13 Lessons

Master regular expressions in C++ for text processing, pattern matching, replacing, and formatting.

Character Types

Regular Expression Objects

The Search Result

Repeated Search

29.

Input and Output

14 Lessons

Learn how to use C++ streams for efficient I/O, file handling, and data formatting.

The State of the Stream

User-Defined Data Types

Input and Output Functions

Format Specifier

30.

Threads

11 Lessons

Discover the logic behind C++ threading, from creation to managing thread lifetimes and synchronization.

Introduction to Threads

Creation of Threads

Managing Thread Lifetime

Thread Lifetime Management: Warnings and Tips

Passing Arguments to Threads

Arguments of Threads: Undefined Behavior

Arguments of Threads: Race Conditions and Locks

Methods of Threads

Methods of Threads in Practice

31.

Shared Data

16 Lessons

Master the steps to handle shared data, mutexes, locks, and thread-safe initialization in C++.

Introduction to Shared Data

Introduction to Mutexes

Mutex Types and Locking Methods

Issues of Mutexes: Deadlocks

Issues of Mutexes: Avoiding Exceptions

Types of Locks: std::lock_guard

Types of Locks: std::unique_lock

Types of Locks: std::shared_lock

Thread-Safe Initialization

Thread-Safe Initialization: Constant Expressions

Thread-Safe Initialization: call_once and once_flag

Thread-Safe Initialization - Static Variables with Block Scope

32.

Tasks

15 Lessons

Enhance your skills in asynchronous tasks, std::async, std::packaged_task, promises, and futures.

Introduction to Tasks

Threads vs. Tasks

Introduction to std::async

async: Start Policy

async: Fire and Forget

Introduction to std::packaged_task

Introduction to Promises and Futures

Promise and Future: Returning a Notification

Introduction to std::shared_future

33.

Conclusion

1 Lessons

Understand how modern C++ advancements benefit embedded, server, gaming, and trading systems.

Where to Go from Here?

Certificate of Completion

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