Modern C++ Idioms

C++ is no longer C with classes, and it never was just an Object-Oriented language. C++ is a general-purpose programming language. It has imperative, object-oriented, and generic programming features while also providing facilities for low-level memory manipulation. If used correctly, it provides hard-to-beat performance. Such usage requires a good knowledge of C++ templates and Modern C++ Idioms, which are much different from commonly known design patterns popularized by the GoF book and invented to handle common use cases in pure OO languages like Java or C#.

What you will learn: During the workshop, we will refresh and broaden our knowledge about C++ templates and will learn Modern C++ Idioms like Niebloid, CRTP, Type Erasure, EBO, and many more. Crafting those skills will allow us to build powerful tools that are useful in the everyday work of every C++ developer.

Experience required: In order to be able to follow the workshop, you should be current with C++ and have some recent experience with writing simple C++ templates.

Environment: A laptop with a web browser and access to the Internet. All hands-on exercises will be implemented using Compiler Explorer.

1. C++ Basics in a nutshell
2. C++ Types
3. Value Categories
4. Name Lookup
5. Swap
6. Range-based for loop
7. Special Member Functions
8. Exception Safety
9. C++ Templates in a nutshell
10. C++ template definition
11. Template parameters
12. Template specialization
13. Modern C++ Idioms
14. Non-Movable
15. RAII
16. Copy-and-swap
17. Smart Pointer
18. type_identity
19. Type Traits
20. Tag dispatch
21. Policy-based design
22. EBO
23. Type Erasure
24. SOO
25. Copy-on-write
26. CRTP
27. Barton-Nackman Trick
28. Singleton
29. Customization point object (Niebloid)
30. Mixin