Modern C++

--- New features in C++11/C++14/C++17/C++20 ---

Who should attend?

Software developers who want to get acquainted with the new language features of the most recent C++ standards C++11, C++14, C++17 and C++20.

Pre-requisites:

A good working knowledge of "Classical C++" (language features of C++98/03 including templates). Potentially existing foreknowledge gaps can optionally be filled by a customised version of the course "C++ Refresher".

Duration:

3 days

Course Description:

The new language standards since C++11 increased the scope of the C++ programming language considerably. Apart from many innovations, which mainly simplify the reading and writing of programs, the language standards also introduced new concepts, which require a good understanding of their objective and behaviour, before they can be applied beneficially. This course starts from classical C++ knowledge and shows which new language
features have been introduced in C++11, C++14, C++17 and C++20. Additionally Smart Pointers, as part of the C++ standard library, are covered in this training. Further innovations of the C++ standard library are subject of other courses, such as "C++ Multithreading".

Course Outline:

Uniform Initialisation
Range-Based Loops
Automatic Type Deduction (auto, decltype)
Scoped Enumerations
Rvalue References and Move Semantics
Constant Expressions (constexpr)
Lambda Functions and Lambda Captures
Special Member Functions
Constructor Delegation
Inheriting Constructor, override and final
Variadic Templates
Perfect Forwarding
Smart Pointers (unique/shared/weak_ptr)
Binary Literals and Digit Separators
Raw String Literals
User Defined Literals
Explicit Type Conversion
noexcept
static_assert
Attributes
Variable Templates
Automatic Type Deduction for Template Classes
Variable Initialisation in if and switch
Data Type byte
Type Traits
constexpr if
Template Parameter List for Generic Lambda Functions
Designated Initializers
Concepts
3-Way-Comparison (“Space Ship Operator”)
Modules
Compile Time Support Extensions