C++ Fundamentals for Professionals

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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 ma... See More

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Hands-on coding environments

You don’t get better at swimming by watching others. Coding is no different. Practice as you learn with live code environments inside your browser.

Faster than videos

Videos are holding you back. The average video tutorial is spoken at 150 words per minute, while you can read at 250. That‘s why our courses are text-based.

No set-up required

Start learning immediately instead of fiddling with SDKs and IDEs. It‘s all on the cloud.

Progress you can show

Built in assessments let you test your skills. Completion certificates let you show them off.

Course Contents

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1. Core Language

History

2. Literals

Literals

User-Defined Literals

C++14 Built-In Literals

Raw and Cooked

- Examples

- Exercises

- Solutions

3. Types

Scoped Enumerations

- Example

Pointers

Null Pointer

- Examples

References

4. Automatic Type Deduction

Automatic Type Deduction: auto

Refactorization with auto

- Examples

- Exercise

- Solution

Automatic Type Deduction: decltype

Automatic Return Type

- Example

- Exercise

- Solution

5. Casts

Explicit Cast

Dynamic Cast

Static Cast

Const Cast

Reinterpret Cast

Type Information

6. Unified Initialization

Unified Initialization with {}

- Examples

- Exercise

- Solution

7. const, constexpr, and volatile

Const

Constant Expressions: constexpr

- Examples

- Exercises

Volatile

8. Move Semantic and Perfect Forwarding

Rvalues and Lvalues

- Example

Copy vs. Move Semantics

Move Semantics

- Examples

- Exercises

- Solution

Perfect Forwarding

- Example

- Exercise

- Solution

9. Memory Management

Memory Allocation

Release of Memory

- Example

Overloading new and delete

Overloading new and delete: A Few Adjustments

10. Functions

Function Declarations

- Example

Function Overloading

Lambda Functions

- Examples

- Exercises

- Solution

11. Classes and Objects

Class Types

Constructors

More Kinds of Constructors

Initializers for Instances

- Exercise

- Solution

Constructor Delegation

Destructors

- Example

Methods

- Examples

Request and Suppress Methods

- Examples

- Exercise

- Solution

Operator Overloading

Explicit Conversion Operators

- Exercise

- Solution

Call Operator

- Example

- Exercise

- Solution

Access Rights for Members

- Example

Friend Declarations

Structs and Unions

12. Inheritance

Abstract Base Classes

Access Rights

- Examples

- Exercise

Constructor Inheriting

- Example

- Exercise

- Solution

Base Class Initializers

Destructor Calls

- Exercise

Virtual Methods

- Example

- Exercise

Override and Final

- Examples

- Exercise

- Solution

Multiple Inheritance

- Examples

13. Templates

Function Templates

- Examples

- Exercise

- Solution

Class Templates

- Examples

- Exercise

- Solution

Friends

- Examples

- Exercise

- Solution

Template Parameters

- Examples

- Exercise

- Solution

Dependent Names

- Example

Variadic Templates

- Examples

Template Arguments

- Examples

- Exercise

- Solution

Specialization

- Examples

- Exercise

- Solution

CRTP

- Examples

- Exercises

- Solutions

14. Utilities

std::bind and std::function

- Exercise

- Solution

std::pair

std::tuple

- Exercise

- Solution

Reference Wrappers

Type Traits

Type Traits: Categories and Transformations

- Examples

- Exercise

- Solution

15. Smart Pointers

Introduction

Unique Pointers

- Examples

Shared Pointers

- Examples

Weak Pointers

- Example

Cyclic References

- Example

- Exercise

- Solution

Performance Comparison

Passing Smart Pointers

16. 1. Containers in General

Introduction

Create and Delete

Size

Access

Assign and Swap

Compare

17. 1.1 Sequential Containers

Introduction

Arrays

- Exercise

- Solution

Vectors

- Exercise

- Solution

Deques

Lists

Forward Lists

- Exercise

18. 1.2 Associative Containers in General

Introduction

Insertion and Deletion

19. 1.2.1 Ordered Associative Containers

Overview

Keys and Values

The Comparison Criterion

Special Search Functions

Maps

- Exercise

20. 1.2.2 Unordered Associative Containers

Overview

Keys and Values

Performance

The Hash Function

The Details

- Exercise

- Solution

21. 1. Algorithms

Introduction

Conventions

for_each

- Exercise

- Solution

22. 1.1 Non-Modifying Algorithms

Introduction

Search Elements

Counting Elements

Test Ranges

Compare Ranges

Search Ranges

23. 1.2 Modifying Algorithms

Copy Elements and Ranges

Replace Elements and Ranges

Remove Elements and Ranges

Fill and Generate Ranges

Move Ranges

Swap Ranges

Transform Ranges

Reverse Ranges

Rotate Ranges

Shuffle Ranges

Remove Duplicates

24. 1.3 More Algorithms

Partition

Sort

Binary Search

Merge Operation

Heaps

Minimum and Maximum

Permutations

Numeric

- Exercise

- Solution

25. Callables

Introduction

Functions and Function Objects

Lambda Functions

26. Iterators

Introduction

Categories

Iterator Creation

Useful Functions

Adaptors

27. Strings

Introduction

Create and Delete

Conversion Between C++ and C Strings

Size versus Capacity

Comparison and Concatenation

Element Access

Input and Output

Search

- Exercise

- Solution

Modifying Operations

Numeric Conversions

28. Regular Expressions

Introduction

Character Types

Regular Expression Objects

The Search Result

Match

Search

- Exercise

- Solution

Replace

- Exercise

- Solution

Format

Repeated Search

29. Input and Output

Introduction

String Streams

File Streams

- Exercise

- Solution

The State of the Stream

User-Defined Data Types

Hierarchy

iostream

Input and Output Functions

- Exercise

- Solution

Format Specifier

- Exercise

30. Threads

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

- Exercise

- Solution

Methods of Threads

Methods of Threads in Practice

31. Shared Data

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

- Exercise

- Solution

Thread-Safe Initialization

Thread-Safe Initialization: Constant Expressions

Thread-Safe Initialization: call_once and once_flag

- Exercise

- Solution

Thread-Safe Initialization - Static Variables with Block Scope

32. Tasks

Introduction to Tasks

Threads vs. Tasks

Introduction to std::async

async: Start Policy

async: Fire and Forget

- Exercise

- Solution

Introduction to std::packaged_task

- Exercise

- Solution

Introduction to Promises and Futures

- Exercise

- Solution

Promise and Future: Returning a Notification

Introduction to std::shared_future

33. Conclusion

Where to Go from Here?