Name: Generic Programming Templates in C++
Author: Rainer Grimm

Learn C++ from scratch, and get a handle on one of the most popular programming languages in the world.

Add a deep mastery of C++ to your skillset, and make yourself a more in-demand developer.

Part of the C++ Learning Path

Templates are one of the many powerful features of Modern C++ programming. And with each new C++ standard, they become more important. 

Templates provide an efficient way to make your code more flexible and reusable, this way you can avoid repeating code that would otherwise be identical except for different types. Templates also give you the ability to provide abstraction without a performance penalty.

However, templates can be difficult to apply, can be counterintuitive, and have tricky error messages.

This course gives you the necessary information to overcome these hurdles and dive into the advanced topics. You’ll visit the basics such as function and class templates, and then explore the details to templates such as instantiation and fold expressions. Our journey also includes techniques based on templates, the design, and future directions of templates such as concepts. Based on this exhaustive tour of templates, a basic understanding of C++ is sufficient to master this course.

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Generic Programming Templates in C++

About Templates

Who Should Take this Course?

Introduction

Function Templates

- Examples

- Exercise

- Solution

Class Templates

Template Parameters

Template Arguments

Specialization

Basics

Template Instantiation

- Example

Variadic Templates

- Exercises

Fold Expressions

Friends

Dependent Names

Details

Automatic Return Type

Template Metaprogramming

Type-Traits Overview

Type-Traits (Correctness and Optimization)

constexpr

constexpr if

Techniques

Static Versus Dynamic Polymorphism

CRTP

- Solutions

Expression Templates

Idioms and Patterns: Policy and Traits

Idioms and Patterns: Tag Dispatching

Idioms and Patterns: Type Erasure

Design

Overview

History

Functions and Classes

Placeholder Syntax

Predefined Concepts

Define your Concepts: Equal and Ord

Define your Concept: Regular and SemiRegular

Future

Conclusion

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Generic Programming Templates in C++

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