C++: Advanced Topics

Introduction

• Advanced programming with C++

1. Classes and Objects

• Defining a class
• Data members
• Function members
• Constructors and destructors
• Explicit constructors
• Namespaces
• Self-referencing pointer
• Operator overloads
• Non-member operators
• Conversion operators
• Increment and decrement operators
• Allocating object memory
• Functors
• Example: numword

2. Class Inheritance

• Overview of inheritance
• Simple inheritance
• Accessing the base class
• Friendship
• Multiple inheritance
• Polymorphism

3. Smart Pointers

• Why smart pointers
• Unique pointer
• Shared pointer
• Weak pointer
• Using a custom deleter
• Choosing a smart pointer

4. Move Semantics

• What is move semantics
• Understanding lvalues and rvalues
• Using std::move
• The move constructor
• The move assignment operator
• The copy-and-swap idiom
• Rule of five

5. Lambda Functions

• Lambda syntax
• Captures
• Polymorphic lambdas

6. The C Preprocessor

• About the preprocessor
• Macros as constants
• Including files
• Conditional compilation
• Defining macros
• Including files only once

7. Unit Tests

• The importance of unit tests
• A unit test library

8. Custom String Library

• Why non-STL strings?
• Overview of BWString
• Constructors
• Memory management
• Operators
• Utility methods
• Find and replace
• Splitting strings
• Using the BWString library

Conclusion

• Next steps