C++ 11 & 14 Standard Library (Boost) Training Course

Introduction

Development of C++ Language
Introduction to C++11 and C++14
New features summary
Current compiler support

C++11 Features

Type inference (‘auto’)
‘decltype’ and ‘constexpr’
‘nullptr’
Alternative ‘for’
Improved ‘string’
RValue Reference and move semantics
Initialization improvements
             Initializer lists
             Uniform initialization
Pre-processor refinements
Strongly typed enums
Generalized Plain Old Data (POD) in C++11
Exception Safety and use of ‘noexcept’
Alignment

C++11 Class Features

Improved/simplified class definition
Use of ‘override’, ‘final’, ‘default’, ‘delete’
Delegating Constructors

C++11 Template Features

Improvements to Templates to improve and extent support
Alias Templates
Variadic Templates
‘extern’ templates

C++11 Function Syntax

Lambda functions
Alternative function syntax and ‘Function’

Standard Template Library Fundamentals

Review fundamentals of Standard Library
Containers and Container Adapters
Iterators and Iterator Adapters
Algorithms (Including use of algorithms to avoid use of conventional loops)
Function Objects (Functors)
Lambda Functions vs Functors
Idioms of STL and Boost Library

C++11 STL New Features

Some older Standard Library Features are now deprecated.  Review newer alternatives.
Smart Pointers
New Binding capabilities
Revised Iterators
Containers (Hash tables; tuple; etc.)
Regular Expressions

C++11 Memory Model

Threading and Synchronization
Creating and terminating threads
Synchronisation (Mutexes and Atomic operations)
Thread Local Storage
Tasks using ‘async’ and ‘future’

C++14 Features

Generic Lambdas
Initialised Lambda capture
Relaxed ‘constexpr’ restrictions
Variable templates

C++ Future (C++17)

Review proposed new features for the next Standard C++