C++ 17 Standard Library (Boost) Training Course

Introduction

Overview of History of C++ Language
Introduction to C++11/C++14 and C++17
New features summary
Current compiler support

C++11 onward 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
Type Traits
Exception Safety and use of ‘noexcept’
Alignment

Class Features

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

Template Features

Improved Template support
Discussion of Template and Auto type deduction
Alias Templates
Variadic Templates
‘extern’ templates
Template Templates
Variable 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

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

Memory Model

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

C++14 SPECIFIC Features

Generic Lambdas
Initialised Lambda capture
Relaxed ‘constexpr’ restrictions

C++17 FEATURES

The demonstration and usage of some these features may depend upon available compiler support!
Review latest C++ features
Initialization statements within selection statements
constexpr if
Fold expressions
Attributes
string_view
Splicing maps and sets
Miscellaneous other small features!
Algorithms Library – Execution Policies
Sequential and parallel policies
Parallel Algorithms