Category Archives: C++17
C++ Initialization, Spanish Edition, and a Bonus
Late last year I got in touch with Bartłomiej (Bartek) Filipek, a renowned author and poster, to translate his C++ Initialization Story book to Spanish. Alas, Bartek not only agreed to the translation, but decided to provide the book for … Continue reading
Look what the cat dragged in…
Well, in reality I like birds better. Disclaimer: I got C++ Lambda Story as a gift from the author, Bartłomiej Filipek, and in a previous post I shared that I had covered the book end to end. Nonetheless, it’s nice … Continue reading
CPPCON2020 Plenary Session Review: Performance Matters
This was my favorite session. I must confess that I’ve seen it three times, and had the time to go slowly over the topic discussed: performance. Emery Berger needs no introduction. Just check his LinkedIn profile, but just in case, … Continue reading
CPPCON2020 Session Review: Retiring the Singleton Pattern: Concrete suggestions for what to use instead
The Singleton design pattern has been discussed ad naseaum over the years. Peter Muldoon starts with the motivation for this talk: an occurrence of Singleton in the workplace, oh my! The premise of the talk, is not whether to keep … Continue reading
CPPCON2020 Session Review: Back to Basics: Class Layout
There are two types of knowledge: timely and timeless. Knowing how your types are laid out onto physical hardware is programmer’s gold and it is timeless knowledge. It never leaves you. I would recommend strongly this talk if you work … Continue reading
CPPCON2020 Session Review: The Future of C++ Parallel and Concurrency Safety Guidelines
“I test, therefore I exist.” Paraphrasing René Descartes, what do you do if you’ve been conditioned from your engineering “birth” to test, and test everything. This session is a fit for you if you program systems that require safety as … Continue reading
CPPCON2020 Session Review: The Hidden Secrets of Move Semantics
I “virtually” attended this session and followed it fully, and went through it again to write this short session review. But then, I’m biased. Continue reading
CPPCON2020 Session Review: Collaborative Development with Visual Studio Code
Julia Reid walks through three main topics in this entertaining session about Visual Studio Code: the Visual Studio Code, CMake and vcpkg trifecta, remote development, including containers, and collaboration using LiveShare. Continue reading
CPPCON2020 Session Review: Back To Basics: The Structure of a Program
Bob Steagall will walk you through the anatomy of a C++ program, explaining each of the parts. If you want to make sense of it all, check out this talk. Continue reading
CPPCON2020 Session Review: Back to Basics: The Abstract Machine
If you’ve been flirting with C++, and are past the customary “Hello, world!” program, have been programming for a few months, but want to commit to a serious relationship, then this talk is for you. Bob Steagall masterfully walks you … Continue reading
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