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Blogs
Collector
- Meeting C++ Blogroll by Jens Weller (weekly collection of blog posts)
General
- Andreas Fertig’s blog by Andreas Fertig (Intermediate; author of C++ Insights)
- Bartosz Milewski’s Programming Cafe (Category Theorie, Haskell, Concurrency, C++; advanced)
- C++ Stories by Bartlomiej Filipek (Beginner/Intermediate)
- foonathan by Jonathan Müller (Intermediate/Advanced)
- Fluent C++ by Jonathan Boccara (Beginner/Intermediate)
- Modernes C++ by Rainer Grimm (Beginner/Intermediate)
- Simplify C++ by Arne Mertz (Beginner/Intermediate)
- Stuff mostly about C++ by Arthur O’Dwyer (Intermediate)
- Sutter’s Mill by Herb Sutter (Beginner/Intermediate)
Concurrency
- Just Software Solutions by Anthony Williams
- Preshing on Programming (his posts about the memory model are the best I know)
- Sutter’s Mill (33 articles on effective concurrency) by Herb Sutter
Coroutines
- Asymmetric Transfer by Lewis Baker (Very insightful but advanced)
- How C++ Coroutines work by Kirit (Motivating introduction)
Design Patterns
- Design Patterns by Alexander Shvets (Beginner)
Microsoft
- C++ Team Blog by Microsoft (Beginner/Intermediate)
Collector
- Meeting C++ Blogroll by Jens Weller (weekly collection of blog posts)
General
- Andreas Fertig’s blog by Andreas Fertig (Intermediate; author of C++ Insights)
- Bartosz Milewski’s Programming Cafe (Category Theorie, Haskell, Concurrency, C++; advanced)
- C++ Stories by Bartlomiej Filipek (Beginner/Intermediate)
- foonathan by Jonathan Müller (Intermediate/Advanced)
- Fluent C++ by Jonathan Boccara (Beginner/Intermediate)
- Modernes C++ by Rainer Grimm (Beginner/Intermediate)
- Simplify C++ by Arne Mertz (Beginner/Intermediate)
- Stuff mostly about C++ by Arthur O’Dwyer (Intermediate)
- Sutter’s Mill by Herb Sutter (Beginner/Intermediate)
Concurrency
- Just Software Solutions by Anthony Williams
- Preshing on Programming (his posts about the memory model are the best I know)
- Sutter’s Mill (33 articles on effective concurrency) by Herb Sutter
Coroutines
- Asymmetric Transfer by Lewis Baker (Very insightful but advanced)
- How C++ Coroutines work by Kirit (Motivating introduction)
Design Patterns
- Design Patterns by Alexander Shvets (Beginner)
Microsoft
- C++ Team Blog by Microsoft (Beginner/Intermediate)
Books
General
- The C++ Programming Language by Bjarne Stroustrup (comprehensive book about C++11; fourth edition)
Best Practices
Clean Code
- Beautiful C++: 30 Core Guidelines for Writing Clean, Safe, and Fast Code by J.Guy Davidson, and Kate Gregory (I was a proofreader)
- Clean C++20: Sustainable Software Development and Best Practices by Stephan Roth (clean code, C++ idioms, functional programming, testing, and design patterns)
- C++ Coding Standards: 101 Rules, Guidelines, and Best Practices by Herb Sutter and Andrei Alexandrescu (covers legacy C++)
- C++ Core Guidelines Explained: Best Practices for Modern C++ by Rainer Grimm
Effective C++
Effective C++: 55 Specific Ways to Improve your Programs and Design (the classic; covers C++98) More Effective C++: 32 New Ways to Improve your Programs and Design (the extension to the classic; covers C++98) Effective Modern C++: 42 Specific Ways to Improve your Programs and Design (I was a proofreader; covers C++11/14) by Scott Meyers
Exceptional C++
- Exceptional C++: 47 Engineering Puzzles, Programming Problems, and Solutions (intermediate/advanced challenges; based on C++98)
- Exceptional C++ Style: 40 New Engineering Puzzles, Programming Problems, and Solutions (intermediate/advanced challenges; based on C++98) by Herb Sutter
Legacy Code
- Working Effectively with Legacy Code by Robert C. Feathers (the classic)
Refactoring
- Refactoring by Marting Fowler
- Refactoring to Patterns by Joshua Kerievsky
Concurrency
- The Art of Multiprocessor Programming by Maurice Herlihy and Nir Shavit (advanced; the classic)
- C++ Concurrency in Action (second edition) by Anthony Williams (advanced, the reference book)
- Concurrency with Modern C++ by Rainer Grimm
Cookbooks
- Modern C++ Programming Cookbook (Second Edition) by Marius Bancila (More than 100 recipes from core language, library, best practices, testing, including C++20)
- C++20 STL Cookbook by Bill Weinman (Standard Template library based recipes, including C++20)
Embedded
- Real Time C++ by Christopher Kormanyos (Intermeidate/Advanced)
Efficiency
- The Art of Writing Efficient Programs by Fedor G. Pikus (Many deep insights, but challenging to read)
- Discovering Modern C++ by Peter Gottschling (I’m biased because Peter is a good friend)
Functional Programming
- Functional Programming in C++ by Ivan Cukic (Functional Theory applied in modern C++)
Implementation
- Inside the C++ Object Model by Stanley B. Lippman
Introduction
- A Tour of C++ by Bjarne Stroustrup (an overview of C++ as defined by C++17)
- The Design and Evolution of C++ by Bjarne Stroustrup (the design goals and practical constraints of C++)
Libraries
Open Source C++ Libraries
- A list of open source C++ libraries on cppreference.com
Boost
- The Boost C++ Libraries by Boris Schäling (good overview)
ACE
- C++ Network Programming Volume 1 by Douglas C. Schmidt and Stephen D. Huston (applied design patterns an architectural pattern in ACE (ADAPTIVE Communication Environment) )
- C++ Network Programming Volume 2 by Douglas C. Schmidt and Stephen D. Huston (applied design patterns an architectural pattern in ACE)
Patterns
Anti-Patterns
- AntiPatterns: Refactoring Software, Architectures, and Projects in Crisis by William J. Brown, Raphael C. Malveau, Hays W. “”Skip”” McCormick, andThomas J. Mowbray
Design Patterns
- Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, and John Vlissides (the classic)
- Design-Patterns-GoF by Bart Vandewoestyne (C++ implementation of all examples; based on C++98)
- Head First Design Patterns (Second Edition) by Eric Freeman and Elisabeth Robson (best introduction)
Embedded
- Small Memory Software: Patterns for systems with limited memory by Charles Weir, and James Noble
C++
- Modern C++ Design by Andrei Alexandrescu (advanced; a seminal book for C++)
- Hands-On Design Patterns with C++ by Fedor G. Pikus (advanced)
Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture
- Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture, Volume 1 by Frank Buschmann, Regine Meunier, Hans Rohnert, Peter Sommerlad, and Michael Stal (the classic)
- Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture, Volume 2: Patterns for Concurrent and Networked Objects) by Douglas C. Schmidt, Michael Stal, Hans Rohnert, and Frank Buschmann (the classic)
- Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture, Volume 3: Patterns for Resource Management by Michael Kirchner, and Prashant Jain
- Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture, Volume 4: A Pattern Language for Distributed Programming by Frank Buschmann, Kevlin Henney, and Douglas C. Schmidt
- Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture, Volume 5: Patterns and Pattern Language by Frank Buschmann, Kevlin Henney, and Dougles C. Schmidt
Software Design
- C++ Software Design by Klaus Iglberger (I’m biased because Klaus is a friend)
Performance
- The Art of Writing Efficient Programs by Fedor G.Pikus (must have for an experienced, performance oriented C++ programmer)
Software Engineering
- Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams by Tom DeMarco and Timothy Lister (the classic about software management)
- The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering by Fred Brooks (the classic about typical scheduling failures; a must read)
- The Deadline: A Novel About Project Management by Tom DeMarco
Standard Library
- The C++ Standard Library by Nicolai Josuttis (the reference book about the C++ standard library; based on C++11)
- The C++ Standard Library by Rainer Grimm (a comprehensive guide; based on C++20)
- C++20 STL Cookbook by Bill Weinmann (many value receipts around modern C++)
Theory
- From Mathematics to Generic Programming by Daniel Rose and Alexander A. Stepanov (the mathematical ideas behind the STL; one of my favorites)
- Elements of Programming by Alexander Stepanov and Paul McJones (more formal treatment of many ideas in From Mathematics to Generic Programming, pretty advanced to read)
Templates
- C++ Templates – The Complete Guide (2nd Edition) by David Vandevoorde, Nicolai M. Josuttis, and Douglas Gregor (the reference book)
Template Metaprogramming
- Advanced Metaprogramming in Classic C++ by Davide Di Gennaro (advanced, based on C++03)
- C++ Template Metaprogramming: Concepts, Tools, and Techniques from Boost and Beyond by Aleksey Gurtovoy, and David Abrahams (advanced, based on C++03)
- Generative Programming: Methods, Tools, and Applications by Krzysztof Czarnecki, and Ulrich Eisenecker (the seminal book for Template Metaprogramming; based on C++98)
- Modern C++ Design by Andrei Alexandrescu (advanced; a seminal book for C++, based on C++98)
- Template Metaprogramming with C++ by Marius Bancila (best introduction, based on C++20)
Tools
CMake
- Professional CMake: A Practical Guide by Craig Scott
- Modern CMake for C++ by Rafał Świdziński (should be your starting point)
Conferences
Conference | Time | Duration | Participants | Place | Video | Characteristics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
C++ Russia | Spring and autumn | 3 days | 200 - 300 | Moscow or St. Petersburg | ||
Spring | 3 days | 150 -200 | Bochum | |||
Spring | 2 days | 200 -300 | Bucharest | |||
April | 3 days | 150 -200 | Bristol |
Documentation
General
C++ FAQ
C++ Idioms
- More C++ Idioms (Wikibook)
Guideliness
- AUTOSAR C++14 (Guidelines for the use of the C++14 language in critical and safety-related systems by the AUTOSAR development partnership)
- C++ Core Guidelines (Community driven guidelines for best practices in modern C++; editors are Bjarne Stroustrup, and Herb Sutter)
- MISRA C++ (Based on C++03; the upcoming update is based on C++17 and includes C++20)
Tools
CMake
Conan
Libraries
General
- Boost C++ Libraries (the unofficial standard for C++ libraries; incubator for future C++ standards)
C++20
- data by Howard Hinnant (prototype library for the C++20 chrono extensions)
- fmt by Victor Zverovich (prototype library for the C++20 formatting library)
Concurrency
- Concurrent Data Structures (CDS, contains many lock-free data structures)
- Boost.Lockfree (contains a lock-free queue, a lock-free stack, and a wait-free ring buffer)
Networking
- POCO by Günther Obiltschnig (lightweight and convenient to use library)
Unicode
- ICU – International Components for Unicode (industry standard for unicode in C++)
Online Compilers
General
Special
- Compiler Explorer (visualizes assembly code and executes it by Matt Godbolt)
- Local installation ⇒ Compiler Explorer on GitHub
- Cpp C++Insights (shows compiler transformations by Andreas Fertig)
- Interactive C/C++ memory model (explores the C++ memory model)
- Metashell (interactive template metaprogramming shell)
Successors
Carbon
- Carbon Language: An experimental successor to C++ on GitHub
- Carbon Language: An experimental successor to C++ by Chandler Carruth on CppNorth 2022
Cppfront
- Cppfront on GitHub
- CppFront – “Fixing” C++ with Syntax 2.0 by Herb Sutter
Val
Talks
2022
Title | Language | Event | Town | Date | Length | Slides/Video |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
const and constexpr | English | Meeting C++ | Online | 25-Jan-2022 | ||
Extend and Embed Python | English | EmBO++ | Online | 26-Mar-2022 | 50 min | |
C++20: The Small Pearls | English | ACCU | Bristol | 06-Apr-2022 | ||
English | C++20 Techniques for Algorithmic Trading | Online | 26–Apr-2022 |
Podcasts
- ADSP: The Podcast by Bryce Adelstein Lelbach and Conor Hoekstra (Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs)
- CppCast by Rob Irving and Jason Turner (the C++ podcast; ended after 349 episodes)
- cpp.chat by Jon Kalb and Phil Nash (chats with guests from the C++ community)
Videos
Design Patterns
- Design Patterns by Example with C++ by Douglas Schmidt (very good introduction)