Byte-Sized-Chunks : C Templates and the STL

About Course

• Note: This course is a subset of our much longer course 'Learn By Example: C++ With 75 Solved Examples' so please don't sign up for both:-)

  Like a gruff uncle, C++ seems intimidating, when its just being helpful. These examples will help you understand that.

   

  • C++ seems intimidating because all too often, what you see is not what you get.

  • Usually, that's because C++ is trying to help you, but you don't realise that. C++ is incredibly deep, and it sometimes struggles to get you - the programmer - to understand what it's saying

  • These examples will help. Each is self-contained, has its source code attached, and gets across a specific C++ use-case. Each example is simple, but not simplistic.

Topics covered in this course

• Section 1: Buzzing Like Bees:Templates!
  	Lecture 1	You, This Course, and Us!	01:38
  	Lecture 2	Templates as a form of generic programming	03:29
  	Lecture 3	Example 63: A simple template function	09:48
  	Lecture 4	Example 64: Overriding a default template instantiation	08:28
  	Lecture 5	Example 65: A templated smart pointer class	13:18
  	Lecture 6	Example 66: Template Specialisation (partial or total)	07:59
  Section 2: STL - The Standard Template Library
  	Lecture 7	Introducing the Standard Template Library	02:48
  	Lecture 8	Example 67: The STL vector	12:28
  	Lecture 9	Example 68: Iterators	08:28
  	Lecture 10	Example 69: map, an associative container	08:00
  	Lecture 11	Example 70: STL algorithms	10:20
  Section 3: C++ Casts
  	Lecture 12	C++ casts are way cooler than C casts	05:16
  	Lecture 13	Example 71: const_cast	03:06
  	Lecture 14	Example 72: dynamic_cast, and RTTI	12:12
  	Lecture 15	Example 73: static_cast, and the explicit keyword	09:22

What is included in this Course?

• • Templates are a classic generic programming technique that were revolutionary when first added to C++. Understand template functions and classes, as well as template specializations.
  • STL - the Standard Template Library - is incredibly powerful. Get a good sense of collections, iterators and algorithms - the major components of the STL
  • C++ casts are quite different than C-casts. Understand const_cast, static_cast and dynamic_cast, as well as Real Time Type Identification (RTTI), and the manner in which explicit conversions can be performed using static_cast
  • Confidently use templates - in the form of functions, classes and casts - to write generic C++ code
  • Leverage the power of algorithms, iterators and containers in the STL
  • Understand how templates make the C++ casts so much more powerful than C-style casts

   

Who should buy this course?

• • Please don't enroll for this class if you have already enrolled for our 15-hour course 'Learn By Example: C++ Through 75 Solved Examples'
  • Java and C# programmers - who understand Object Oriented Programming, but are new to C++
  • Folks with prior programming experience in C. Some prior object oriented programming experience is recommended
  • C++ programmers looking to get the little details of templates and the STL exactly right
  • Students should have an understanding of programming - concepts such as variables, loops and if-else statements will not be explained
  • Students should have some basic working knowledge of C++, Java or C#