Welcome to the C++ Guide 📚

This repository is a C++ guide designed which is designed to be easily opened using VS Code or Github. It contains extensive documentation, code examples, and best practices to help you become a proficient C++ programmer. The guide intends to be to the point so you can continue what really matters, programming.

Execute Code Examples 🚀

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Guide Index 🗂️

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CMake & Tooling

• Tooling
  • Compilers Overview
  • Compilation Process
  • Build Generators
  • Dependency Management
  • Common Tools
  • ABI (Application Binary Interface)
• CMake
  • Introduction
  • Generators
  • Targets
  • TODO: CMakePresets
  • Best Practices

Containers

• Sequence Containers
  • Creating And Using Arrays
  • Loops
  • std::array
  • Dynamic Allocation
  • Iterators
  • Standard Library Functions (STL)
  • std::list
  • std::deque
• Associative Containers
  • std::set
  • std::map
  • std::multiset
  • std::multimap
• Unordered Associative Containers
  • std::unordered_set
  • std::unordered_map
  • std::unordered_multiset
  • std::unordered_multimap
• Other
  • Views
  • Container Adaptors

Strings

• String Literals
• IO Streams
• C Style Strings
• std::string
• Character Encoding
• std::string_view
• String Streams
• std::format
• printf
• File IO
• File Streams

Functions

• Function Pointers
• Lambdas

Object Oriented Programming (OOP)

• Classes vs Structs
• Constructors
• Destructors
• H and CPP Files
• Static
• Friend
• Nesting Classes
• Operator Overloading
  • Introduction
  • Friend, Member and Normal Function Overloading
  • In and Out operators
  • Assignment Operator
• Object Relationships
• Inheritance
  • Introduction
  • Order of Construction
  • Access Specifiers
  • Functions and Overriding Behavior
  • Hiding Functionality
• Virtual Functions
  • Introduction
  • Override and Final Specifier
  • Covariant Return Types
  • Destructors
  • Pure Virtual
  • Multiple Inheritance
  • Object Slicing

Memory Management

• References
• Pointers
• Smart Pointers
• Using std::unique_ptr
• Using std::shared_ptr
• Using std::weak_ptr
• Smart Pointers In Functions
• Smart Pointers And Forward Declaration
• Shallow Copy vs Deep Copy

Concurreny

• Introduction
• STL Threads
  • std::thread
  • std::async and std::future
• POSIX vs STL Threads

Typing

• Auto
• Casting
  • implicit_casting
  • explicit_casting
  • static_cast
  • dynamic_cast
• Using constexpr
• Using constval

Design Patterns & Idioms

• Idioms
  • RAII
  • PIMPL

Todo

• Design patterns
• Templates
• Error handling

References 📍

General

• CPP Reference
  • This is more of a reference but contains examples and explanations that can serve as a learning resource.
  • Link here
• Online C++ Compiler
  • Link here
• C++ Core Guidelines
  • Link here
• Google C++ Style Guide
  • Link here.

Tutorials

• LearnCpp
  • Devoted to teaching you how to program in C++. Whether you’ve had any prior programming experience or not, the tutorials on this site will walk you through all the steps to write, compile, and debug your C++ programs, all with plenty of examples.
  • Link here

• GeeksforGeeks
  • Link here
  • Offers a variety of tutorials and exercises ranging from basic to advanced topics. TutorialsPoint: C++ Tutorial

Books

• Software Architecture with C++, (Paid)
  • Design modern systems using effective architecture concepts, design patterns, and techniques with C++20
  • By Adrian Ostrowski & Piotr Gaczkowski, April 2021, 540 pages
  • Link here.
• Professional C++, (Paid)
  • Professional C++, 5th Edition raises the bar for advanced programming manuals. Complete with a comprehensive overview of the new capabilities of C++20, each feature of the newly updated programming language is explained in detail and with examples.
  • By Marc Gregoire, Februari 2021, 1312 pages
  • Link here.
• Modern CMake for C++ (2nd edition), (Paid)
  • Write comprehensive, professional-standard CMake projects and ensure the quality and simplicity of your solutions
  • By Rafal Świdziński, May 2024, 502 pages
  • Link here.
• CMake Best Practices (2nd edition), (Paid)
  • Write comprehensive, professional-standard CMake projects and ensure the quality and simplicity of your solutions
  • By Dominik Berner & Mustafa Kemal Gilor, Aug 2024, 502 pages
  • Link here.
• Advanced C and C++ Compiling (Paid)
  • Learning how to write C/C++ code is only the first step. To be a serious programmer, you need to understand the structure and purpose of the binary files produced by the compiler: object files, static libraries, shared libraries, and, of course, executables.
  • Link here
• Learning C++ (Free)
  • Free unaffiliated eBook created from Stack Overflow contributors.
  • Link here
• More C++ Idioms (Free)
  • Link here.
• C++ Programming: Code patterns design (Free)
  • Software design patterns are abstractions that help structure system designs.
  • Link here.
• C++ Notes for Professionals book (Free)
  • Link here.

Interviews

• C++ Interview Questions and Answers (geeksforgeeks.org)
  • Link here.