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Table of Contents

• Best learning resources for C++

• Basics Of C++

• C++ STL

  • STL Containers
  • STL Algorithms
  • STL Utilities

• Advanced C++

  • Constexpr
  • Functional
  • Time in C++
  • Multithreading

• Type Related Programming

  • Templates
  • Concepts
  • Type deduction
  • SFINAE - Substitution Failure Is Not An Error
  • Meta-programming

• C++ Memory Management

  • Basics of memory management
  • Garbage collection
  • Allocators

• C++ Aplication Design

  • C++ Object Oriented Design
    • C++ Design Patterns
  • C++ Data Oriented Design

• C++ Programming Style

  • Generalities about C++ programming
  • Best practices for C++
  • Programing Guidelines

• C++ Libraries

  • Embeding different languages in C++
  • Custom container libraries for C++
  • raphical interfaces for C++

Learning sources

• cppreference.com

• Code Blacksmith Youtube Channel

• CppCon Youtube Channel

• isocpp.org

• CppCoreGuidelines

• ChiliTomatoNoodle Youtube Channel

Basics Of C++

• Beginner C++ Game Programming Tutorial Series ~ Video Tutorial Series by ChiliTomatoNoodle

• C++ programming tutorial series ~ Video Tutorial Series by LearningLad

• C++ advanced programming tutorial series ~ Video Tutorial Series by Bo Qian

• learncpp.com

• C++ Tutorial for Beginners - Full Course ~ Video Tutorial Series by freeCodeCamp.org

C++ STL

STL Containers

• Reference for all STL Containers

• STL Containers - Learn Modern C++ ~ Video Tutorial by Code Blacksmith

• How to write an STL compatible container ~ Article by Vanand Gasparyan

• Writing your own STL container ~ Question answer by Mooing Duck

• Why does the C++ STL not provide any “tree” containers? ~ Question Answer by Martin York

• Designing a Fast, Efficient, Cache-friendly Hash Table, Step by Step ~ CppCon 2017 Talk by Matt Kulukundis

• Enough string_view to Hang Ourselves ~ CppCon 2018 Talk by Victor Ciura

• Customizing the Standard Containers ~ CppCon 2017 Talk by Marshall Clow

• Implementing static_vector: How Hard Could it Be? ~ CppCon 2021 Talk by David Stone

STL Algorithms

• 105 STL Algorithms in Less Than an Hour ~ ACCU 2018 Talk by Jonathan Boccara

• STL Algorithms - why you should use them, and how to write your own ~ CppCon 2016 Talk by Marshall Clow

• STL Algorithms in Action ~ CppCon 2016 Talk by Michael VanLoon

• Writing Standard Library Compliant Data Structures and Algorithms ~ CppCon 2018 Talk by Marc Gregoire

• C++17 Parallel Algorithms ~ CppCon 2017 Talk by Dietmar Kühl

• Fantastic Algorithms and Where To Find Them ~ CppCon 2017 Talk by Nicholas Ormrod

STL Utilities

• tuple＜＞: What's New and How it Works ~ CppCon 2016 Talk by Stephan T. Lavavej

• How to Write Well-Behaved Value Wrappers ~ CppCon 2018 Talk by Simon Brand

• Effective replacement of dynamic polymorphism with std::variant ~ CppCon 2018 Talk by Mateusz Pusz

Advanced C++

Constexpr

• constexpr - Taking Constants to the Next Level ~ Video Tutorial by Code Blacksmith

• constexpr: Introduction ~ CppCon 2015 Talk by Scott Schurr

• constexpr: Applications ~ CppCon 2015 Talk by Scott Schurr

Functional

• functional: What's New, And Proper Usage ~ CppCon 2015 Talk by Stephan T. Lavavej

Time in C++

• A ＜chrono＞ Tutorial ~ CppCon 2016 Talk by Howard Hinnant

• Benchmark Timer ~ Video Tutorial by Code Blacksmith

Random

• What C++ Programmers Need to Know about Header ＜random＞ ~ CppCon 2016 Talk by Walter E. Brown

Multithreading

• What do you mean "thread-safe"? ~ CppCon 2018 Talk by Geoffrey Romer

• Thread Synchronization Primitives ~ Video Tutorial by Code Blacksmith

• Thread Pool ~ Video Tutorial by Code Blacksmith

• Multithreaded Logger ~ Video Tutorial by Code Blacksmith

• Memory Barriers ~ Video Tutorial by Code Blacksmith

• Multithreading is the answer. What is the question? Part 1 Part 2 ~ CppCon 2017 Talk by Ansel Sermersheim

• The Trap of std::async ~ Video Tutorial by Code Blacksmith

Type related programming

Templates

• Templates in C++ ~ Video Tutorial by TheChernoProject

• Variadic Templates ~ Video Tutorial by Jason Turner

• Variadic Templates in C++11 / C++14 - An Introduction ~ CppCon 2015 Talk by Peter Sommerlad

• std::enable_if

• Using Template Magic to Automatically Generate Hybrid CPU/GPU-Code ~ CppCon 2018 Talk by Elmar Westphal

• C++ Templates Revised ~ CppCon 2017 Talk by Nicolai Josuttis

• C++ Template Programming ~ Article by Jeremiah

Concepts

• Concepts: The Future of Generic Programming (the future is here) ~ CppCon 2018 Talk by Bjarne Stroustrup

• Concepts in 60: Everything you need to know and nothing you don't ~ CppCon 2018 Talk by Andrew Sutton

Type deduction

• Type Deduction and Why You Care ~ CppCon 2014 Talk by Scott Meyers

• Type Traits - what are they and why should I use them? ~ CppCon 2015 Talk by Marshall Clow

• Template Type Deduction ~ Video Tutorial by Code Blacksmith

• Class Template Argument Deduction for Everyone ~ CppCon 2018 Talk by Stephan T. Lavavej

• Type Punning in C++17: Avoiding Pun-defined Behavior ~ CppCon 2017 Talk by Scott Shurr

SFINAE - Substitution Failure Is Not An Error

• SFINAE documentation

• SFINAE introduction

• Check if type has a member method of given signature ~ Question Answer by jrok

• Custom Overload Sets and Inline SFINAE for Truly Generic Interfaces ~ CppCon 2018 Talk by Vincent Reverdy

Meta-programming

• Introduction to C++ Template Metaprogramming ~ NDC Oslo 2016 Talk by Sasha Goldshtein

• Modern Template Metaprogramming:A Compendium,Part 1 ~ CppCon 2014 Talk by Walter E.Brown Part 1

• Modern Template Metaprogramming:A Compendium,Part 2 ~ CppCon 2014 Talk by Walter E.Brown Part 2

C++ Memory Management

Basics of memory management

• Modern Memory Management ~ Video Tutorial by Code Blacksmith

• std::launder - what is it? ~ Video Tutorial by Code Blacksmith

• Move Semantics Explained ~ Video Tutorial by Code Blacksmith

• Copy and Swap ~ Video Tutorial by Code Blacksmith

• “Want fast C++? Know your hardware!" ~ Lecture by Timur Doumler ( CppCon 2017 )

Garbage Collection

• GC FAQ ~ Document regarding garbage collection in C++

Allocators

• std::allocator Is to Allocation what std::vector Is to Vexation ~ CppCon 2015 Talk by Andrei Alexandrescu

• Custom Allocator Tutorial ~ Video Tutorial by Code Blacksmith

• How to Write a Custom Allocator ~ CppCon 2017 Talk by Bob Steagall

• Efficient Object Pool ~ Video Tutorial by Code Blacksmith

• Local ('Arena') Memory Allocators (part 1) ~ CppCon 2017 Talk by John Lakos

• Local ('Arena') Memory Allocators (part 2) ~ CppCon 2017 Talk by John Lakos

C++ Error Handling

• C++ Exception Handling ~ Article on tutorialspoint.com

• Exception Safety ~ Video Tutorial by Code Blacksmith

• std::exception

• Custom C++ Exceptions for Beginners ~ Article by Peter Forgacs

C++ Application Design

-[Game Programming from Scratch in C++] (https://guide.handmadehero.org/) ~By Casey Muratori

• C++ in Huge AAA Games ~ CppCon 2014 Talk by Nicolas Fleury

• The C++ Execution Model ~ CppCon 2018 Talk by Adelstein Lelbach

• Game engine using STD C++ 11 ~ CppCon 2016 Talk by Jason Jurecka

• Modern User Interfaces for C++ ~ CppCon 2015 Talk by Milian Wolff

• EA’s Secret Weapon: Packages and Modules ~ CppCon 2017 Talk by Scott Wardle

• Naivety of Creating Cross-Platform, Modern C++ Libraries... ~ CppCon 2017 Talk by Jonathan Henson

• Modern C++ API Design (part 1 of 2) ~ CppCon 2018 Talk by Titus Winters

• Modern C++ API Design (part 2 of 2) ~ CppCon 2018 Talk by Titus Winters

• Better Code: Human Interface ~ CppCon 2018 Talk by Sean Parent

• Modern C++ Interfaces... ~ CppCon 2017 Talk by Stephen Dewhurst

• Building C++ Modules ~ CppCon 2017 Talk by Boris Kolpackov

C++ Object Oriented Design

• Intro to the C++ Object Model ~ CppCon 2015 Talk by Richard Powell

• Design Patterns and Modern C++ ~ Video Tutorial by JetBrainsTV

• Multiple Inheritance problem in C++ ~ Video Tutorial by Bo Qian

• Using Functional Programming Patterns... ~ CppCon 2017 Talk by Jeremy Demeule & Quentin Duval <-

C++ Design Patterns

• Singleton Design Pattern ~ Video Tutorial by Code Blacksmith

• Strategy Design Pattern ~ Video Tutorial by Code Blacksmith

• Builder Design Pattern ~ Video Tutorial by Code Blacksmith

• Agent based class design ~ CppCon 2017 Talk by Odin Holmes

• Design Patterns for Low-Level Real-Time Rendering ~ CppCon 2017 Talk by Nicolas Guillemot <-

C++ Data Oriented Design

• Implementation of a component-based entity system in modern C++ ~ CppCon 2015 Talk By Vittorio Romeo <-

• Data Driven Entity Component System in C++17 ~ Code Europe Autumn 2017 Talk K.Kisielewicz

• OOP Is Dead, Long Live Data-oriented Design ~ CppCon 2018 Talk by Stoyan Nikolov

C++ Programming Style

Generalities about C++ programming

• Make Classes Great Again! (Using Concepts for Customization Points) ~ CppCon 2017 Talk by Vinnie Falco

• Operator Overloading: History, Principles and Practice ~ CppCom 2018 Talk by Ben Deane

• How to Write Effective Documentation for C++ Libraries... ~ CppCon 2017 Talk by Robert Ramey

• Dynamically Loaded Libraries Outside the Standard ~ CppCon 2021 Talk by Zhihao Yuan

Best practices for C++

• Readable C++ ~ CppCon 2016 Talk by Timur Doumler <-

• Building Software Capital: How to write the highest quality code and why ~ CppCon 2016 Talk by David Sankel <-

• Secure Coding Best Practices: Your First Line Is The Last Line Of Defense (1 of 2) ~ CppCon 2018 Talk by Matthew Butler <-

• Secure Coding Best Practices: Your First Line Is The Last Line Of Defense (2 of 2) ~ CppCon 2018 Talk by Matthew Butler <-

• Applied Best Practices ~ CppCon 2018 Talk by Jason Turner <-

• Practical Performance Practices ~ CppCon 2016 Talk by Jason Turner <-

• Writing Good C++14... By Default ~ CppCon 2015 Talk by Herb Sutter <-

• Easy to Use, Hard to Misuse: Declarative Style in C++ ~ CppCon 2018 Talk Ben Deane <-

Programing Guidelines

• C++ const correctness guidelines

• CppCoreGuidelines

• 10 Core Guidelines You Need to Start Using Now ~ CppCon 2017 Talk by Kate Gregory