2020-11-18 ONLINE: Modern C++ Software Design

Date:Wednesday, November 18 - Friday, November 20, 2020,  10:00 - 17:00
Location:Online Course
Contents: "There is no point in developing software unless you care about it doing it well." (Andrew Hunt, David Thomas: The Pragmatic Programmer)
This advanced C++ online training is a course on object-oriented (OO) software design with the C++ programming language. The focus of the training are the essential OO and C++ software development principles, concepts, idioms, and best practices, which enable programmers to create professional, high-quality code. The course will not address special areas and applications of C++, such as for instance Template Meta Programming (TMP), or the quirks and curiosities of the C++ language. It rather teaches guidelines to develop mature, robust, and maintainable C++ code. The following topics will be covered: 

Day 1 schedule:
  • Concepts and the STL
  • Overview of the STL
  • Proper use of the STL
    • Proper use of algorithms
    • Proper use of containers
Day 2 schedule:
  • Class Design
  • Compiler Generated Functions
  • Move Semantics
  • Return Values and Parameters
  • Member Data
  • Member Functions
  • Visibility vs. Accessibility
Day 3 schedule:
  • Robust Code
  • Object Lifetimes
  • RAII
  • Proper Use of Dynamic Polymorphism
  • Motivation
  • Classical Design Patterns Revisited
  • Public Inheritance
  • Surprises in Object Hierarchies


Contents are subject to modifications.


Prices

  • Students without Diploma/Master: 30 EUR
  • Students with Diploma/Master (PhD students) at German universities: 60 EUR
  • Members of German universities and public research institutes: 60 EUR
  • Members of universities and public research institutes within EU or PRACE member countries: 120 EUR
  • Members of other universities and public research institutes: 240 EUR
  • Others: 600 EUR

Registration

Please register with your official e-mail address to prove your affiliation. Following your successful registration, you will receive an invoice approx. 2 weeks before the course. After paying the invoice, you will not receive a receipt. If you require proof of payment (e.g., for reimbursement) please use a copy of the invoice together with your bank statement indicating the payment.

Withdrawal

You can declare your withdrawal after registration by letter, fax (+49 89 35831 9700) or e-mail to buchhaltung@lrz.de. The day of withdrawal is the day of receipt of the withdrawal notice at LRZ. We cannot accept cancellations by phone.

If you withdraw from the course we will charge you as follows:

  • up to 14 days before the event: free of charge,
  • from the 13th day before the event: 60 % of the participant fee,
  • from the 6th day before the event: 80% of the participant fee,
  • later than 11am on the working day (Mon-Fri) before the course starts: 100% of the participant fee.

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The agreement shall be governed by German Law. Place of jurisdiction is Munich.

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Leibniz Supercomputing Centre of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities
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Germany

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Gained Skills: After this course, participants ...
  • ... will have a detailed understanding of the essential OO design principles
  • ... will have gained knowledge about fundamental C++ programming concepts and idioms
  • ... will be able to properly design classes and class interfaces
  • ... will know about the importance of exception safe programming
  • ... will avoid the usual pitfalls in the context of inheritance
  • ... will comprehend the advantages of non-intrusive design
  • ... will understand the virtue of clean code
Prerequisites:
  • Course participants should have basic UNIX/Linux knowledge (login with secure shell, shell commands, simple scripts, editor vi or emacs). Solid base on C++ and at least one year of experience with the language is needed.
  • Participants are expected to use their own machines. Any operating system (Windows, Linux, MacOS, ...), any IDE/editor (MS Visual Studio, CLion, vi, emacs, ...) and any compiler capable of at least C++14 (GCC, Clang, MSVC, ...) can be used. Alternatively it is possible to use a C++ online compiler (e.g. cpp.sh, wandbox.orgrepl.it). The programming tasks, including both Makefiles and CMake files, will be distributed before the course. 

Language:English
Teacher:Klaus Iglberger (External)
Assitants:Carmen Navarrete (LRZ), Martin Ohlerich (LRZ)
Registration:Via https://events.prace-ri.eu/event/1077/registrations/778/