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Guide to become a proficient C++ programmer.
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Guide to become a proficient C++ programmer.
Host: GitHub
URL: https://github.com/BenjaminYde/CPP-Guide
Owner: BenjaminYde
Created: 2023-09-07T19:33:54.000Z (over 2 years ago)
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README

          # CPP Guide 📚

### 👋 Welcome!

The CPP Guide repository is meant to be a **guide / quick reference** for C++ developers where I try to get to the point so you can spend more time programming. This guide is **Markdown**, so it is easily opened using **Visual Studio Code** or **Github**. It contains extensive documentation, code examples and best practices.

### 📝 A Note on Reading This Guide

Before you dive in, it's important to understand that this guide is **structured by topic, not by difficulty**. There is **no prescribed "beginner to advanced" path**. Feel free to jump to any section that is relevant to your needs. A developer needing to understand `std::vector` can go straight there, while another might need to brush up on "RAII" or "CMake Presets."

### 🚀 Execute Code Examples 

Explore the `📁 examples` directory for **interactive C++** code examples, easily executable inside a **Docker DevContainer** within **Visual Studio Code**.  This setup ensures a consistent and streamlined coding environment, ideal for learning and experimentation.

## 🗂️ Table of Contents 

📜 **Strings, Streams & Files**

- Strings

  - [std::string](./guide/strings/std_string.md)

  - [C Style Strings](./guide/strings/c_style_strings.md)

  - [String Literals](./guide/strings/string_literals.md)

  - [Character Encoding](./guide/strings/character_encoding.md)

  - [std::string_view](./guide/strings/string_view.md) (C++17)

- Streams

  - [IO Streams](./guide/strings/io_streams.md)

  - [String Streams](./guide/strings/string_streams.md)

  - [std::printf](./guide/strings/printf.md) (C++11)

  - [std::format ](./guide/strings/std_format.md) (C++20)

  - [std::print](./guide/strings/printf.md) (C++23)

- Files

  - [File IO](./guide/strings/file_io.md)

  - [File Streams](./guide/strings/file_streams.md)

📦 **Containers**

- Sequence Containers

  - [C-Style Arrays](./guide/containers/sequence/c_style_arrays.md)

  - [Loops](./guide/containers/sequence/loops.md)

  - [std::array](./guide/containers/sequence/std_array.md)

  - [Dynamic Allocation](./guide/containers/sequence/dynamic_allocation.md)

  - [Iterators](./guide/containers/sequence/iterators.md)

  - [Standard Library Functions (STL)](./guide/containers/sequence/standard_library_functions.md)

  - [std::list](./guide/containers/sequence/std_list.md)

  - [std::deque](./guide/containers/sequence/std_deque.md)

- Associative Containers

  - [std::set](./guide/containers/associative/std_set.md)

  - [std::map](./guide/containers/associative/std_map.md)

  - [std::multiset](./guide/containers/associative/std_multiset.md)

  - [std::multimap](./guide/containers/associative/std_multimap.md)

- Unordered Associative Containers

  - [std::unordered_set](./guide/containers/unordered_associative/std_unordered_set.md)

  - [std::unordered_map](./guide/containers/unordered_associative/std_unordered_map.md)

  - [std::unordered_multiset](./guide/containers/unordered_associative/std_unordered_multiset.md)

  - [std::unordered_multimap](./guide/containers/unordered_associative/std_unordered_multimap.md)

- Other Important Containers

  - [std::span](./guide/containers/std_span.md) (C++20)

  - [Container Adaptors](./guide/containers/container_adaptors.md)

🧠 **Memory Management**

- [References](./guide/memory/references.md)

- [Pointers](./guide/memory/pointers.md)

- [Smart Pointers](./guide/memory/smart_pointers.md)

- [How To Use Smart Pointers With Functions](./guide/memory/smart_pointers_in_functions.md)

- [Shallow Copy vs Deep Copy](./guide/memory/shallow_copy_vs_deep_copy.md)

🎭 **Functions**

- [Function Pointers](./guide/functions/function_pointers.md)

- [Lambdas](./guide/functions/lambdas.md)

- [std::function](./guide/functions/std_function.md)

🏛️ **Object Oriented Programming (OOP)**

**General**

- [Classes vs Structs](./guide/oop/classes_vs_structs.md)

- [Constructors](./guide/oop/constructors.md)

- [Destructors](./guide/oop/destructors.md)

- [Copy and Move Semantics](./guide/oop/copy_and_move.md)

- [Default and Delete](./guide/oop/default_delete.md)

- [Rule of Five](./guide/oop/rule_of_five.md)

- [Rule of Zero](./guide/oop/rule_of_zero.md)

- [Static](./guide/oop/static.md)

- [Operator Overloading](./guide/oop/operator_overloading.md)

- [Friend](./guide/oop/friend.md)

- [Nesting Classes](./guide/oop/nesting_classes.md)

- [Object Relationships](./guide/oop/object_relationships.md)

**Inheritance**

- [Introduction](./guide/oop/inheritance/introduction.md)

- [Order of Construction](./guide/oop/inheritance/order_of_construction.md)

- [Access Specifiers](./guide/oop/inheritance/access_specifiers.md)

- [Functions and Overriding Behavior](./guide/oop/inheritance/functions_and_overriding_behavior.md)

- [Hiding Functionality](./guide/oop/inheritance/hiding_functionality.md)

**Virtual Functions**

- [Introduction](./guide/oop/virtual_functions/introduction.md)

- [Override and Final Specifier](./guide/oop/virtual_functions/override_and_final_specifier.md)

- [Covariant Return Types](./guide/oop/virtual_functions/covariant_return_types.md)

- [Destructors](./guide/oop/virtual_functions/destructors.md)

- [Pure Virtual](./guide/oop/virtual_functions/pure_virtual.md)

- [Multiple Inheritance](./guide/oop/virtual_functions/multiple_inheritance.md)

- [Object Slicing](./guide/oop/virtual_functions/object_slicing.md)

🛠️ **C++ Compilation, CMake & Tooling**

**Compilation Process**

- [Compilation Process](./guide/tools/compilation/compilation_process.md)

- [Compiler Overview](./guide/tools/compilation/compilers.md)

- [Build Generators](./guide/tools/compilation/build_generators.md)

- [Dependency Management](./guide/tools/compilation/dependency_management.md)

- [ABI (Application Binary Interface)](./guide/tools/compilation/abi.md)

**CMake**

- [Introduction](./guide/tools/cmake/introduction.md)

- [Generators](./guide/tools/cmake/generators.md)

- [Variables](./guide/tools/cmake/variables.md)

- [Targets](./guide/tools/cmake/targets.md)

- [Presets](./guide/tools/cmake/cmakepresets.md)

- Macros and Functions (todo)

- [Best Practices](./guide/tools/cmake/best_practices.md)

**Tooling**

- [Common Tools](./guide/tools/clang/tooling.md)

- [H and CPP Files](./guide/oop/h_and_cpp_files.md)

🔗 **Typing, Casting & ConstExpr**

- [Auto](./guide/typing/auto.md)

- Casting

  - [implicit_casting](./guide/typing/casting/implicit_casting.md)

  - [explicit_casting](./guide/typing/casting/explicit_casting.md)

  - [static_cast](./guide/typing/casting/static_cast.md)

  - [dynamic_cast](./guide/typing/casting/dynamic_cast.md)

- [Using constexpr](./guide/typing/using_constexpr.md)

- [Using constval](./guide/typing/using_constval.md)

⚡ **Concurrency**

- [Introduction](./guide/concurrency/introduction.md)

- STL Threads

  - [std::thread](./guide/concurrency/stl_threads/thread.md)

  - [std::async and std::future](./guide/concurrency/stl_threads/async_and_future.md)

- [POSIX vs STL Threads](./guide/concurrency/posix_vs_stl_threads.md)

🎨 **Design Patterns & Idioms**

- Idioms

  - [RAII](./guide/design_patterns/raii.md)

  - [PIMPL](./guide/design_patterns/pimpl.md)

🚧 **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](https://en.cppreference.com/w/)

- **Online C++ Compiler**

    - [Link here](https://www.tutorialspoint.com/compile_cpp_online.php)

- **C++ Core Guidelines**

  - [Link here](http://isocpp.github.io/CppCoreGuidelines/CppCoreGuidelines)

- **Google C++ Style Guide**

  - [Link here](https://google.github.io/styleguide/cppguide.html)

---

### 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](https://www.learncpp.com/)

- **GeeksforGeeks**

    - Offers a variety of tutorials and exercises ranging from basic to advanced topics.

    - [Link here](https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/c-plus-plus/?ref=shm_outind)

---

### Interviews

- **C++ Interview Questions and Answers** (geeksforgeeks.org)

  - [Link here](https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/cpp-interview-questions/)

### 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.

  - [Link here](https://www.packtpub.com/product/software-architecture-with-c/9781838554590)

- **Professional C++** (Paid)

  - Professional C++, 5th Edition raises the bar for advanced programming manuals. By Marc Gregoire, Feb 2021.

  - [Link here](https://www.amazon.com.be/-/en/Marc-Gregoire/dp/1119695406)

- **Modern CMake for C++** (Paid)

  - Write comprehensive, professional-standard CMake projects. By Rafal Świdziński, May 2024.

  - [Link here](https://www.packtpub.com/en-be/product/modern-cmake-for-c-9781805123361)

- **CMake Best Practices** (Paid)

  - Write comprehensive, professional-standard CMake projects. By Dominik Berner & Mustafa Kemal Gilor, Aug 2024.

  - [Link here](https://www.packtpub.com/en-be/product/cmake-best-practices-9781835880654)

- **Advanced C and C++ Compiling** (Paid)

  - Understand the structure and purpose of the binary files produced by the compiler.

  - [Link here](https://www.amazon.com/Advanced-C-Compiling-Milan-Stevanovic/dp/1430266678)

- **Learning C++** (Free)

  - Free unaffiliated eBook created from Stack Overflow contributors.

  - [Link here](https://riptutorial.com/Download/cplusplus.pdf)

- **More C++ Idioms** (Free)

  - [Link here](https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/More_C%2B%2B_Idioms)

- **C++ Programming: Code patterns design** (Free)

  - [Link here](https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/C%2B%2B_Programming/Code/Design_Patterns)

- **C++ Notes for Professionals book** (Free)

  - [Link here](https://goalkicker.com/CPlusPlusBook/)
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