Preparation

This week's exercise is straightforward: Prepare yourself for this course. This means, get accustomed to the course structure, the online compilers, and the online resources. Here are the necessary steps:

1. Install the source code:  GitHub
2. Visit
   • the calendar. It lists all upcoming Q&A sessions. I will send you the invitation with the Zoom link on the Wednesday before.
   • the forums if you have questions about the course and about C++ in general. Write, in particular, a few words about you: Introduce Yourself.
     
   • the C++ Resources: It has many interesting C++ resources if you want to dive deeper.
3. Get accustomed to the online compilers:
   • Compiler Explorer
   • C++ Insights
4. Get accustomed to the online resources:
   • cppreference.com
   • Modernes C++

Further information:

Compiler Explorer

• Part 1 of 2 by Matt Godbolt
• Part 2 of 2 by Matt Godbolt

C++ Insights

• C++ Insights - Implicit Conversions
• C++ Insights - Type Deduction
• C++ Insights - Template Instantiation
• C++ Insights - Variadic Templates
• C++ Insights - Lambdas

Modernes C++

• Blog introduction

Books

• A Tour of C++ by Bjarne Stroustrup (an overview of C++ as defined by C++17)
• The Design and Evolution of C++ by Bjarne Stroustrup (the design goals and practical constraints of C++)

CppCon

• Back to Basics: The Structure of a Program by Bob Steagall
  • Compiling, Linking, Loading, and Running
  • Translations Units (TU)
    
  • Declaration versus Definition
  • One-Definition Rule
  • Storage duration
  • Application binary interface (ABI), and name mangeling
    

Coupons

• educative.io:
  • Write an e-mail to Rainer.Grimm@ModernesCpp.de if you want to have a one-year coupon for my seven educative.io courses.
• The C++ Standard Library
  • Use the link https://leanpub.com/cpplibrary/c/qQvlx6MVHFz5