Useful C++ Features You Should Be Using: replay now available

The replay for last Thursday's webinar, 'Useful C++ Features You Should Be Using', is now available.

(or a direct Youtube link.)

The presentation and demonstration starts at 0:00:00, and the live Q&A at 00:26:30.

You can also find the slides on Slideshare, and download the source for David I's parallel programming demos.

The presentation mentions - and explains the use of -

• Type inference, such as auto, giving examples including when replacing STL container types and iterating
• Lambdas - a quick overview of how they work, and examples of using them with STL algorithms
• Variadic templates and tuple<>
• Smart pointers (both shared_ptr and unique_ptr) and a discussion of when to use each
• New containers, atomic primitives, static assertions, and some C++Builder-specific features
• And David I shows a live demo of using the Parallel Programming Library (PPL) with lambdas

Finally, here is the list of resources and useful links given at the end of the talk:

• Auto
  • http://thbecker.net/articles/auto_and_decltype/section_01.html
• Lambdas
  • http://www.drdobbs.com/cpp/lambdas-in-c11/240168241
• Smart pointers
  • http://www.acodersjourney.com/2016/05/top-10-dumb-mistakes-avoid-c-11-smart-pointers/
• Variadic templates
  • http://eli.thegreenplace.net/2014/variadic-templates-in-c/
  • https://www.murrayc.com/permalink/2015/12/05/modern-c-variadic-template-parameters-and-tuples/
• Static assertions
  • http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1647895/what-does-static-assert-do-and-what-would-you-use-it-for
• C++ Builder
  • https://www.embarcadero.com/products/cbuilder
  • https://www.embarcadero.com/free-tools/ccompiler
  • http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/Berlin/en/C++11_Language_Features_Compliance_Status
  • http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/Berlin/en/C%2B%2B11_Features_Supported_by_RAD_Studio_Clang-enhanced_C%2B%2B_Compilers