C++ links: Learning and teaching

Note: see also Communities -- where you can learn together.

• C++ Core Guidelines
  • https://github.com/isocpp/cppcoreguidelines
  • http://isocpp.github.io/CppCoreGuidelines/CppCoreGuidelines.html
• C++ Patterns: A repository of modern C++ patterns curated by the community
  • https://github.com/sftrabbit/CppPatterns-Patterns
  • https://cpppatterns.com/
• C++ Tip of The Week
  • https://github.com/QuantlabFinancial/cpp_tip_of_the_week
• C++ Tips of the Week: https://abseil.io/tips/
• Awesome Modern C++ - A collection of resources on modern C++.
  • https://awesomecpp.com/
  • https://github.com/rigtorp/awesome-modern-cpp
• Collaborative Collection of C++ Best Practices
  • https://github.com/lefticus/cppbestpractices
• Get Started! - https://isocpp.org/get-started
• Herb Sutter's Guru of the Week (GotW) series: https://herbsutter.com/gotw/
  • 1997-2008: http://www.gotw.ca/gotw/
• Learning C++ - Simon Brand - https://blog.tartanllama.xyz/learning-cpp/
• List of Engineers Willing to Mentor You - http://stephaniehurlburt.com/blog/2016/11/14/list-of-engineers-willing-to-mentor-you
• Proposal for Study Group: C++ Education - http://wg21.link/P1231
• Steve Dewhurst: C++ Once, Weakly... - http://www.stevedewhurst.com/once_weakly.html
• Teaching C - https://blog.regehr.org/archives/1393
• The C++ Programming Language - http://www.stroustrup.com/C++.html
• The Definitive C++ Book Guide and List - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/388242/the-definitive-c-book-guide-and-list
• Where to Get Started Learing C++ and What Resources to Use
  • https://shafik.github.io/c++/learning/2019/09/05/getting_started_learning_cpp.html

FAQs

• Bjarne Stroustrup's FAQs
  • FAQ - http://www.stroustrup.com/bs_faq.html
  • C++ Style and Technique FAQ - http://www.stroustrup.com/bs_faq2.html
  • C++11 - http://www.stroustrup.com/C++11FAQ.html
• C++ FAQ - https://isocpp.org/faq
  • Learning C++ - https://isocpp.org/wiki/faq/how-to-learn-cpp
• comp.lang.c Frequently Asked Questions - http://www.c-faq.com/
• LearnProgramming C++ FAQ - https://www.reddit.com/r/learnprogramming/wiki/faq_cpp

Lectures & Talks

Learning & Teaching

• Beginning with C++
  • 2017; Jens Weller
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WHRfU7U9lk
• C++: A General Purpose Language and Library - Kate Gregory and James McNellis
  • a free introductory C++ course on Microsoft Virtual Academy
  • https://channel9.msdn.com/Series/cplusplus-language-library
  • https://mva.microsoft.com/liveevents/c-a-general-purpose-language-and-library
  • http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/training-courses/c-a-general-purpose-language-and-library-jump-start
• Core C++ 2019 / Teaching C++ Workshop 2019 @MTA
  • http://www2.mta.ac.il/~amirk/teaching_cpp_workshop_2019/
  • https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLn4wYlDYx4bumJrfSjI8q_mXV0ieqJ6g7
• Experiences in Teaching Modern C++ to Beginners
  • C++Now 2019; Ryan Dougherty
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV1r7uJkPH4
• How to Teach C++ and Influence a Generation - Christopher Di Bella
  • CppCon 2018 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AkPd9Nt2Aw
  • ACCU 2019 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzEPHkUxXZs
• Learning and Teaching Modern C++
  • CppCon 2017; Bjarne Stroustrup
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fX2W3nNjJIo
• Learning and teaching modern C++
  • Meeting C++ 2016; Arne Mertz
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5wOrhL4ew8
• Learning (and teaching) modern C++ - Challenges and Resources
  • C++ on Sea 2019; Arne Mertz
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzb57K6b5SY
• Quantifying Accidental Complexity: An Empirical Look at Teaching and Using C++
  • Avast C++ Meetup; February 11, 2020; Herb Sutter
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx22oxlQmKc
• SG20 Education and Recommended Videos for Teaching C++
  • https://www.cjdb.com.au/sg20-and-videos
• Stop Teaching C (When Teaching C++) - Kate Gregory
  • CppCast - Oct 14, 2015 - http://cppcast.com/2015/10/kate-gregory/
  • CppCon 2015 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnWhqhNdYyk
• Why You Should Write Code That You Should Never Write
  • CppCon 2021; Daisy Hollman
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwnlGgZW9wo
  • https://dhollman.github.io/presentations/cppcon-2021/what-you-can-learn-from-being-too-cute.html

Self-Study

• CppCon: Back to Basics Track
  • https://quuxplusone.github.io/blog/2019/09/12/cppcon-2019-b2b-track/
  • https://quuxplusone.github.io/blog/2020/08/11/cppcon-2020-b2b-track/
• C9 Lectures: Stephan T. Lavavej
  1. Standard Template Library (STL) - https://channel9.msdn.com/Series/C9-Lectures-Stephan-T-Lavavej-Standard-Template-Library-STL-
  2. Advanced STL - https://channel9.msdn.com/Series/C9-Lectures-Stephan-T-Lavavej-Advanced-STL
  3. Core C++ - https://channel9.msdn.com/Series/C9-Lectures-Stephan-T-Lavavej-Core-C-
• C++ Programming Videos - Bo Qian - http://boqian.weebly.com/c-programming.html
  • https://www.youtube.com/user/BoQianTheProgrammer/playlists
• C++ YouTube Channels - https://github.com/shafik/cpp_youtube_channels
• C++ Weekly - Jason Turner - https://www.youtube.com/user/lefticus1/playlists
• code_report
  • https://youtube.com/c/codereport
  • https://github.com/codereport/Talks
• Educational C++ Videos
  • https://hackingcpp.com/cpp/educational_videos.html
• Everything Cpp - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxwGBrWeIIWO9V_uLwRWCdA/playlists
• Programming in C++ (Slides and Videos) - Michael Adams - https://www.ece.uvic.ca/~frodo/cppbook/
• A Complete Guide to Standard C++ Algorithms - Šimon Tóth - https://github.com/HappyCerberus/book-cpp-algorithms

Quizzes

Note: Some of the following are primarily for entertainment purposes; while providing useful guidance for self-study (and possibly self-amusement), using these for evaluation in a formal setting would likely be a terrible idea :-)

• CppQuiz - http://cppquiz.org/
• http://www.mycppquiz.com/
• C++ Pub Quiz ACCU 2012 - http://www.pvv.org/~oma/PubQuiz_ACCU_Apr2012.pdf
• C++ Pub Quiz ACCU 2013 - http://www.pvv.org/~oma/PubQuiz_ACCU_Apr2013.pdf
• C++ Pub Quiz ACCU 2014 - http://www.pvv.org/~oma/PubQuiz_ACCU_Apr2014.pdf
• C++ Pub Quiz ACCU 2016 - http://www.pvv.org/~oma/PubQuiz_ACCU_Apr2016.pdf
• Deep C (and C++) - https://www.slideshare.net/olvemaudal/deep-c
• Google's C++ Class - https://developers.google.com/edu/c++/quiz
• Insecure coding in C (and C++) - https://www.slideshare.net/olvemaudal/insecure-coding-in-c-and-c
• Online C++ tests - http://www.interqiew.com/tests?type=cpp - http://www.interqiew.com/tests?type=dp

References

Articles and papers (focused on teaching, but also of interest for learning by self-studying)

• A Conversation about Teaching Software Engineering - John Regehr
  • https://blog.regehr.org/archives/1569
• How to Teach “Modern C++” to Someone who Already Knows Programming?
  • Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE) 2018
  • Adalbert Gerald Soosai Raj, Varun Naik, Jignesh M. Patel, Richard Halverson
  • http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~gerald/papers/TeachModernC++.pdf
• Koenig, A. & Moo, B. (2005) Learning & Teaching C++ Programming, http://www.drdobbs.com/learning-teaching-c-programming/184401918, C/C++ Users Journal February, 2005.
• Koenig, A. (2012) on "C++ Primer 5th Edition":
  • Part 1: How To Revise a Textbook, http://www.drdobbs.com/cpp/c-primer-5th-edition-part-1-how-to-revis/240003977, Dr. Dobb's, July 19, 2012.
  • Part 2: How Language Revisions Change Strategy, http://www.drdobbs.com/cpp/c-primer-5th-edition-part-2-how-language/240004388, Dr. Dobb's, July 25, 2012.
  • Part 3: Smart Pointers Make It Harder To Teach How To Write Copy Constructors, http://www.drdobbs.com/cpp/c-primer-5th-edition-part-3-smart-pointe/240004805, Dr. Dobb's, August 2, 2012.
  • Part 4: What Makes a Good Example?, http://www.drdobbs.com/cpp/c-primer-5th-edition-part-4-what-makes-a/240005166, Dr. Dobb's, August 8, 2012.
  • Part 5: Core Language Versus Library?, http://www.drdobbs.com/cpp/c-primer-5th-edition-part-5-core-languag/240005657, Dr. Dobb's, August 15, 2012
• Stroustrup, Bjarne (1999) Learning Standard C++ as a New Language; http://www.stroustrup.com/new_learning.pdf, C/C++ Users Journal, pp 43-54, May 1999.
• Stroustrup, Bjarne (2009) Programming in an undergraduate CS curriculum, http://www.stroustrup.com/software.pdf, WCCCE'09. May 2009.
• Stroustrup, Bjarne (2010) What Should We Teach New Software Developers? Why?, http://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2010/1/55760-what-should-we-teach-new-software-developers-why/fulltext, CACM, January 2010.
• Stroustrup, Bjarne (2011) Principles and Practice Using C++
  • Chapter 0: Notes to the Reader, http://www.stroustrup.com/Programming/programming_ch0.pdf
  • Instructor’s Guide for Programming Principles and Practice using C++, http://www.stroustrup.com/Programming/PPP-guide.pdf
• The Progression of Students’ Ability to Work With Scope, Parameter Passing and Aliasing
  • Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE) 2023
  • Filip Strömbäck, Pontus Haglund, Aseel Berglund, Erik Berglund
  • https://doi.org/10.1145/3576123.3576128