Höchstleistungsrechenzentrum Stuttgart: Modern C++ Software Design (Advanced)

Prerequisites and content levels

Prerequisites and Language Hints Advanced C++

Course participants should have at least two to three years of experience with the language. This includes a solid knowledge of the syntax of C++, experience with the standard library (std::vector, std::list, std::unique_ptr, …), hands-on experience with both template-based and inheritance-based designs and some experience with design patterns.

Course participants can bring their own laptops, but HLRS will provide machines with an up-to-date C++ environment. For these, participants should have basic UNIX/Linux knowledge (login with secure shell, shell commands, simple scripts, editor vi or emacs). In the online course, participants are expected to use their own devices. The programming tasks, including both Makefiles and CMake files, will be distributed before the course.

The course language is German. The slides are in English.

If you will participate remotely, you should have access to an C++17 programming environment.

If you want a similar course in English, then please look at the 3- or 4-day advanced C++ courses at LRZ , the 4 day course at VSC in Vienna or directly on Klaus Iglberger's course page.

Content levels

Basic: 3 hours
Intermediate: 9:30 hours
Advanced: 13 hours

Learn more about course curricula and content levels.

Instructors

Klaus Iglberger (External trainer)

Learning outcomes

After this course, participants will:

have a detailed understanding of the essential OO design principles
have gained knowledge about fundamental C++ programming concepts and idioms
be able to properly design classes and class interfaces
know about the importance of exception safe programming
have gained insight into kernel development with C++
avoid the usual pitfalls in the context of inheritance
comprehend the advantages of value-based design
understand the virtue of clean code

Agenda

All times are local times in the central European time zone (Berlin).

Local registration/drop in to zoom (8:30 - 9:00)

1st day schedule (Tue 9:00 - 17:30)

The Basic Design Principles
- Defining a Goal
- The SOLID Principles
Concepts and the STL
- STL Allocators
- constexpr

2nd day schedule (Wed 9:00 - 17:30)

Advanced Templates
- Type Traits
- SFINAE
- Concepts
- CRTP
- Forwarding References

3rd day schedule (Thu 9:00 - 17:30)

Dynamic Polymorphism
- The Perils of Inheritance
- Value Semantics
- Public Inheritance
- Surprises in Object Hierarchies
Design Patterns
- Decorator
- Visitor
- Strategy

4th day schedule (Fri 9:00 - 16:30)

C++ Design Patterns
- Template Method
- Prototype
- Bridge
- External Polymorphism
- Type Erasure
- Expression Templates

Lunch break will usually be between 12.30-13.45.

Handouts

Each participant will get a copy of all slides (PDF).

HLRS concept for on-site courses

Besides the content of the training itself, another important aspect of this event is the scientific exchange among the participants. We try to facilitate such communication by

offering common coffee and lunch breaks and
working together in groups of two during the exercises.

Registration information

Register via the button at the top of this page (will be available soon).

This course will be hybrid, i.e. it will take place at HLRS on-site but it will also be possible to attend online. Participants, online as well as on-site, have to be aware and agree that they might appear in the live video stream taken by a camera in the back of the lecture room or by a webcam on laptops. The live stream will not be saved. We strongly recommend to attend this course on-site since on-site attendance is much more effective and efficient in our experience. Therefore we might give priority to on-site over online participants during registration.

Registration closes on November 3, 2024.

Late registrations after that date are still possible according to the course capacity.

Fees

Students without master’s degree or equivalent: 40 Euro
PhD students or employees at a German university: 115 Euro
PhD students or employees at a university in an EU, EU-associated or PRACE country other than Germany: 180 Euro
PhD students or employees at a university outside of EU, EU-associated or PRACE countries: 360 Euro
Participants from public research institutes, public service providers or government: 600 Euro
Other participants, e.g., from industry: 960 Euro

Our course fee includes coffee breaks (in classroom courses only).

Lunch Breaks

We plan to have lunch in the unversity's canteen (Mensa Stuttgart-Vaihingen, have a look at their menu online). Two other near possibilities for lunch are on all days:

A food truck from 11:00-14:00 in Allmandring 35, approximately 300 m from HLRS,
Bakery Sehne, near bus stop "Im Lauchhau", approximately 400 m from HLRS.

We will update this information if opening times etc. change and inform you more precisely before the course starts.

Contact

Tobias Haas phone 0711 685 87223, training(at)hlrs.de

HLRS Training Collaborations in HPC

HLRS is part of the Gauss Centre for Supercomputing (GCS), together with JSC in Jülich and LRZ in Garching near Munich. EuroCC@GCS is the German National Competence Centre (NCC) for High-Performance Computing. HLRS is also a member of the Baden-Württemberg initiative bwHPC.

This course is provided within the framework of the bwHPC training program.

Further courses

See the training overview and the Supercomputing Academy pages.