Modern C++ Software Design (Advanced)

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.

If you will participate remotely, you should have access to an C++20 programming environment.

For similar courses, please have a 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.

Klaus Iglberger (External trainer)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

3rd day schedule (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 (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.

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

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 April 27 2025.

• 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

Link to the EU and EU-associated (Horizon Europe), and PRACE countries.

Our course fees include coffee breaks (in classroom courses only).

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