Modern C++ Software Design (Advanced)

This course will be provided as ONLINE course (using Zoom).

This advanced C++ training is a course on object-oriented (OO) software design with the C++ programming language. The focus of the training are the essential OO and C++ software development principles, concepts, idioms, and best practices, which enable programmers to create professional, high-quality code. Additionally, the course gives insight into kernel development with C++. The course will not address special areas and applications of C++, such as for instance Template Meta Programming (TMP), or the quirks and curiosities of the C++ language. It rather teaches guidelines to develop mature, robust, maintainable, and efficient C++ code.

Since 2020 we provide two types of C++ courses, each offered two times per year:

  • intermediate: Mar. 2-5, 2021, and July 6-9, 2021
  • advanced: May 4-7, 2021 (this course), and Nov. 23-26, 2021

with two different levels of prerequisites.

Location

Online course
Organizer: HLRS, University of Stuttgart, Germany

Start date

May 04, 2021
08:30

End date

May 07, 2021
16:30

Language

German

Entry level

Advanced

Course subject areas

Programming Languages for Scientific Computing

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Prerequisites and content levels

Prerequisites

Prerequisites Advanced C++ (this course):

Course participants should have basic UNIX/Linux knowledge (login with secure shell, shell commands, simple scripts, editor vi or emacs). At least two to three years of experience with the language is needed. This includes a solid knowledge of the syntax of C++, experience with both template-based and inheritance-based designs and some experience with design patterns.

Prerequisites Intermediate C++ (other course type):

Course participants should have basic UNIX/Linux knowledge (login with secure shell, shell commands, simple scripts, editor vi or emacs). At least one year of experience with the language is needed. This includes a good understanding of the basic mechanics (header files, source files, compilation), good knowledge of the syntax of C++, and some experience with templates and inheritance.

Please choose the course that fits best to you!

Content levels
  • Beginner: 3 hours
  • Intermediate: 10 hours
  • Advanced: 14 hours

Learn more about course curricula and content levels.

Gained Skills

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

Program

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
    • Strategy
    • Visitor
    • Type Erasure

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

  • Design of HPC Components
    • Choice of the Proper Data Structures
    • Kernel Design
    • Loop Unrolling
    • SIMD Vectorization

Language

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

Teacher

Klaus Iglberger (External)

Course Material

All course material and the details to access the online course will be provided to the registered and accepted attendees only.

Registration

Registration is closed.

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.

Deadline

for registration is April 18, 2021 (extended deadline).

Fee

Students without Diploma/Master: 35 EUR.
Students with Diploma/Master (PhD students) at German universities: 75 EUR.  
Members of German universities and public research institutes: 75 EUR.
Members of universities and public research institutes within EU or PRACE member countries: 150 EUR.   
Members of other universities and public research institutes: 300 EUR.  

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

Organization

PRACE PATC and bwHPC-C5

HLRS is part of the Gauss Centre for Supercomputing (GCS), which is one of the six PRACE Advanced Training Centres (PATCs) that started in Feb. 2012.
HLRS is also member of the Baden-Württemberg initiative bwHPC-C5.
This course is provided within the framework of the bwHPC-C5 user support. This course is not part of the PATC curriculum and is not sponsored by the PATC program.

Contact

Andreas Ruopp phone 0711 685 87259, ruopp(at)hlrs.de
Rolf Rabenseifner phone 0711 685 65530, rabenseifner(at)hlrs.de
Khatuna Kakhiani phone 0711 685 65796, kakhiani(at)hlrs.de
Tobias Haas phone 0711 685 87223, tobias.haas(at)hlrs.de

Shortcut-URL & Course number

http://www.hlrs.de/training/2021/CPP2