there are so many job listings for c++ in big tech, but it feels like it's hard to gain proper c++ experience without already being on those projects. it's sweet that those c++ systems are probably critical and actually do cool things, but if I wanted to be a c++ guy there, it's hard to get the experience without already being there I feel. c++ actually doesn't look too bad with RAII?
but maybe it's a dying breed anyway, so I should just learn rust/go/zig/etc
To me, using a programming language that lets me manage memory on a problem where it was important to me (because constraints or performance or whatever) has always been eye opening. go feels like a different thing there, but I suppose cgo can get you into the realm.
Learning Rust is probably onone of the more accessible ways to get this kind of experience. It won't teach you everything you'd need to know to write C++ professionally, but it teaches a lot of the it, including a lot of best practices that it's otherwise hard to learn outside of a professional environment.
Another book tactically missing memory and ownership design for modern c++ apps.
I think there is no more important topic for teaching. There are some slides in advanced sections but it's quite ironic one needs to know about it from the start!! Who owns memory? How to pass it? Move? Borrow? How to communicate it for readers? It's like a tribal knowledge.
Every time I touch enterprise C++ codebase it's a freakshow heavily struggling with memory management.
As reference the material could be good, as study it's very questionable.
Do you have any recommendations for books/materials that do include these topics? I've never used c++ professionally, but have been starting to learn it and would appreciate a modern reference on these items.
there are so many job listings for c++ in big tech, but it feels like it's hard to gain proper c++ experience without already being on those projects. it's sweet that those c++ systems are probably critical and actually do cool things, but if I wanted to be a c++ guy there, it's hard to get the experience without already being there I feel. c++ actually doesn't look too bad with RAII?
but maybe it's a dying breed anyway, so I should just learn rust/go/zig/etc
To me, using a programming language that lets me manage memory on a problem where it was important to me (because constraints or performance or whatever) has always been eye opening. go feels like a different thing there, but I suppose cgo can get you into the realm.
Cgo has its own performance overhead problems, though.
CUDA is an extension of C++ just like C++ is an extension of C. Deployed CUDA is growing exponentially. C++ is definitely not a dying language!
Learning Rust is probably onone of the more accessible ways to get this kind of experience. It won't teach you everything you'd need to know to write C++ professionally, but it teaches a lot of the it, including a lot of best practices that it's otherwise hard to learn outside of a professional environment.
"This open-access course is directed at those who are already familiar with C and object-oriented programming" ... but not C++
That's a very, very small target you're aiming at there.
Regardless, it is a very comprehensive review for C++ programmers, and even intermediate ones will probably see new material there.
"This open-access course is directed at those who are already familiar with very old C++ and object-oriented programming" ... but not modern C++
Written this way, the target is bit larger.
Another book tactically missing memory and ownership design for modern c++ apps. I think there is no more important topic for teaching. There are some slides in advanced sections but it's quite ironic one needs to know about it from the start!! Who owns memory? How to pass it? Move? Borrow? How to communicate it for readers? It's like a tribal knowledge.
Every time I touch enterprise C++ codebase it's a freakshow heavily struggling with memory management.
As reference the material could be good, as study it's very questionable.
Do you have any recommendations for books/materials that do include these topics? I've never used c++ professionally, but have been starting to learn it and would appreciate a modern reference on these items.