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About the Course
Updated in May 2025.
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The course begins with setting up your development environment across different platforms, including Visual Studio, Code::Blocks, Cevelop, and XCode. You will then dive into the basic language facilities of C++, starting with variables, primitive types, functions, and debugging in Visual Studio. Later, you'll explore more advanced concepts such as dynamic memory allocation, object-oriented programming, classes, and constructors.
As the course progresses, you will work with more complex features of C++ like move semantics, operator overloading, and memory management. You’ll gain practical experience in working with smart pointers (std::unique_ptr, std::shared_ptr, and std::weak_ptr), as well as learn how to handle type conversions and operator overloading in C++ to write more efficient and maintainable code.
The course is designed for developers who want to deepen their knowledge of C++ and build powerful, efficient applications. It is ideal for students or professionals with basic programming knowledge looking to take their C++ skills to the next level. No prior experience in C++ is required, but understanding basic programming concepts will be helpful.
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By Anton B
•Jun 9, 2025
It's a great overview of the basics, I enjoyed it! There are no coding tasks, though, only quizzes. The value categories subject doesn't mention R-value subcategories. This is not something a begginer would want to know, but the course is not for complete beginners.
By David R M H
•Aug 3, 2025
If you are somewhat familiar with C++, this course will give you a fast introduction to modern features.
By HG
•Aug 11, 2025
Concise, compact course. Very well put together.
By Srinivas R
•Oct 6, 2025
The course material and pace is good but the interface to ask questions can be improved. For example, user interface can make it easy to ask for answers or additional questions by providing a button rather than a typed input.