OOP-in-C VS modern-cpp-features

There is also a small OOP-in-C project (Object-Oriented Programming in C) introduced in the segment about Object-Oriented Programming. This project is also available on GitHub in the OOP-in-C repository.

> "... my coding in C++ still feels like doing C with classes and some STL containers like 2005. I want to progress from this state. ..."

What's wrong with these?:

- C++: The Core Language by Gregory Satir and Doug Brown

- https://github.com/QuantumLeaps/OOP-in-C

- C++ Concurrency in Action

- C++ Templates the Complete Guide 2e

The first is particularly geared towards C programmers, and I prefer the second one to "Inside the C++ Object Model". (There's also another popular book by a German author who covers OOP in C.)

For the time being, I will be an "opportunist" who is waiting for the right time to switch to another language[1] - Rust:

"To me using C++ means you are ready to give up a lot of time and energy in order to gain a complete control over certain aspects of your program. I was very much into that at the start of my career and gradually started drifting away to more immediate productivity while reserving the right to poke under the hood when necessary. This has led me to Rust and I find it to be the better natively compiled strongly & statically typed language, but YMMV of course."

(No, the concepts I learn in C++11 and beyond won't go into waste even when C++ becomes less and less relevant in a couple of decades.)

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24805717

Just go through this https://github.com/AnthonyCalandra/modern-cpp-features and you should be fine.

If you also like thorough explanations and graphs, there's https://hackingcpp.com/ that could answer many questions you might have.

By the way, just in case, bookmark this online C++ reference https://eel.is/c++draft/ for diving in deep waters.

Good luck!

I'm a little 10 years out from writing C++ professionally and I found this cheat sheet[0] useful. Basically if you have an inkling of the concept you're looking for, just search on that cheat sheet to find the relevant new C++ thing. Specifically for me, we used Boost for smart pointers which are now part of the stdlib, and threads are now part of the stdlib as well.

[0] https://github.com/AnthonyCalandra/modern-cpp-features

A more productive way to go about it would be to ask "What are the features in each version of C++ past C++11 that I should care about the most?" instead. In that case you could take a look at things like https://github.com/AnthonyCalandra/modern-cpp-features and https://github.com/mortennobel/cpp-cheatsheet, see what appeals to you, ignore what does not.

Looks like there's a version history here

As someone suggested cppcon and c++ talks, also I would reccomend reading this: https://github.com/AnthonyCalandra/modern-cpp-features and all things in the papers section in this: https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/compiler_support

I've already done a bit of research which has led me to the The Definitive C++ Book Guide & List. From that, I've decided to go over The C++ Programming Language (4th Edition) to learn C++11 and then this GitHub repo to learn the remaining C++14/17/20 features.

clickable:

"Welcome back to C++ - Modern C++" https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/cpp/welcome-back-to-cp...

"21 New Features of Modern C++ to Use in Your Project" http://www.vishalchovatiya.com/21-new-features-of-modern-cpp...

"What is modern C++"? https://www.reddit.com/r/cpp_questions/comments/tgs6ir/what_...

"C++ is the next C++" https://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2022/p26...

"modern c++ features" https://github.com/AnthonyCalandra/modern-cpp-features

C++ 23 to introduce module support "https://www.infoworld.com/article/3662808/c-plus-plus-23-to-..."

"C++ 2023" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%2B%2B23