C++ – Metaprogramming and High-Performance Applications (CPP5)

Programming, C, C++

Since C++20, concepts simplify templates and type parameters. This enables replacing virtual methods and heavy OOP with designs focused on performance and predictable latency, important for embedded and real-time systems.

C++26 brings compile-time reflection to express metaprogramming more succinctly, while current standards already provide many library tools to adapt. The course covers C++20/23/26 with examples using constexpr and templates.

THIS TRAINING COURSE WILL HELP YOU:

  • Identify compile-time optimization opportunities in C++
  • Learn metaprogramming features in recent C++ standards
  • Practice working with templates in a variety of patterns
  • Understand how C++ code executes at compile time

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

  • Experienced C++ developers who want to update their skills
  • C++ developers wanting to learn templates, concepts and constexpr
  • Practitioners interested in industrial languages and their limits

COURSE LOCATION AND AVAILABLE DATES



Private training

This course is not scheduled as a public course.
It is delivered exclusively as customised training. The content, duration, date, and delivery format are tailored to the customer's requirements and can also be provided in English.

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Course content:

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  • Metaprogramming in C++20 and C++23
    1. Creating high-performance, generic code
    2. Enabling maximum compiler-driven optimization
    3. Clearer and more maintainable designs than before
  • Programming with templates
    1. Parametric data structures
    2. Generic algorithms and helper types
    3. Static type checking and safety
  • Template specialization
    1. Special handling for particular cases
    2. Specialization via tagging and policy classes
    3. Metafunctions and compile-time computations
  • Constraining type parameters
    1. Documenting requirements on types
    2. SFINAE and programming with type traits
    3. Explicit constraints using concepts
  • Easier work with templates
    1. Shorter function template syntaxes
    2. Deducing this and perfect forwarding
    3. CTAD and omitting explicit type parameters
  • Combining OOP and templates
    1. Using inheritance without virtual methods
    2. Augmenting functionality with CRTP
    3. Type erasure with templates and inheritance
  • Variadic templates
    1. Support for a variable number of parameters
    2. Expressions based on parameter packs
    3. Techniques using multiple inheritance patterns
  • Header-only libraries
    1. Modern role of the inline keyword
    2. ODR (one-definition rule) and how it behaves
    3. Interaction with templates and class code
  • Metaprogramming beyond templates
    1. Compile-time evaluation patterns
    2. Keywords constexpr and consteval
    3. if constexpr, if consteval and static_assert()
  • Combining constexpr and templates
    1. Type-based branching at compile time
    2. Simplifying certain template patterns
    3. Constexpr function and variable templates
  • Template library design
    1. Methods vs free (non-member) functions
    2. Argument-dependent lookup (ADL)
    3. Customization points for extensibility
  • Implementing generic templates
    1. Specialized smart pointer implementations
    2. Custom container types
    3. Data structures without dynamic allocation
  • Bonus: Reflection in C++26
    1. Type and variable introspection facilities
    2. Embedding metadata into code
    3. Practical applications of reflection
Prerequisites:
Good knowledge of programming in C++.
Recommended previous course:
C++ – Practical Programming for Advanced Developers (CPP2)
Recommended follow-up course:
C++ – Design Patterns and Idioms (CPP3)
Schedule:
3 days (9:00-17:00)

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