C++ Training in Leiden

This instructor-led live training in Leiden (online or onsite) is designed for developers who wish to utilize advanced C++ programming techniques to create complex, secure, and high-performance systems and applications.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Configure a development environment equipped with all necessary C++ libraries, packages, and frameworks.
• Grasp the key features, components, and fundamental elements of C++.
• Develop complex C++ applications utilizing advanced programming techniques.
• Master the art of writing readable, efficient, and secure C++ code.
• Identify common security pitfalls in C++ and learn how to mitigate them.
• Implement robust testing strategies to ensure code quality and security.
• Utilize diagnostics and debugging tools effectively in C++ development.

Developing robust C and C++ code demands strict protection against malicious exploitation, memory corruption, and input validation failures. This course analyzes common vulnerability patterns such as buffer overflows, use-after-free errors, integer overflows, and type confusion issues. Participants will utilize secure coding standards, static analysis tools, and defensive programming strategies to remove vulnerabilities, ensure proper input sanitization, and build software that is resilient against cyber threats.

Is C++ a suitable choice for embedded systems, such as microcontrollers and real-time operating systems?

Should object-oriented programming be applied in microcontroller environments?

Is C++ too abstracted from the hardware to remain efficient?

This instructor-led live training addresses these questions. Through discussion and practical exercises, it demonstrates how C++ can be utilized to develop embedded systems with code that is accurate, readable, and efficient. Participants will apply theoretical knowledge by creating a sample embedded application in C++.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the principles of object-oriented modelling, embedded software programming, and real-time programming
• Produce code for embedded systems that is compact, fast, and safe
• Avoid code bloat resulting from templates, exceptions, and other language features
• Grasp the challenges associated with using C++ in safety-critical and real-time systems
• Debug a C++ program on a target device

Audience

• Developers
• Designers

Format of the course

• Part lecture, part discussion, exercises and heavy hands-on practice

This two-day course is designed for C++ programmers keen on integrating the new C++11 standard into their professional workflows. It is especially beneficial for developers working on financial applications, as it covers all new features with practical coding examples that can be executed during lab sessions.

This training introduces C++ as the natural evolution of C for object-oriented embedded system development. Since C++ is built upon and encompasses C, this course guides you from C to C++ seamlessly, while examining the underlying implementation details. This insight is particularly valuable when implementing C++ in resource-constrained embedded environments. The C++ standard has undergone significant updates with C++11, and C++14 follows shortly after. This course covers key features introduced by these revisions that are especially beneficial, such as high-performance memory management, concurrency in multicore environments, and bare-metal programming close to the hardware.

GOAL/BENEFITS

The primary objective of this class is to enable you to use C++ correctly and effectively.

• Introduce C++ as an object-oriented language alternative within an embedded system context
• Show the similarities and differences with the C language
• Comprehend different memory management strategies, especially the move semantics introduced with C++11
• Look under the hood and understand what different paradigms in C++ lead to in machine code
• Use templates to achieve type-safe high-order abstractions for bare-metal close-to-the-hardware programming, including memory-mapped I/O and interrupts, especially utilizing variadic templates introduced with C++11
• Provide useful design patterns specifically applicable in an embedded context
• Include exercises to practice key concepts

AUDIENCE/PARTICIPANTS

This training is aimed at C++ programmers who intend to start using C++ in an embedded system context.

PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE

The course requires basic knowledge in C++ programming, corresponding to our trainings “C++ – Level 1” and “C++ Level 2 – Introducing C++11”.

PRACTICAL EXERCISES

During the training you will practice the presented concepts in a number of exercises. We will use the open and free integrated development environment from Eclipse

During the training in Leiden, there is an ongoing Q&A session between the trainer and participants. The C++ handouts are in PDF format. Solved source code exercises are in the .zip format. The fifth day is dedicated to building a C++ project, debugging the code and performing code reviews.

This instructor-led live training, available Leiden (online or onsite), targets developers who wish to apply object-oriented programming techniques using C to enhance software design.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to implement object-oriented concepts in C, design modular applications, apply encapsulation and abstraction, and structure maintainable codebases.

This instructor-led, live training session provides an in-depth look at Qt and its associated modules.

By the conclusion of the training, participants will have acquired the requisite knowledge and hands-on experience to build their own C++ applications using Qt.