CppCon Courses

More Speed and Simplicity - Practical Data-Oriented Design in C++

Discover how Data-Oriented Design transforms C++ performance and simplicity through cache-efficient data layouts, Structure-of-Arrays techniques, and practical OOP refactoring examples.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 39 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Duck Typing, the C++ Way - How Type Erasure Bends the Rules

Explore type erasure in C++ to achieve runtime polymorphism without inheritance, mimicking duck typing while maintaining static safety and performance awareness.

• YouTube
• 56 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Back to Basics: C++ Fundamentals - CppCon 2020

Master fundamental C++ concepts through expert-led sessions covering abstract machines, templates, smart pointers, move semantics, concurrency, and essential programming patterns.

• YouTube
• 14 hours 23 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Your Optimized Code Can Be Debugged - Here's How With MSVC C++ Dynamic Debugging

Discover how Visual Studio 2022's C++ Dynamic Debugging lets you debug optimized code without performance loss, solving "variable optimized away" issues for game developers.

• YouTube
• 33 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Networks in C++ - What's Actually Changing?

Explore evolving network engineering in C++: new protocols like QUIC, modern interfaces beyond POSIX, asynchronous models, and performance optimization techniques for today's applications.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 13 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Cross-Platform Package Management for Modern C++ Development with Pixi

Discover Pixi, a modern cross-platform package manager for C++ that simplifies environment setup, builds, and deployment with reproducible workflows inspired by Cargo and npm.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Practical Reflection With C++26

Explore C++26 reflection capabilities through practical implementation of Struct-of-Arrays for arbitrary aggregates, covering essential techniques for advanced problem-solving.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 8 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Back to Basics - How To Improve C++ Code Reviews

Discover actionable best practices to enhance C++ code reviews by avoiding common mistakes in header management, naming, documentation, move semantics, and STL usage.

• YouTube
• 57 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Back to Basics - C++ Concepts

Master C++20 concepts from fundamentals to custom implementations, exploring practical applications, standard library usage, and design patterns for clearer, safer template code.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 3 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

First Principles While Designing C++ Applications

Master fundamental C++ design principles for building reliable, maintainable real-time systems through proper class design, composition, inheritance, and core guidelines.

• YouTube
• 1 hour
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Fix C++ Stack Corruptions with the Shadow Stack Library

Discover how to identify and fix elusive C++ stack corruptions using the Shadow Stack library technique that catches bugs other tools miss.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 1 minute
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Could C++ Developers Handle an ABI Break Today?

Explore whether C++ developers could handle ABI breaks today, examining evolved tooling like Conan/vcpkg and questioning if we overestimate future ABI change pain.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 3 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Implement the C++ Standard Library - Design, Optimizations, and Testing while Implementing Libc++

Explore practical design patterns, space/time optimizations, and testing strategies used in libc++ standard library implementation with real-world examples.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 1 minute
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Evolution of std::optional - From Boost to C++26

Explore the 20-year journey of std::optional from Boost to C++26, covering design challenges, reference semantics, and the evolution of value types in modern C++.

• YouTube
• 1 hour
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Joy of C++26 Contracts - Myths, Misconceptions and Defensive Programming

Explore C++26 contracts feature with Herb Sutter, covering defensive programming, best practices, and why they surpass C assert for production use.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 3 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video