CppNow Courses

Carbon Language Successor Strategy - From C++ Interop to Memory Safety

Carbon’s successor design aims to bring memory safety to existing C++ codebases through bidirectional interoperability and incremental migration.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 39 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Value Oriented Programming Part 1 - You Say You Want to Write a Function

A songlike argument for value-oriented functions questions member functions, stateful parameters, and void returns.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Introducing a Memory-Safe Successor Language in Large C++ Code Bases

Learn how Swift’s memory safety and C++ interoperability support incremental adoption in large, established C++ code bases.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Integer Type Selection in C++ - Safe, Secure and Correct Code

Learn how to choose C++ integer types, including signed, unsigned, and exact-width types, and understand the safety and security consequences of those choices.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 32 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Adapting C++20 Ranges Algorithms for Most Metaprogramming Needs in Fewer Than 1,000 Lines of Code

See how a compact C++20 library adapts ranges algorithms to make metaprogramming more accessible and easier to maintain.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 32 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Safety-First - How To Develop C++ Safety-Critical Software

See how safety engineering principles shape everyday C++ development for safety-critical systems, using automotive functional safety as a starting point.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 32 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Exceptions in C++ - Better Design Through Analysis of Real World Usage

Analyzes real-world exception misuse in C++ and shows when exceptions belong, how they work, and which alternatives improve error handling.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 32 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Using the C++26 Sender/Receiver Framework to Implement Control Flow for Async Processing

See how C++ senders and receivers compose asynchronous control flow, from familiar conditionals and loops to fork/join and backtracking.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 31 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Trees for Logic and Parsing in C++

Shows how to represent recursive logic trees in C++ with clean subtree views and replacements while minimizing pointer indirections and reallocations.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 25 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Definition-Checked Generics - Part 2 - The Why and How

An exploration of how definition-checked generics address limits in C++20 concepts and the challenges of designing such a system.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 19 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Definition-Checked Generics, Part 1 - The Why and How

Examines how definition-checked generics can improve on C++20 concepts, comparing approaches in C++, Swift, Rust, and Carbon.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 29 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Applicative - The Forgotten Functional Pattern in C++

Explores applicative functors as a practical alternative to monadic interfaces, using C++ examples from optionals, futures, parsing, validation, and error handling.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 19 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Composition on Tiny Embedded Systems in C++

A live build shows how to compose efficient, maintainable C++ firmware for a tiny system, from hardware bring-up to remote-controlled RGB lighting.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 14 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Implementing Fast Calendar Algorithms - Speeding Date

A look at calendar algorithms that run faster by reducing arithmetic and breaking dependencies in division and modulus calculations.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Nobody Can Program Correctly - A Practical and Interactive Guide to Debugging C++ Code

Follow a crash through reproduction, investigation, and repair, using real-world C++ bugs to show how to keep them from recurring.

• YouTube
• 59 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk