Simplify C++! - Write clean and maintainable C++

Recently, I have given a workshop about language features introduced in C++14 and C++17. Since a major part of those features includes constexpr things, I gave my trainees the task […]

In his third guest post, Matt Bentley shows us the impact of cache-locality on performance, using plf::list, his implementation of a cache-local linked list as example.

Today we have another guest post by Alfredo Correa. In his previous article, Functions of variants are covariant, Alfredo described the concept of a covariant function, that is, how a […]

You’ve probably heard about the rule to prefer standard algorithms over raw for loops. The major reason is that those algorithms say what is happening in the name and encapsulate […]

Today, I am happy to announce a guest post by Andrey Karpov about the evil of macros. Andrey is a Microsoft MVP in the “Developer Technologies” category and one of […]

From February 3rd through February 6th I have been in Folkestone, UK, to visit the first C++ On Sea conference.

Today, I have a guest post by Daniele Pallastrelli about extern template for you. Daniele has been programming and designing software for the last 20+ years and he’ s passionate […]

The pImpl idiom is a useful idiom in C++ to reduce compile-time dependencies. Here is a quick overview of what to keep in mind when we implement and use it.

Keep simple data structures simple! There’s no need for artificial pseudo-encapsulation when all you have is a bunch of data.

Sometimes we need unformatted data, simple byte sequences. At first glance, std::string might be a fitting data structure for that, but it is not.