Lecture #22 - Standard Template Library (STL)

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Content:

1. Syllabus
   Describes topics to be covered, reading material for you to digest before coming to class, and due dates for the assigned projects.

2. MTMU Help Sessions:

   • Friday, 4/28 at 10:30am in CST 4-201 (Project #4 help from 9:00am to 10:30am)
   • Friday, 5/5 at 9:00am in CST 4-201

3. Projects:

   Project #4, Project4HelpS17
   Remote Code Publisher

   Project4HelpS17
   C++\CLI WPF client that sends and gets messages using native C++ mock channel.
   C# WPF client with C++\CLI shim that sends and gets messages using native C++ mock channel.
   Also included are several diagrams that illustrate design ideas for Project #4 and some sample Socket code.

   Communication Channel, vsdx
   Diagrams for Peer-To-Peer communication, Client and Server communication processing, and Message structure

   Mock Channel Demo, vsdx
   Diagram illustrating native C++ to C++\CLI interoperation for the Project #4 GUI via a mock demo.

   Note:

   Project #4 is due Tuesday, May 02. We will charge 1 point per day for Wednesday and Thursday. After Thursday midnight the late fee increases to 5 points per day. Also, after midnight Thursday, we will not count bonus points. This is necessary since we have a very short time to complete grading projects and submit course grades.

   Summer Projects:

   We will hold a "Summer Projects" meeting Friday 4/21 at 3:00pm in CST 1-218.

4. Exceptions

5. Standard Template Library (STL)

   STL Containers Reference, STL Containers Demos

   STL Algorithms Reference, STL Algorithms Demos, trimming strings with STL Algorithms

   STL Structure Presentation, ppt

   Invalid Iterators

   Finding Duplicate Files with the help of STL containers

   STL Details

   STL Odds and Ends Presentation

6. C++11 - new features

   Herb Sutter's excellent and brief overview from his Blog

   C++11 concurrency
   Threads, locks, condition variables, async, futures, promises, packaged_tasks, and atomics

   C++11 BlockingQueue
   Uses condition variable and mutex to build a queue that blocks deQers when empty.

   Str strings
   Demonstrates move constructor and move assignment.

   Component Reference Counting
   Demonstrates variadic templates and functions.

   Symbol Table
   Illustrates how using aliases are a great design tool. Also demonstrates range-based for loops.

   Chrono Timer
   Uses Chrono library to build a high resolution timer precise to about 100 nanoseconds.

   Callable Objects
   Demonstrates lambdas and compares them to function pointers and functors.

   Singleton
   Uses atomic.

   Uniform Initialization
   Illustrates use of uniform initialization for user defined types and STL containers.

7. Other topics in the queue:

   • Packaging: Modules, Libraries, UIs, DLLs, and Programs
   • Managed C++ - C++/CLI, and its Syntax
   • Boltins, Veneers, and Constraints
   • Documenting OO Designs
   • Template Metaprogramming

8. Thinking about Software Design:

   Software Design
   Broad survey of ideas with examples
   Design Presentation
   Summarizes design issues for modules and classes.
   Design Guidelines
   Design rules and idioms that transcend Object Oriented Design.

   Design Summary