C++ is a high-performance, object-oriented programming language that has been around since the early 1980s. It was designed by Bjarne Stroustrup as an extension of the C language, with the goal of creating a more powerful and versatile language for system programming. Over the years, C++ has become one of the most widely used programming …
Of course you have heard about Observer Design Pattern in C++. This is again, like the Singleton, one of the better known design patterns. To start this off, just like in my last article about “Singleton Design Pattern in C++”, I want to once again recommend the book Modern C++ Design: Generic Programming and Design …
I won’t lie to you, C++ is a complex language and is considered by many to be hard. However, if you learn it, the reward is huge. There are many video games and applications in general which are written in C++ such as Adobe Systems, Microsoft Office Suite, WinRAR, MySQL etc. Here’s a top with …
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I’m sure that by now, you’ve heard about Design Patterns in C++ and probably also about Singleton. This article covers what a singleton is and possible implementations with some standard uses for it. For detailed information and if you want to learn more about design patterns, you should check out Modern C++ Design: Generic Programming …
Right from the start, before I get some genius telling me that I “plagiarized” stuff, I want to tell you all that yes, there is some info taken from cppreference, which is the bible of the C++ programmer. Now that we got rid of this thing, let’s see what I mean by the title. By …
A while ago, I had an article related to CMake build system. I wanted to get back to that topic and make something simpler without being part of a series. I also did some very short explanatory video on this topic, on YouTube here. That video provides you a preview of what CMake is and …
I was looking for a good free framework for C++ GUI and, oh boy, it was hard to find one to satisfy my needs. Basically, what I needed was 2 main things: free for commercial use(i.e. MIT License) drag and drop for UI elements Of course, I did not find anything that meets both expectations. …
When you write code in C++, you will probably get to a point in which you need to convert(or cast) some data type. Maybe you need to convert a double or a float to integer or maybe you need to convert one pointer type to other pointer type. Enters casting. What is casting? Casting is …
I know, I know. All of you experienced programmers will go like: “what is this dumb article? what do you mean by download c++ on windows? there is no such thing as downloading C++”. Well, of course there is no such thing. All of us that had anything to do with programming, know that. However, …
In my previous article that you can find here, I’ve discussed about polymorphism in C++. At the end of that article, I’ve mentioned that it’s better to avoid dynamic polymorphism if performance is critical for your application. In this article, I will explain why I mentioned this and we will discuss about dynamic polymorphism performance …
