Passkey Idiom: More Useful Empty Classes
After last week’s post about tag dispatch let’s have a look at another example for useful empty classes: The passkey idiom can help us regain control that we would give […]
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Tag Dispatch: Useful Empty Classes
There are some nice-to-know use cases for classes that have no members. One of them is tag dispatch. It can even be found in your standard library implementation.
Large C++ Legacy Applications: Tools
In the last weeks I have written about the contents of my “Large C++ Legacy Applications” talk: I’ve written about how dealing with those applications is a team game, about the […]
Large Legacy Applications: Tests and Modularization
In the last two weeks I have already written about legacy applications, about how it has to be a team effort and how to plan the refactoring. This week’s post […]
Large C++ Legacy Applications: Planned Refactoring
This is part 2 of my small series about cleaning up large code bases. After we get our team together and all are determined to clean up that mess, where […]
Clean up Large C++ Legacy Applications
This is the start of a small series where I write up a talk I held earlier this year at some conferences and user groups.
Starting With the Poco Libraries
Recently I started to use the web server functionality of Poco. Today I’ll describe my first experiences with the library.
Design for Testability: Separate I/O layers
For my current project, some design decisions had to be made to ensure good testability and test coverage.
Does Const Imply Thread Safety?
Sometimes we hear the notion that const means thread safety. It’s not that simple.
Using Conan for Third Party Libraries
Last week I shared the general setup of my development environment. Today I will go a bit into Conan and how I use it.