Emerging Patterns – Refactoring Session #4
In my last refactoring session post, I wrote I had been lazy when it came to refactoring Fix. Actually, I’ve slacked on purpose, repeatedly skipping the refactoring steps of the […]
Lambda Overdose
Lambdas are a nice recent addition to C++. They are cool, they are hip, and they tend to be overused and misused.
Refactoring Basics
I’ve written a few posts about refactoring already. What is still missing is a post about the basic principles, so here we go.
Implementation-Inspired Tests
This week’s post is another guest post. Today, Vaughn Cato shares with us some thoughts on writing tests to the code as a variant of TDD. Vaughn works in the […]
Modern C++ Features – decltype and std::declval
decltype and std::declval are two features that go hand in hand and are most useful in template metaprogramming and in conjunction with the use of type deduction via auto, e.g. […]
Refactoring Session #3 – from JSON to a Proper Class.
It’s time for the next refactoring session, and I happen to have been lazy on my current project. So, today I’ll start to write about some changes I did in […]
Ranges: the STL to the Next Level
Today’s post is the first guest post on this blog. Jonathan Boccara tells us about some exciting features that will hit the standard library after C++17: Ranges. Jonathan develops and teaches […]
“YAY, Two Years!” and Guest Posts
Today’s post will be a meta post about the blog, its past and its future.
Modern C++ Features – Attributes
With the increasing standardization of attributes, we get the opportunity to make our code clearer not only to other humans but also to the compiler and other tools.
Return early and clearly
There are different guidelines out there about where and how many return statements to use in a function, e.g. return only once at the end of the function or return […]