Turner J. C++ Best Practices.45ish Simple Rules...C++ 2022 Fix

Textbook in PDF format

This version was published on 2022-03-15
My goal as a trainer and a contractor (seems to be) to work me out of a job. I want everyone to:
Learn how to experiment for themselves
Not just believe me, but test it
Learn how the language works
Stop making the same mistakes of the last generation
I’m thinking about changing my title from “C++ Trainer” to “C++ Guide.” I always adapt my courses and material to the class I currently have. We might agree on a class about X, but I change it to Y halfway through the first day to meet the organization’s needs.
Along the way, we experiment and learn as a group. I often also learn while teaching. Every group is unique; every class has new questions. Many of the questions I get in classes are the same ones repeatedly to the point where I get to look like a mind reader as I anticipate the next question that will be asked.
Hence, this book, and the Twitter thread that it came from, to help spread the word on the long-standing best practices