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Scott Meyers Training Courses

Design Patterns, Templates, and Policy-Based Design

The book Design Patterns by the "Gang of Four" (i.e., the "GOF") introduced the idea of patterns to the software development community. This seminar offers a novel view of design patterns, focusing on how templates can make working with patterns more effective. The seminar also describes policy-based design (PBD), a template-based technology introduced in Andrei Alexandrescu's Modern C++ Design that can generate dozens of implementations for the same pattern, each embodying a unique set of design trade-offs.

Course Highlights

Participants will gain:

Who Should Attend

Systems designers, programmers, and technical managers involved in the design, implementation, and maintenance of software systems written in C++. Participants should know the basic features of C++ (e.g., classes, inheritance, virtual functions, templates), but expertise is not required. People who have learned C++ recently, as well as people who have been programming in C++ for many years, will come away from this seminar with new insights into C++, templates, and design patterns.

Format

Lecture and question/answer. There are no hands-on exercises, but participants are welcome to use their computers to experiment with the course material as it is presented.

Length

One full day (six to seven lecture hours).

Detailed Topic Outline

For more information on this course, contact Scott directly.