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Modern C++ Tutorial: C++11 to C++26 On the Fly

Purpose

The book claims to be "On the Fly". Its intent is to provide a comprehensive introduction to the relevant features of modern C++ (from C++11 through C++26). Readers can choose interesting content according to the following table of content to learn and quickly familiarize the new features you would like to learn. Readers should be aware that not all of these features are required. Instead, it should be learned when you really need it.

At the same time, instead of coding-only, the book introduces the historical background of its technical requirements (as simple as possible), which provides great help in understanding why these features came out.

In addition, the author would like to encourage readers to use modern C++ directly in their new projects and migrate their old projects to modern C++ gradually after reading the book.

Targets

Start

You can choose from the following reading methods:

Code

Each chapter of this book contains a lot of code. If you encounter problems while writing your own code with the introductory features of the book, reading the source code attached to the book might be of help. You can find the book here. All the code is organized by chapter, the folder name is the chapter number.

Exercises

There are few exercises at the end of each chapter of the book. These are meant to test whether you have mastered the knowledge in the current chapter. You can find the possible answer to the problem here. Again, the folder name is the chapter number.

Website

The source code of the website of this book can be found here, which is built by hexo and vuejs. The website provides you another way of reading the book, it also adapts to mobile browsers.

Build

If you are interested in building everything locally, it is recommended using Docker. To build, simply run:

$ make build

Acknowledgements

This book was originally written in Chinese by Changkun Ou.

The author has limited time and language skills. If readers find any mistakes in the book or any language improvements, please feel free to open an Issue or start a Pull request. For detailed guidelines and checklist, please refer to How to contribute.

The author is grateful to all contributors, including but not limited to Contributors.

Licenses

Creative Commons License
This work was written by Ou Changkun and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. The code of this repository is open sourced under the MIT license.

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What is this?A free book teaching modern C++ features from C++11 through C++26, written for people who already know traditional C++ (C++98 or earlier) and want a fast way to learn the new stuff.
Is this a book or a hands-on coding course?It is primarily a book you read (online on GitHub, PDF, EPUB, or a dedicated website), but each chapter comes with real code examples and exercises with answers you can run yourself.
How is the book organized and where do I start reading?Content is split by chapter, matching the folder structure of the code and exercise answers, so you can jump straight to the chapter covering the feature you want to learn instead of reading cover to cover.
Do I need a C++98 background before reading this?Yes, the book assumes you're already comfortable reading traditional pre-C++11 code; it's not an intro to C++ itself, just to its modern features.
Is this good for learning advanced, deep-magic C++?No, it only covers modern C++ tricks to a limited extent and is explicitly not meant for readers seeking advanced-level C++ mastery, though experienced devs can use it to self-check their knowledge.
Who should read this?Developers with long experience in traditional C++ who want to quickly pick up modern features, as well as advanced readers who want a refresher or self-test on modern C++.
Was this book originally written in English?No, it was originally written in Chinese by Changkun Ou and later made available in English, with the author inviting corrections for language mistakes.
Do the exercises come with answers?Yes, each chapter's exercises have corresponding answer folders numbered to match the chapter.
What are similar projects?awesome-modern-cpp, modern-cpp-features, Modern-CPP-Programming, compiler, cppinsights, the-way-to-go_ZH_CN, rust-course, entt
Which topics is it in?cpp14, cpp17, cpp20, cpp11, vuejs, self-hosting, ebook, programming-language, computer-science, book, reference, guide
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changkun
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