Modern C++ Development

Build high-performance applications with modern C++ features and best practices

# Cpp Modern

This document provides comprehensive guidelines for cpp modern development and best practices.

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## Modern C++ Features

1. **Smart**
   - Smart pointers for automatic memory management
   - Implement proper smart pointers for automatic memory management
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

2. **Lambda**
   - Lambda expressions and closures
   - Implement proper lambda expressions and closures
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

3. **Range-based**
   - Range-based for loops
   - Implement proper range-based for loops
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

4. **Auto**
   - Auto keyword for type deduction
   - Implement proper auto keyword for type deduction
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

5. **Move**
   - Move semantics and perfect forwarding
   - Implement proper move semantics and perfect forwarding
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

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## Memory Management

6. **RAII**
   - RAII (Resource Acquisition Is Initialization)
   - Implement proper raii (resource acquisition is initialization)
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

7. **std::unique_ptr**
   - std::unique_ptr for exclusive ownership
   - Implement proper std::unique_ptr for exclusive ownership
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

8. **std::shared_ptr**
   - std::shared_ptr for shared ownership
   - Implement proper std::shared_ptr for shared ownership
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

9. **std::weak_ptr**
   - std::weak_ptr to break circular references
   - Implement proper std::weak_ptr to break circular references
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

10. **Custom**
   - Custom deleters and allocators
   - Implement proper custom deleters and allocators
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

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## STL and Algorithms

11. **Standard**
   - Standard library containers (vector, map, unordered_map)
   - Implement proper standard library containers (vector, map, unordered_map)
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

12. **Algorithm**
   - Algorithm library usage
   - Implement proper algorithm library usage
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

13. **Iterator**
   - Iterator concepts and ranges (C++20)
   - Implement proper iterator concepts and ranges (c++20)
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

14. **Parallel**
   - Parallel algorithms (C++17)
   - Implement proper parallel algorithms (c++17)
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

15. **Views**
   - Views and ranges library
   - Implement proper views and ranges library
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

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## Template Programming

16. **Class**
   - Class and function templates
   - Implement proper class and function templates
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

17. **Template**
   - Template specialization
   - Implement proper template specialization
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

18. **SFINAE**
   - SFINAE (Substitution Failure Is Not An Error)
   - Implement proper sfinae (substitution failure is not an error)
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

19. **Concepts**
   - Concepts for template constraints (C++20)
   - Implement proper concepts for template constraints (c++20)
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

20. **Variadic**
   - Variadic templates
   - Implement proper variadic templates
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

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## Concurrency

21. **std::thread**
   - std::thread for threading
   - Implement proper std::thread for threading
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

22. **std::async**
   - std::async for asynchronous operations
   - Implement proper std::async for asynchronous operations
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

23. **std::mutex**
   - std::mutex and synchronization primitives
   - Implement proper std::mutex and synchronization primitives
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

24. **std::atomic**
   - std::atomic for lock-free programming
   - Implement proper std::atomic for lock-free programming
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

25. **Coroutines**
   - Coroutines (C++20)
   - Implement proper coroutines (c++20)
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

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## Exception Handling

26. **Exception**
   - Exception safety guarantees
   - Implement proper exception safety guarantees
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

27. **RAII**
   - RAII for exception safety
   - Implement proper raii for exception safety
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

28. **Custom**
   - Custom exception types
   - Implement proper custom exception types
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

29. **noexcept**
   - noexcept specification
   - Implement proper noexcept specification
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

30. **Error**
   - Error handling strategies
   - Implement proper error handling strategies
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

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## Performance Optimization

31. **Move**
   - Move semantics for efficiency
   - Implement proper move semantics for efficiency
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

32. **Perfect**
   - Perfect forwarding
   - Implement proper perfect forwarding
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

33. **Copy**
   - Copy elision and RVO
   - Implement proper copy elision and rvo
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

34. **Inline**
   - Inline functions and optimization
   - Implement proper inline functions and optimization
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

35. **Profile-guided**
   - Profile-guided optimization
   - Implement proper profile-guided optimization
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

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## Build Systems

36. **CMake**
   - CMake for cross-platform builds
   - Implement proper cmake for cross-platform builds
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

37. **Package**
   - Package management with Conan/vcpkg
   - Implement proper package management with conan/vcpkg
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

38. **Static**
   - Static analysis integration
   - Implement proper static analysis integration
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

39. **Unit**
   - Unit testing frameworks (Google Test, Catch2)
   - Implement proper unit testing frameworks (google test, catch2)
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

40. **Continuous**
   - Continuous integration setup
   - Implement proper continuous integration setup
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

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## Modern Language Features

41. **Structured**
   - Structured bindings (C++17)
   - Implement proper structured bindings (c++17)
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

42. **if**
   - if constexpr for compile-time conditions
   - Implement proper if constexpr for compile-time conditions
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

43. **std::optional**
   - std::optional for optional values
   - Implement proper std::optional for optional values
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

44. **std::variant**
   - std::variant for type-safe unions
   - Implement proper std::variant for type-safe unions
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

45. **Modules**
   - Modules system (C++20)
   - Implement proper modules system (c++20)
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

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## Design Patterns

46. **RAII**
   - RAII wrapper classes
   - Implement proper raii wrapper classes
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

47. **Pimpl**
   - Pimpl idiom for compilation firewall
   - Implement proper pimpl idiom for compilation firewall
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

48. **Factory**
   - Factory patterns with smart pointers
   - Implement proper factory patterns with smart pointers
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

49. **Observer**
   - Observer pattern with std::function
   - Implement proper observer pattern with std::function
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

50. **Template**
   - Template metaprogramming patterns
   - Implement proper template metaprogramming patterns
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

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## Error Handling

51. **std::expected**
   - std::expected for error handling (C++23)
   - Implement proper std::expected for error handling (c++23)
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

52. **Optional**
   - Optional and variant-based error handling
   - Implement proper optional and variant-based error handling
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

53. **Exception**
   - Exception specifications
   - Implement proper exception specifications
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

54. **Assertion**
   - Assertion macros
   - Implement proper assertion macros
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

55. **Defensive**
   - Defensive programming
   - Implement proper defensive programming
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

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## Cross-Platform Development

56. **Platform**
   - Platform abstraction techniques
   - Implement proper platform abstraction techniques
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

57. **Compiler-specific**
   - Compiler-specific feature detection
   - Implement proper compiler-specific feature detection
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

58. **Cross-compilation**
   - Cross-compilation strategies
   - Implement proper cross-compilation strategies
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

59. **Library**
   - Library portability considerations
   - Implement proper library portability considerations
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

60. **Testing**
   - Testing on multiple platforms
   - Implement proper testing on multiple platforms
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

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## Advanced Topics

61. **Template**
   - Template metaprogramming
   - Implement proper template metaprogramming
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

62. **SFINAE**
   - SFINAE and enable_if
   - Implement proper sfinae and enable_if
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

63. **Type**
   - Type traits and type manipulation
   - Implement proper type traits and type manipulation
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

64. **Constexpr**
   - Constexpr programming
   - Implement proper constexpr programming
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

65. **Compile-time**
   - Compile-time computations
   - Implement proper compile-time computations
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

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## Testing and Debugging

66. **Unit**
   - Unit testing best practices
   - Implement proper unit testing best practices
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

67. **Mock**
   - Mock objects and dependency injection
   - Implement proper mock objects and dependency injection
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

68. **Debugging**
   - Debugging techniques
   - Implement proper debugging techniques
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

69. **Profiling**
   - Profiling and performance analysis
   - Implement proper profiling and performance analysis
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

70. **Static**
   - Static analysis tools
   - Implement proper static analysis tools
   - Follow best practices for optimal results

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## Summary Checklist

- [ ] Core principles implemented
- [ ] Best practices followed
- [ ] Performance optimized
- [ ] Security measures in place
- [ ] Testing strategy implemented
- [ ] Documentation completed
- [ ] Monitoring configured
- [ ] Production deployment ready

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