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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Follow these comprehensive guidelines for successful cpp modern implementation.