Drinking from the Fire Hose: Keeping up with the evolving landscape of C++ - Brian Ruth - CppCon

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For years, there was silence, then, in 2011, it all changed. Now, C++ is being continually updated and best practices keep evolving. How does a working engineer keep up with all of this? I'll share some tips I've used over the past decade to convince people I know what I'm talking about.

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Brian has been programming in C++ for 20+ years; working for both small and large companies on a wide variety of projects and technologies. For over a decade he worked with neuroscience researchers and created high speed acquisition, analysis and visualization software. He is currently a senior software engineer at Garmin, developing embedded devices and migrating legacy modules to C++. When he isn’t knee deep in code, he is enjoying a home brewed beer or building some furniture. He has been a volunteer at CppCon since 2015.

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[jpnasc]

You just described my professional drama. I have more than 10 years of professional experience with C++ and it had been really hard to keep up with all new features. Thank you for this talk.

[TheSulross]

I take some time to write little programs that utilize new features, these become a record that can refer back to later if try to use in real code and the details get foggy. I sprinkle in links to relevant explanatory material in comments and such. Doing these small programs helps crystallize a bit of understanding.

[BobHagglundWA]

Well said. I like the part about teaching. One of the best ways to learn a subject is to learn how to teach it to others.