This is a test event to get a feeling how an online event goes on the hopin platform. Thanks to Victor for volunteering a short talk about teaching C++ "C++ UNIverse", see details below.
We'll only have 2 hours total for this event and only 100 attendees will be able to join, plus I'd like to test as much as possible, the planned schedule below:
20:00 Start / Networking
20:15 Welcome message - Main Stage
20:30 Victors Talk - Main Stage
21:00 Parallel Tracks
- Victor moderating a session on Teaching and Q&A of his talk
- Platform Feedback & Meeting C++ 2021 session with Jens Weller
- TBA other parallel sessions
21:40 Networking
Victors talk abstract:
Performance has always been the goal for C++ and that can frequently come in conflict with teachability. Since I was a student, twenty years ago, until today C++ has been a staple diet in universities across the globe. But “C++ as a first language”... really?
There is a lot of room for us to make C++ more teachable and improve the quality of C++ teaching in UNI, so long as we’re not talking about CS1.
First, students have to get over the hurdle of being algorithmic thinkers and then we can give them a language that has these sharp edges.
Is this a lost cause? I think not. Modern C++ is simpler and safer and we have numerous opportunities to make it more teachable at the same time.
"The king is dead, long live the king!"
