Debugging C++ Code: A Practical and Interactive Guide

We're super excited to share Berlin's first C++ meetup this year on Wednesday, 20th of March, 2024. It marks think-cell's return to hosting meetups after a 5-year break. We aim to bring back the Berlin C++ group, creating a space for everyone to share and learn about C++ with like-minded individuals.

"Nobody Can Program Correctly: A Practical and Interactive Guide to Debugging C++ Code" is the topic this time.

Sebastian Theophil, our Senior Software Engineer who has been with think-cell since its founding in 2002, will be the speaker. He enjoys leaving his desk from time to time to talk at international C++ conferences. In recent years, he has ported think-cell to run on macOS.

Abstract:
We like to write code, but—despite our best efforts—we make mistakes. Our program will contain bugs. Sometimes, we don’t write what we mean to write, sometimes we don’t understand an aspect of our programming language, and at other times, we lack—or fail to consider—some critical information about our program’s system environment. As a result, our program will not behave correctly. What do we do now?

In this talk, I would like to take you through the entire debugging process, starting with a program that crashes. What do we do next? Which questions do we have to ask? What information do we need? What can we do to find the cause of the crash? Which tools can help us in this quest, and, last but not least, what can we do to make sure this bug never happens again?

Thanks to real-world examples that we have encountered—and debugged—at think-cell over the years, you will learn how to reproduce, locate, understand, and fix even the most difficult bugs.

Registration
Interested in joining?
We encourage you to register early, as seats are limited.

Schedule
18:30 walk-in, welcome drinks
19:00 Introductory Brief
19:10 Presentation by Sebastian Theophil
20:10 Pizza & Beer, and networking
21:00 End of the event

Venue
The meetup will take place at Le Wagon Berlin.
Special thanks to Le Wagon for allowing us to utilize their space!

Address: 5th Floor, Rudi-Dutschke-Straße 26, 10969 Berlin
Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/rSK81EMxcX52ZKFf6

Live Stream
Unfortunately, there will be no live stream this time. Presentation slides will be shared later.