How to approach learning and teaching C++?

On July, 6th, we have the great pleasure to welcome Slobodan Dmitrovic to our user group. Slobodan is a software consultant and a professional software developer with over two decades of experience in the IT industry. He is a C++ trainer and author of two introductory books, titled “Modern C for absolute beginners” and “Modern C++ for absolute beginners.” Slobodan specializes in providing introductory C++ training to individuals and teams.

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Abstract: In this talk, Slobodan discusses approaches and methodologies used in learning and teaching C++. In the first part of the talk, Slobodan explains how to approach the topic of learning C++. He discusses answers to the following questions: what resources to use, where to learn the C++ from, what topics to learn and in which order to learn them, what makes a C++ knowledge backbone, what makes a solid C++ knowledge foundation, how to tackle the complexity, how to decide what is important to a beginner in C++? The second part of the talk discusses the topic of teaching C++ from a trainer’s standpoint. We discuss the following topics: what to teach and in which order to teach, how to make a structured approach, how to decide on the amount of theory, how to balance the theory with examples, at what pace do examples increase in complexity, what are the similarities and differences between teaching C++ to beginners in programming and teaching C++ to software developers who do not have prior C++ experience, how to concisely present complex topics, what advice to give to a trainee? At the end of the talk, please join the author for a live Q&A session.

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Schedule:
19:00 (CEST) -- Start of the videostream