Inheritance and Polymorphism with C++

Inheritance and Polymorphism with C++

by Jason Turner
Released July 2016
Publisher(s): Infinite Skills
ISBN: 9781491961926

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Video description

Gain new control of your code through a clear understanding of inheritance and polymorphism in C++. Expert Jason Turner teaches you the basics, the gotchas, the implementation and optimization of polymorphism and inheritance through live coded demonstrations and hands-on exercises. To get the most out of the course, learners should already have a basic understanding of C++ programming.

  • Discover the differences between runtime and compile time polymorphism and how to combine them to create powerful constructs
  • Understand class hierarchies in C++
  • Learn to control aspects of a class using access specifiers
  • Explore covariant return types, multiple and virtual inheritance, private constructors, destructors, mixins, CRTP, and other advanced topics
  • Review the cost and optimization methods of polymorphism, as well as the trade-offs considered when designing libraries
  • Gain the ability to implement the std::any and std::function
Jason Turner has over 15 years of programming experience specializing in cross-platform development, scripting of C++ libraries, and automated testing and code quality analysis. Jason is the co-creator and maintainer of the embedded scripting language for C++, ChaiScript, and is the author and curator of the forkable coding standards document, C++ Best Practices. He has spoken at CppCon in Bellevue, Washington, C++Now in Aspen, Colorado, and, is the co-host of CppCast, the podcast for C++ developers. You can discover articles by Jason on his EmptyCrate.com blog.

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Table of contents

  1. Introduction
    1. What We Will Cover In This Video 00:02:26
    2. About The Author 00:02:06
    3. Compile Time Vs. Runtime Polymorphism 00:01:54
    4. Basics Of Inheritance 00:03:50
    5. Basics Of Templates 00:05:27
  2. Inheritance
    1. Access Specifiers 00:05:03
    2. Friends 00:03:13
    3. Nested And Local Class Access 00:03:18
    4. Virtual Functions And Abstract Base Classes 00:03:39
    5. Virtual Destructors 00:04:39
    6. Using Override And Final 00:05:20
    7. Exercise 1 - Chapter 2 - Object Factory 00:03:28
  3. Inheritance Gotchas
    1. Friendship Is Not Inherited Or Transitive 00:03:55
    2. Be Aware Of Slicing 00:04:30
    3. Understanding Overloading Vs Overriding 00:03:51
    4. Using The Using Declarations 00:03:55
    5. Exercise 1 - Chapter 3 - Clean Up Inheritance 00:03:05
    6. Exercise 2 - Chapter 3 - Fix The Error 00:02:01
  4. Inheritance - Advanced Topics
    1. Covariant Return Types 00:04:01
    2. Multiple Inheritance 00:05:04
    3. Virtual Inheritance 00:04:23
    4. Private Constructors 00:04:01
    5. Private Destructors 00:04:48
    6. Dynamic_Cast And Static_Cast 00:05:44
    7. Mixins And CRTP 00:03:02
    8. Implementating Pure Virtual Functions 00:02:13
    9. Exercise 1 - Chapter 4 - Creating A Mixin 00:05:18
    10. Exercise 2 - Chapter 4 - Fixing Up The Inheritance 00:05:10
  5. Polymorphism Cost And Optimization
    1. Cost Of Adding Virtual Functions 00:03:17
    2. Cost Of Virtual Function Calls 00:04:26
    3. Cost Of Virtual Destruction 00:05:32
    4. Avoid Template Bloat With Smart Pointers 00:04:59
    5. Empty Base Optimization 00:04:03
    6. Exercise 1 - Chapter 5 - Reduce Program Execution Cost 00:05:01
    7. Exercise 2 - Chapter 5 - Reduce Program Compiled Size 00:05:05
  6. Conclusion
    1. Best Practices Summary 00:03:10
    2. Type Erasure 00:03:38
    3. Function As Polymorphism 00:04:11
    4. Any And Union As Polymorphism 00:03:06
    5. Exercise 1 - Chapter 6 - Function Object 00:02:44
    6. Exercise 1 - Chapter 6 - Function Object Solution 00:05:17
    7. Exercise 2 - Chapter 6 - Any Implementation 00:02:38
    8. Exercise 2 - Chapter 6 - Any Implementation Solution 00:07:51
    9. Wrap Up And Thank You 00:01:34

Product information

  • Title: Inheritance and Polymorphism with C++
  • Author(s): Jason Turner
  • Release date: July 2016
  • Publisher(s): Infinite Skills
  • ISBN: 9781491961926