Course Description:
This course introduces the C++ language for use on realtime applications. The first part of the course focuses on the language itself, highlighting the areas of concern for realtime development. The latter part covers the application of C++ to real-time systems focusing on concurrency/threading issues. If a C++ course does not cover these fundamental issues you may find you still have a lot to learn after the training.

Attendees perform hands on programming. Approximately 50% of the course is given over to practical work.

Overview:
A 5 day course covering C++ in general on the first three days and real-time issues on the last two. Fifty percent of the course is spent on practical work.

Course Objectives:
• To provide an understanding of the essentials of the C++ programming language.
• To give you practical experience of writing C++ for realtime applications.
• To give you the confidence to apply these new concepts to your next real-time project.

Delegates will learn:
• The core C++ syntax and semantics
• About memory and performance issues associated with C++
• How threading affects the use of the language

Pre-requisites:
• A working knowledge of C

Who Should Attend:
The course is designed for real-time engineers who are embarking on a project using C++ for the first time. It is also targeted at developers currently reluctant to move to C++ from C as they believe it poses too great an overhead. This course will clearly demonstrate both the strengths and weaknesses of C++ versus C.

Duration:
Five days.

Course Materials:
• Delegate Handbook

Related Courses:
• OO-503 Real-Time Systems Design with UML 2.0
• OO-303 Applying Real-Time UML
• AC++-501 Advanced C++
• C++-501 C++ for Embedded Developers
• C++-503 C++ for Non-C programmers
• C-501 C for Real-Time Developers
• RTOS-201 Fundamentals of Real-Time Operating Systems

Course Workshop:
All sections are backed up with comprehensive exercises. The exercises include developing UML-based associations, implementing design patterns and developing solutions to multi-threading problems. The threading exercises use the Win32 API.