Slobodan Dmitrovic - How to approach learning and teaching C++ - Meeting C++ 2021
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In this talk, Slobodan discusses the approach and methodologies used in both learning and teaching C++. In the first part of the talk, Slobodan explains how to approach the topic of learning C++. Slobodan discusses possible answers to the following questions: what resources to use, what topics to learn and in which order to learn them, what makes a C++ backbone, what makes a solid C++ knowledge foundation, how to tackle the complexity, how to decide what is essential 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: how to decide on what to teach and in which order to teach, how to make a structured approach, how much information is too much information for a beginner, how to decide on the amount of theory, how to balance the theory with examples, at what…