Qt Programming Training Course

This instructor-led, live training in Botswana (online or onsite) is tailored for developers who wish to employ advanced C++ programming techniques to develop complex, secure, and high-performance systems and applications.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Set up a development environment that includes all C++ libraries, packages and frameworks.
• Understand the features, components, and basic elements of C++.
• Create complex C++ applications using advanced programming techniques.
• Learn how to write readable, fast, and secure code in C++.
• Know the common security pitfalls in C++ language and how to mitigate them.
• Implement test strategies for code quality and security control.
• Use the diagnostics and debugging tools in C++ development.

Developing secure C and C++ software demands rigorous defence against malicious exploitation, memory corruption, and input validation bypasses. This programme explores vulnerability patterns such as buffer overflows, use-after-free errors, integer overflows, and type confusion. Participants implement secure coding guidelines, static analysis tools, and defensive programming techniques to eradicate weaknesses, enforce input sanitization, and deliver hardened software resilient against cyberattacks.

Is C++ appropriate for embedded systems like microcontrollers and real-time operating systems?

Should object-oriented programming be applied in microcontrollers?

Is C++ too abstracted from the hardware to be efficient?

This instructor-led, live training addresses these questions and demonstrates through discussion and practice how C++ can be used to develop embedded systems with code that is accurate, readable, and efficient. Participants put theory into practice through the creation of a sample embedded application in C++.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the principles of object-oriented modelling, embedded software programming and real-time programming
• Produce code for embedded systems that is small, fast and safe
• Avoid code bloat from templates, exceptions, and other language features
• Understand the issues related to using C++ in safety-critical and real-time systems
• Debug a C++ program on a target device

Audience

• Developers
• Designers

Format of the course

• Part lecture, part discussion, exercises and heavy hands-on practice

This is a 2 day course aimed at C++ programmers who are interested in applying the new C++11 standard in their industry. It is particularly useful for financial applications developers covering all new features with coding examples to be executed within the lab

This instructor-led, live training in Botswana (online or onsite) is aimed at C++ developers who wish to use CUDA to accelerate applications, write high-performance GPU kernels, and leverage parallel algorithm libraries for scientific computing, data processing, and machine learning workloads.

This training aims to present C++ as the natural extension of C for object-oriented embedded system development. Since C++ encompasses C, this course guides participants from C to C++ in a logical manner, exploring the underlying implementation of C++. This understanding is particularly valuable when applying C++ within the resource-constrained environments typical of embedded systems. The C++ standard has recently undergone significant revisions, known as C++11, with C++14 being released subsequently. This course covers features introduced in these revisions that are especially beneficial, such as high-performance memory management, concurrency in multicore environments, and low-level hardware programming.

OBJECTIVES/BENEFITS

The primary goal of this course is to equip you with the ability to use C++ correctly and effectively.

• Introduce C++ as an object-oriented alternative for embedded systems
• Highlight the similarities and differences between C and C++
• Understand various memory management strategies, particularly move semantics introduced in C++11
• Examine the underlying mechanisms to understand how different C++ paradigms translate into machine code
• Utilise templates to create type-safe, high-level abstractions for low-level, hardware-adjacent programming (including memory-mapped I/O and interrupts), with a focus on variadic templates from C++11
• Explore useful design patterns, particularly those applicable to embedded contexts
• Engage in practical exercises to reinforce key concepts

TARGET AUDIENCE/PARTICIPANTS

This training is designed for C++ programmers who wish to begin applying C++ within an embedded systems context.

PREREQUISITES

Participants require a fundamental understanding of C++ programming, equivalent to that covered in our trainings "C++ – Level 1" and "C++ Level 2 – Introducing C++11".

PRACTICAL EXERCISES

Throughout the training, you will practice the concepts presented through a series of exercises. We will utilise the open-source and free integrated development environment provided by Eclipse.

Introduction to C++ Programming Training Course Information

Create, compile, and run C++ programs. Execute traditional programming operations. Write classes to build maintainable projects. Manage dynamic data reliably and efficiently.

This instructor-led, live training in Botswana (online or on-site) is designed for developers who wish to use C++ to apply object-oriented programming techniques and enhance software design.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to: implement object-oriented concepts in C++, design modular applications, apply encapsulation and abstraction, and structure maintainable codebases.

This instructor-led live training in Botswana (online or onsite) is aimed at web designers who wish to build cross platform and dynamic UIs using Qt Quick and QML.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Design prototypes for application UIs using QML.
• Create and implement an application's UI elements using QML.
• Implement animations, transforms, and transitions to create a more responsive experience for users of the application.