Fundamentals Reading List

Reading List

OS Stuff

• What are processes and threads
• Inter-process communication - Shared memory
• Processes and process management in *nix

Compiler Stuff

• What are the different steps in compilation - Compiling, Linking, Loading
• What is a linker, how does it work
• Differences between static and dynamic linking
• What is a makefile, what is CMake
• What is LLVM, what is the Clang compiler

C++ Fundamentals

• What is a pointer, what are lvalues and rvalues
• What are templates, how template parameters differ from normal parameters
• What are abstract and concrete classes, review basics of inhertance

Memory Management in C++

• Modes of memory allocation - static and dynamic - stack vs heap allocation
• What is RAII?
• What are smart pointers?
• Types of smart pointers - Unique, Shared, Weak
• Move Semantics