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Learn C++ - Pre-Requisite Skills & Environment Setup
This opening episode makes sure you're ready to learn C++. You will understand the basic skills you must master, set up the GCC compiler, the CMake and Ninja build tools, the GDB debugger, an editor, and verify the environment with your first program.
August 10, 2026
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Learn C++ - History, Background & Why You Need C++
This episode traces the history of C++ from the birth of C with Classes by Bjarne Stroustrup, the standardization journey from C++98 to C++23, C++'s role in operating systems and game engines, to the problems it solves compared to traditional approaches.
August 10, 2026
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Learn C++ - Core Concepts & Main Architecture
This episode dissects how C++ works behind the scenes: the compilation process from preprocessing to linking, the stack and heap memory model, ABI and name mangling, program structure with header and source files, and build workflows with CMake.
August 10, 2026
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Learn C++ - Basic Syntax & Program Structure
This episode builds your C++ basic syntax: complete program structure, variable and constant declarations with fundamental types, functions with scope and return values, and an interactive program using std::cin and std::cout.
August 10, 2026
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Learn C++ - Control Flow & Operators
This episode covers arithmetic, logical, bitwise, and incremental operators, the if, switch, and ternary conditional statements, all kinds of loops from for to range-based for, and the use of break and continue to control program flow.
August 10, 2026
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Learn C++ - Functions & Modular Programming
This episode dissects functions thoroughly: declarations versus definitions, overloading, default arguments, inline and constexpr, splitting headers and sources with linkage, as well as function pointers, lambdas, and std::function for treating functions as values.
August 10, 2026
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Learn C++ - Object-Oriented Programming
This episode covers object-oriented programming in C++: classes and objects, constructors and destructors, access specifiers and encapsulation, inheritance and polymorphism with virtual functions, abstract classes and the interface pattern, as well as smart pointers.
August 10, 2026
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Learn C++ - Memory & Resource Management
This episode dissects pointers and references, pointer arithmetic, dynamic allocation with new and delete along with smart pointers, the RAII pattern for deterministic resource management, and common memory bugs like use-after-free and double-free.
August 10, 2026
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Learn C++ - Data Structures & STL Containers
This episode introduces the Standard Template Library: sequence containers like vector, array, and deque, associative containers like set, map, and unordered_map, iterators along with std::algorithm algorithms, and the stack, queue, and priority_queue container adaptors.
August 10, 2026
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Learn C++ - Input/Output & File Handling
This episode covers the basic std::istream and std::ostream streams, file I/O with std::ifstream, std::ofstream, and std::fstream, formatted input output with manipulators, binary I/O, as well as error handling and checking whether a file exists.
August 10, 2026
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