Smart Pointers

In this lesson, we will build on your existing foundational and object-oriented oriented skills and enhance them by looking at templates, the Standard Template Library, and other skills to help you in your builds.

Learning Objectives

• Learn about function templates and class templates
• Learn how to write efficient and excellent code with the data structures and algorithms in the standard template library 
• Learn about smart pointers to manage dynamic memory automatically 
• Understand friend functions, friend classes, and operator overloading

Intended Audience

• Beginner coders, new to C++
• Developers looking to upskill by adding C++ to their CV
• College students and anyone studying C++

Prerequisites

To get the most out of this lesson, you should have a basic understanding of the fundamentals of C++.