Overview
Course overview and structure
Study Plan
8-week study plan with daily schedule
Week 1: Move Semantics, Value Categories & Compile-Time C++
The Problem These Solve
Week 2: Error Handling Without Exceptions & The C++ Memory Model
If you've written C++ in application-land, `try/catch` feels natural. In real-time and safety-critic
Week 3 — Real-Time Linux Programming
Real-time does **not** mean fast. It means **deterministic** — the system guarantees a
Week 4: Safety-Critical Patterns & JPL Rules
Safety-critical software is code where failure means loss of life, destruction of expensive hardware
Week 5: Production Build Systems, Testing & Tooling
The single most important shift in modern CMake (3.0+) is thinking in **targets** instead of
Week 6 — IPC, Serialization & Software-Defined Patterns
IPC lets separate processes exchange data without going through the kernel on every
Week 7: Undefined Behavior Deep Dive & Advanced Patterns
Undefined Behavior (UB) is not "implementation-defined" or "unspecified" — it means the C++ standard
Week 8 — Capstone: Mini Flight Software
This capstone project integrates every major concept from Weeks 1–7 into a
Module 11: C++20 Coroutines
A **coroutine** is a function that can **suspend** its execution and later **resume** from where it
Module 12: C++20 Ranges
The classic STL algorithm interface has a fundamental usability problem:
Module 13 — C++20 `std::format`
C has three string formatting approaches, each with serious trade-offs:
Module 14: Exception Safety Guarantees
Exception safety is about what guarantees your code provides when an exception
Module 15: PMR (Polymorphic Memory Resource) Allocators
In real-time robotics and embedded systems, **deterministic timing** is non-negotiable.
Module 16: Sanitizer Workshop — Practical Bug-Hunting with C++ Sanitizers
Sanitizers are compiler-based tools that instrument your code at compile time and detect
Module 17: Software-Defined Vehicles & Mission-Critical C++
A **Software-Defined Vehicle (SDV)** is a vehicle where software — not mechanical linkages or fixed
Module 18: Coding Standards, Profiling & System Tracing
Module 16 taught you **what** sanitizers catch and how to read their reports.