Advanced Programming Techniques in D

Gain insights into lifetimes, structs, function overloading, and inheritance. Delve into templates, pointers, memory management. Discover advanced D concepts to elevate your programming skills.

Intermediate

293 Lessons

30h

Certificate of Completion

Gain insights into lifetimes, structs, function overloading, and inheritance. Delve into templates, pointers, memory management. Discover advanced D concepts to elevate your programming skills.

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This course includes

667 Playgrounds

8 Challenges

33 Quizzes

This course includes

667 Playgrounds

8 Challenges

33 Quizzes

Course Overview

D is a multi-paradigm programming language that combines a wide range of powerful programming concepts from the lowest to the highest levels. It emphasizes memory safety, program correctness, and pragmatism. This course will teach you advanced D concepts, so it’s recommended to get the basics down. In this course, you will start by learning lifetimes, structs, function overloading, and inheritance, all crucial concepts for advanced D developers. In the second half of the course, you will learn about templ...Show More

What You'll Learn

Learning about lifetimes of variables and type conversions

Understanding the concepts related to structs, classes and interfaces

Learning the use of templates

Learning about ranges

Understanding parallelism in D

What You'll Learn

Learning about lifetimes of variables and type conversions

Course Content

Introduction

Get familiar with advanced D programming concepts like lifetimes, structs, and contract programming.

What to Expect

Lifetimes, null Value and the is Operator

Walk through managing variable lifetimes, fundamental operations, null values, and the is operator in D.

Lifetimes Fundamental Operations

Null Value & is Operator Assigning the null Value Summary Quiz on Lifetimes, null Values and is Operator

Type Conversions

Examine type conversions in D, including automatic to explicit conversions, for safe operations.

Automatic Type Conversions Arithmetic and Slice Conversions const, enum, immutable, and bool Conversions Explicit Type Conversions Summary Quiz on Type Conversions

Structs

Grasp the fundamentals of struct creation, copying, literals, and practical applications in D.

Definition of Structs Construction Copying and Assignment Struct Literals and Static Members Challenge: Lets Play Cards Solution: Lets Play Cards Quiz on Structs

Variable Number of Parameters

Solve problems in creating flexible functions with default and variadic arguments.

Default Arguments Special Keywords as Default Arguments Variadic Functions Variadic Function Arguments Lifetime

Challenge: Perform the Calculation Solution: Perform the Calculation Quiz on Default Arguments and Variadic Functions

Function Overloading and Member Functions

9 Lessons

See how it works: function overloading, member functions, and managing const behaviors in D.

Constructor and Other Special Functions

10 Lessons

Build on constructors, destructors, postblit adjustments, and assignment operators in D programming.

Operator Overloading

15 Lessons

Learn how to use operator overloading for custom behaviors and intuitive programming in D.

Introduction to Classes

7 Lessons

Look at how classes in D offer object-oriented features, reference type behavior, and strict copying/assignment rules.

10.

Inheritance

11 Lessons

Master the steps to create specialized subclasses, override functions, and handle abstract classes in D.

11.

The Object Class

7 Lessons

Find out about essential member functions of the Object class in D.

12.

Interfaces

7 Lessons

Solve problems in D with interface inheritance, static and final functions, and abstraction.

13.

destroy and scoped

4 Lessons

Focus on advanced resource management techniques in D using `destroy()` and `scoped()`.

14.

Modules and Libraries

4 Lessons

Practice using modules, imports, and libraries to build structured and efficient D programs.

15.

Encapsulation and Protection Attributes

5 Lessons

Learn how to use encapsulation and protection attributes for safe and efficient coding.

16.

UFCS, Properties and Contract Programming

8 Lessons

Grasp UFCS, properties, and contract programming principles for cleaner, more consistent code.

17.

Templates

9 Lessons

Examine the creation and application of templates in D for scalable, type-independent code tasks.

18.

Pragmas, alias and with

9 Lessons

Break down complex ideas of pragmas, aliasing, and the "with" statement in D programming.

19.

Pointers

14 Lessons

Take a closer look at pointers, their syntax, operations, and practical applications in D.

20.

Bit Operations

13 Lessons

Tackle data representation, binary and hexadecimal systems, bit operations, and common uses with challenges and solutions.

21.

Conditional Compilation

9 Lessons

Master the steps to conditional compilation, enhancing flexibility, debugging, and platform-specific code in D.

22.

Function Pointers, Delegates, and Lambdas

8 Lessons

Break down function pointers, delegates, and lambdas to enhance your programming techniques.

23.

foreach with Structs and Classes

7 Lessons

Walk through iteration and struct design in D for custom loops and nested elements.

24.

Unions, Labels, goto and Tuples

8 Lessons

Examine unions, labels, goto, and tuples for efficient memory, control flow, and versatile data handling.

25.

More Templates

14 Lessons

Grasp the fundamentals of D's comprehensive template system for flexible, efficient code generation.

26.

More Functions

8 Lessons

Deepen your knowledge of function attributes, safety, and compile-time execution in D.

27.

Mixins

7 Lessons

Follow the process of using mixins in D for flexible code generation and scope management.

28.

Ranges

19 Lessons

Build on ranges to enhance data handling and flexibility in D programming.

29.

static foreach and Parallelism

11 Lessons

Step through static foreach and parallelism for efficient, parallelized code execution in D.

30.

Message Passing Concurrency

12 Lessons

Walk through message passing concurrency in D, focusing on threads, messages, and exception handling.

31.

Data Sharing Concurrency

6 Lessons

Examine data sharing, race conditions, synchronization, atomic operations, and concurrency in D programming.

32.

Fibers

9 Lessons

Enhance your skills in managing state and execution flow using fibers for efficient concurrency.

33.

Memory Management

10 Lessons

Take a closer look at memory management techniques, garbage collection, allocation, and alignment in D programming.

34.

User Defined Attributes (UDA) and Operator Precedence

5 Lessons

Follow the process of using UDAs for flexible programming and understanding operator precedence.

35.

Conclusion

1 Lesson

Congratulations on mastering advanced D programming techniques, from fundamental to parallelism.

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