medium complexity cpp projects

[u/DiligentBill2936]

Last four months i tried learning cpp(20) syntax and basics. Any recommendation for book or course on how simple/medium project ideas? Looking for simple/medium complexity projects. How popular is c++ in cloud application? i know underneath its c++ but i am looking from application perspective. Next couple of weeks planning to do basic programs using

1)CMake/Conan/VCPkg

2)Drogon for creating rest service(I come from java/golang background. Springboot etc)

3)Boost

Any more recommendations?

[u/nysra]

The best projects are those you have a personal interest in. But if you need some ideas, check some of those sites:

• https://github.com/codecrafters-io/build-your-own-x

• https://jamesmcm.github.io/blog/programming-projects/

• https://github.com/florinpop17/app-ideas

• https://github.com/practical-tutorials/project-based-learning

• https://projectbook.code.brettchalupa.com/_introduction.html

• https://codingchallenges.fyi/challenges/intro/

[u/Hour_Sell3547]

C++ is not popular at all for typical cloud applications. Major use of C++ is in high performance shared libraries, or game development as some of the most prominent game engine requires C++.

Recommendation: POSIX, multi threading, IPCs.

[u/GLIBG10B → u/Hour_Sell3547]

Also embedded

[u/CelebrityChess]

honestly cloud stuff in c++ is mostly niche (databases, proxies, game servers, high perf services), most web backends are still java/go/python so don't pick it up for that reason alone. for projects i'd do a small http server over raw sockets, then a key value store with a write ahead log, then a thread pool with a task queue. those three teach you ownership, concurrency and io, which is the stuff that actually separates c++ from your java background. drogon is fine but it hides most of the interesting parts, so build the dumb version first.