Apart from having the discipline to always do things properly, these are the top 10 principles and concepts I think anyone who wants to be a truly excellent C++ programmer should adhere to and use: Object Orientated Designs Design Patterns Standard Libraries Templates Descriptive Names Const Correctness Values, References and Pointers Namespaces Embedded Documentation Avoid [...]

C++ autocompletion is possible with VIM. This is officially the coolest tech discovery I’ve made this year. And it’s easy to setup. Here’s how to configure C++ IntelliSense for Vim, with an example that demonstrates how to enable code completion for the the C++ Standard Template Library (STL). 1. Download You need the following: Vim [...]