Relevant Developer Tutorials

Mudlet uses modern C++17 for the core functionality of the application.

For programming newbies

• C++ - covers everything C++ basics to advanced.
• C++ Discord - great community for help with C++.
• Qt Discord - also a great community, this time for coding in Qt.

For experienced programmers

• Pointers - the core basics of C++. While you can by without needing to know the details, you'll find it really, really useful if you do.
• C++11 - know how to make your life easier with modern C++11.
• C++11 Guide - fantastic guide on everything C++.
• emoji breakdown - everything to know about emojis, is useful to know when working with Mudlet's internal text editing classes.
• Learn X in Y minutes - helpful brief summary/examples for lots of code languages' syntax and concepts, including C++ and Lua

Helpful tools

• Source Trail - get quick overview of an unfamiliar codebase (like Mudlet, if you're just joining here)
• draw.io - Draw and share diagrams online
• http://www.rexex101.com/ - test and explain your regular expressions online
• http://www.rexegg.com/regex-quickstart.html - a good little cheat sheet for regex

Support tools

• https://www.take-a-screenshot.org/ - for all OS, so users can show their problems with ease
• https://color-hex.org/ - Catalogue of colors in different styles, shades, gradients, etc. Very useful for UI design, etc.

Good reading

• catchchallenger wiki - C++, QString benchmarks.
• Effective Qt, Meeting C++ 2015 - tips for modern Qt regarding range-based for, QStrings, and the heap.
• How lambda's can improve your Qt code
• https://github.com/AnthonyCalandra/modern-cpp-features/blob/master/README.md - modern C++ features
• https://marcmutz.wordpress.com/effective-qt/containers/ - Qt's vs standard C++ containers.
• http://theory.stanford.edu/~amitp/GameProgramming/ - A* tips and tricks.
• https://www.reddit.com/r/cpp/comments/7kurp6/recommended_c_tools_for_linux_profiler_static/ - useful C++ tools that can run on Linux.
• https://www.divio.com/blog/documentation - Create 4 kinds of documentation, each serves a different purpose

Support communities

• C++
  • tbd
• Qt
  • Qt Developers official forum
  • Qt Centre
• Lua
  • tbd

Random tips and tricks

Determine what auto resolves to with:

 template <typename T> struct watzattype;
 void TriggerUnit::doCleanup()
 {
     for(auto & trigger : mCleanupList)
     {
         watzattype<decltype(trigger)>{};

Compiler will error and tell you the type, TTrigger*& in this example.