⚙️ C/C++ Systems Programming Roadmap

🏗️ Advanced C/C++ Foundation

Enterprise-level language features and best practices

💾 Week 1: Advanced Memory Management

• • Smart pointers and RAII principles
• • Custom memory allocators
• • Memory pools and object pools
• 🎯 Project: High-performance allocator

🏛️ Week 2: Advanced OOP & Design Patterns

• • Template metaprogramming
• • CRTP and policy-based design
• • Modern C++ features (C++17/20)
• 🎯 Project: Generic data structure library

🔧 Week 3: STL & Algorithms Mastery

• • Advanced STL containers and algorithms
• • Custom iterators and adaptors
• • Algorithm complexity optimization
• 🎯 Project: Custom algorithm library

🚀 Week 4: Error Handling & Testing

• • Exception safety guarantees
• • Unit testing with Google Test
• • Static analysis and debugging
• 🎯 Project: Robust error handling system

🔄 Concurrent Programming Mastery

Multithreading and parallel programming expertise

🧵 Week 5: Threading Fundamentals

• • std::thread and thread management
• • Thread-local storage and lifecycle
• • Thread pools and work queues
• 🎯 Project: Thread pool implementation

🔒 Week 6: Synchronization Primitives

• • Mutexes, locks, and condition variables
• • Atomic operations and memory ordering
• • Lock-free data structures
• 🎯 Project: Producer-consumer system

⚡ Week 7: Parallel Algorithms

• • std::execution policies
• • OpenMP for parallel computing
• • SIMD optimization techniques
• 🎯 Project: Parallel sorting algorithm

🎯 Week 8: Async Programming

• • std::future and std::promise
• • Async I/O and event loops
• • Coroutines (C++20)
• 🎯 Project: Async web server

💻 System-Level Programming

Operating system interfaces and low-level operations

🖥️ Week 9: OS Interface Programming

• • System calls and API programming
• • Process and signal management
• • Inter-process communication (IPC)
• 🎯 Project: System monitoring tool

🌐 Week 10: Network Programming

• • Socket programming (TCP/UDP)
• • High-performance I/O (epoll, kqueue)
• • Protocol implementation
• 🎯 Project: High-performance server

💾 Week 11: File Systems & I/O

• • Memory-mapped files
• • Direct I/O and zero-copy techniques
• • File system optimization
• 🎯 Project: Database storage engine

🔧 Week 12: Device & Driver Programming

• • Hardware interface programming
• • Device driver fundamentals
• • Embedded systems programming
• 🎯 Project: Hardware abstraction layer

🚀 Performance & Enterprise Solutions

Optimization and enterprise-grade development

📊 Week 13: Performance Analysis

• • Profiling with Valgrind, Intel VTune
• • CPU optimization and cache performance
• • Memory profiling and leak detection
• 🎯 Project: Performance optimization case study

🏗️ Week 14: Large-Scale Architecture

• • Modular design and component architecture
• • Plugin systems and dynamic loading
• • Build systems (CMake, Bazel)
• 🎯 Project: Modular application framework

🛡️ Week 15: Security & Reliability

• • Secure coding practices
• • Buffer overflow prevention
• • Fault tolerance and recovery
• 🎯 Project: Secure communications library

🎯 Week 16: Portfolio & Integration

• • Integration with other languages
• • API design and documentation
• • Portfolio project completion
• 🎯 Project: Enterprise-grade system