C++ 26 Professional

The C++ 26 Professional exam assesses your intermediate-level knowledge of C++, building on foundational concepts to test advanced programming skills with the C++26 standard.

Topics covered include:

• Advanced pointers, references, and forwarding
• Memory management and smart pointers
• Templates, concepts, and generic programming
• Move semantics and value categories
• Exceptions, error handling, and std::expected
• Concurrency and cooperative cancellation
• C++26 contracts (pre/post/contract_assert)
• C++26 reflection basics (P2996)
• std::execution senders/receivers vocabulary
• New C++26 containers: hive, inplace_vector, flat_map, simd
• Library hardening and erroneous behavior

Passing this exam demonstrates intermediate competency in modern C++ (C++26) and readiness for professional C++ development work.