📄️ Containers
Containers store collections of objects. The STL provides optimized, well-tested containers for different access patterns and performance needs. Choose the right container for your use case.
📄️ Iterators
Iterators are the glue between containers and algorithms. They provide a uniform interface for traversing and accessing elements in different container types, enabling generic algorithms.
📄️ Algorithms
STL algorithms are generic functions that work with any container through iterators. They provide tested, optimized implementations of common operations. Never write your own sort or search - use the STL!
📄️ Chrono
The chrono library provides type-safe time utilities for durations, time points, and clocks. It's designed to prevent common time-related bugs through strong typing.
📄️ Ranges
Ranges (C++20) is a modern library that provides composable, lazy-evaluated operations on sequences. It replaces traditional iterator pairs with range objects and introduces views for efficient data transformation pipelines.
📄️ Strings
C++ provides std::string_view (C++17) for non-owning string references. Rich API for searching, modifying, and converting text data.
📄️ Filesystem
The filesystem library (C++17) provides portable facilities for manipulating files and directories. It replaces platform-specific APIs and C-style file operations with a modern, type-safe interface.
📄️ IOStreams
The iostream library provides facilities for input/output operations through streams. It's a type-safe, extensible alternative to C's printf/scanf.
📄️ Allocators
Allocators are objects that manage memory allocation for STL containers. They provide a standardized interface for customizing how containers acquire and release memory.
📄️ Utilities
The utilities library provides general-purpose components that don't fit into other categories but are essential for modern C++ development.