Prompting C++ for Systems Engineering

Engineer with Precision. Accelerate with AI. Deliver with Confidence.

Key Features
● Get a free one-month digital subscription to www.avaskillshelf.com.
● Complete modern C++ coverage from core fundamentals and memory management to templates, STL lambdas and multithreading.
● Hands-on AI-assisted C++ development using GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT for coding, debugging and refactoring.
● Professional C++ engineering discipline covering GDB Valgrind GoogleTest and prompt engineering for production systems.

Book Description
AI Can Write Code. Engineers Build Systems.

C++ remains the language of choice for systems programming and those writing modern C++ with AI are the ones delivering production systems faster than anyone else. Prompting C++ for Systems Engineering shows you how to build correct efficient and production-ready C++ systems using AI tools at every stage of development, while maintaining the critical engineering judgement that professional practice demands.

This book puts AI-assisted execution at the centre. You use prompt engineering techniques alongside GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT to write and refactor C++ code covering memory management OOP templates, the STL lambdas move semantics and multithreading then validate every output with systematic debugging using GDB and Valgrind, and testing using GoogleTest and GoogleMock.

Thus, by the end of the book you will be well-versed to write modern C++ with confidence, debug and test it systematically, as well as use AI tools as a productive and disciplined part of your engineering workflow across embedded systems, safety-critical software and production C++ development.

What you will learn
● Write correct, efficient and maintainable modern C++ for real production and embedded systems.
● Manage memory pointers and resources safely using RAII smart pointers and modern C++ idioms.
● Apply STL templates lambdas, and move semantics to build flexible and high-performance C++ systems.
● Build concurrent and thread-safe systems using mutexes, atomics and modern concurrency patterns.
● Debug and profile C++ programs systematically using GDB Valgrind sanitizers and GoogleTest.
● Use AI tools productively and critically for coding, debugging, refactoring and prompt engineering.

1. Getting Started with C++ and AI Tools
2. Understanding C++ Basics
3. Control Flow and Logical Thinking
4. Functions, Scope, and Modularization
5. Arrays, Strings, and STL Vectors
6. Object-Oriented Programming in C++ with AI Assistance
7. Pointers and Memory Management
8. Inheritance and Polymorphism
9. Templates and Exceptions
10. Standard Template Library and Generic Programming
11. Functors, Lambdas, and Move Semantics
12. Multithreading and Concurrency Basics
13. Debugging, Testing, and Refactoring with AI Tools
14. Debugging Strategies for C++ Engineers
15. Prompt Engineering for C++ Developers
Index

Vivek Bhadra is a Senior Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer with over 24 years of experience across aerospace, defence, IoT, telecom, marine, and Linux platform engineering. Specializing in modern C++, embedded Linux, RTOS, and safety-critical systems, he combines deep technical expertise with practical industry leadership and mentoring.

About the Technical Reviewer

Alexander McLellan is a Senior Software Engineer with over two decades of programming experience, specializing in C++ development. He has completed BSc (Hons) in Computer Science from Durham University. Throughout his career, Alexander used modern C++ (up to C++20) to architect and deliver highly reliable software. His expertise ranges from writing foundational C++ frameworks that underpin complex firmware to desktop applications.