The eighth iteration of the C++ course for the high energy physics community took place at the University of Manchester at the end of August. Organised in collaboration with the Software Institute for Data Intensive Sciences, the Training Working Group of the HEP Software Foundation, and the STFC-funded Swift-HEP project, 14 students attended this year’s event in-person. Many thanks to David Lange and Sebastien Ponce for helping deliver the training.