diff --git a/examples/Demo/Source/Demos/WidgetsDemo.cpp b/examples/Demo/Source/Demos/WidgetsDemo.cpp
index cb31f9f79a..4edb1da085 100644
--- a/examples/Demo/Source/Demos/WidgetsDemo.cpp
+++ b/examples/Demo/Source/Demos/WidgetsDemo.cpp
@@ -1058,7 +1058,7 @@ private:
                 return columnXml->getStringAttribute ("name");
         }
 
-        return String();
+        return {};
     }
 
     JUCE_DECLARE_NON_COPYABLE_WITH_LEAK_DETECTOR (TableDemoComponent)
@@ -1317,9 +1317,7 @@ public:
     //==============================================================================
     StringArray getMenuBarNames() override
     {
-        const char* const names[] = { "Demo", "Look-and-feel", "Tabs", "Misc", nullptr };
-
-        return StringArray (names);
+        return { "Demo", "Look-and-feel", "Tabs", "Misc" };
     }
 
     PopupMenu getMenuForIndex (int menuIndex, const String& /*menuName*/) override
diff --git a/extras/Projucer/Source/Application/jucer_Application.cpp b/extras/Projucer/Source/Application/jucer_Application.cpp
index f4874dad8b..0a5bb645f8 100644
--- a/extras/Projucer/Source/Application/jucer_Application.cpp
+++ b/extras/Projucer/Source/Application/jucer_Application.cpp
@@ -340,8 +340,7 @@ MenuBarModel* ProjucerApplication::getMenuModel()
 
 StringArray ProjucerApplication::getMenuNames()
 {
-    const char* const names[] = { "File", "Edit", "View", "Build", "Window", "GUI Editor", "Tools", nullptr };
-    return StringArray (names);
+    return { "File", "Edit", "View", "Build", "Window", "GUI Editor", "Tools" };
 }
 
 void ProjucerApplication::createMenu (PopupMenu& menu, const String& menuName)
diff --git a/extras/Projucer/Source/Project/jucer_ProjectType.h b/extras/Projucer/Source/Project/jucer_ProjectType.h
index 26446890ac..56247ed33f 100644
--- a/extras/Projucer/Source/Project/jucer_ProjectType.h
+++ b/extras/Projucer/Source/Project/jucer_ProjectType.h
@@ -206,7 +206,5 @@ inline Array<ProjectType*> ProjectType::getAllTypes()
     static ProjectType_DLL dll;
     static ProjectType_AudioPlugin plugin;
 
-    static ProjectType* allTypes[] = { &guiApp, &consoleApp, &staticLib, &dll, &plugin,  nullptr };
-
-    return  Array<ProjectType*> (allTypes);
+    return { &guiApp, &consoleApp, &staticLib, &dll, &plugin };
 }
diff --git a/extras/Projucer/Source/Wizards/jucer_NewProjectWizard.h b/extras/Projucer/Source/Wizards/jucer_NewProjectWizard.h
index 9674c1ab42..85cbe7cf70 100644
--- a/extras/Projucer/Source/Wizards/jucer_NewProjectWizard.h
+++ b/extras/Projucer/Source/Wizards/jucer_NewProjectWizard.h
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ struct NewProjectWizard
 
     virtual StringArray getDefaultModules()
     {
-        static const char* mods[] =
+        return
         {
             "juce_core",
             "juce_events",
@@ -86,11 +86,8 @@ struct NewProjectWizard
             "juce_audio_basics",
             "juce_audio_devices",
             "juce_audio_formats",
-            "juce_audio_processors",
-            nullptr
+            "juce_audio_processors"
         };
-
-        return StringArray (mods);
     }
 
     String appTitle;
diff --git a/modules/juce_audio_devices/native/juce_win32_DirectSound.cpp b/modules/juce_audio_devices/native/juce_win32_DirectSound.cpp
index 10ea41abae..319e57cc50 100644
--- a/modules/juce_audio_devices/native/juce_win32_DirectSound.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_audio_devices/native/juce_win32_DirectSound.cpp
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ public:
             return true;
         }
 
-        auto currentPlayTime = Time::getHighResolutionTicks ();
+        auto currentPlayTime = Time::getHighResolutionTicks();
         if (! firstPlayTime)
         {
             auto expectedBuffers = (currentPlayTime - lastPlayTime) / ticksPerBuffer;
@@ -534,9 +534,8 @@ struct DSoundInternalInChannel
 public:
     DSoundInternalInChannel (const String& name_, const GUID& guid_, int rate,
                              int bufferSize, float* left, float* right)
-        : bitDepth (16), name (name_), guid (guid_), sampleRate (rate),
-          bufferSizeSamples (bufferSize), leftBuffer (left), rightBuffer (right),
-          pDirectSound (nullptr), pDirectSoundCapture (nullptr), pInputBuffer (nullptr)
+        : name (name_), guid (guid_), sampleRate (rate),
+          bufferSizeSamples (bufferSize), leftBuffer (left), rightBuffer (right)
     {
     }
 
@@ -647,6 +646,7 @@ public:
             return true;
 
         int bytesFilled = (int) (readPos - readOffset);
+
         if (bytesFilled < 0)
             bytesFilled += totalBytesPerBuffer;
 
@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@ public:
 
     unsigned int readOffset;
     int bytesPerBuffer, totalBytesPerBuffer;
-    int bitDepth;
+    int bitDepth = 16;
     bool doneFlag;
 
 private:
@@ -725,9 +725,9 @@ private:
     float* leftBuffer;
     float* rightBuffer;
 
-    IDirectSound* pDirectSound;
-    IDirectSoundCapture* pDirectSoundCapture;
-    IDirectSoundCaptureBuffer* pInputBuffer;
+    IDirectSound* pDirectSound = nullptr;
+    IDirectSoundCapture* pDirectSoundCapture = nullptr;
+    IDirectSoundCaptureBuffer* pInputBuffer = nullptr;
 
     JUCE_DECLARE_NON_COPYABLE (DSoundInternalInChannel)
 };
@@ -743,12 +743,7 @@ public:
         : AudioIODevice (deviceName, "DirectSound"),
           Thread ("Juce DSound"),
           outputDeviceIndex (outputDeviceIndex_),
-          inputDeviceIndex (inputDeviceIndex_),
-          isOpen_ (false),
-          isStarted (false),
-          bufferSizeSamples (0),
-          sampleRate (0.0),
-          callback (nullptr)
+          inputDeviceIndex (inputDeviceIndex_)
     {
         if (outputDeviceIndex_ >= 0)
         {
@@ -801,8 +796,7 @@ public:
 
     Array<double> getAvailableSampleRates() override
     {
-        static const double rates[] = { 44100.0, 48000.0, 88200.0, 96000.0 };
-        return Array<double> (rates, numElementsInArray (rates));
+        return { 44100.0, 48000.0, 88200.0, 96000.0 };
     }
 
     Array<int> getAvailableBufferSizes() override
@@ -862,7 +856,7 @@ public:
     {
         if (isStarted)
         {
-            AudioIODeviceCallback* const callbackLocal = callback;
+            auto* callbackLocal = callback;
 
             {
                 const ScopedLock sl (startStopLock);
@@ -877,9 +871,9 @@ public:
     bool isPlaying() override            { return isStarted && isOpen_ && isThreadRunning(); }
     String getLastError() override       { return lastError; }
 
-    int getXRunCount () const noexcept override
+    int getXRunCount() const noexcept override
     {
-        return (outChans[0] != nullptr ? outChans[0]->xruns : -1);
+        return outChans[0] != nullptr ? outChans[0]->xruns : -1;
     }
 
     //==============================================================================
@@ -887,20 +881,20 @@ public:
     int outputDeviceIndex, inputDeviceIndex;
 
 private:
-    bool isOpen_;
-    bool isStarted;
+    bool isOpen_ = false;
+    bool isStarted = false;
     String lastError;
 
     OwnedArray<DSoundInternalInChannel> inChans;
     OwnedArray<DSoundInternalOutChannel> outChans;
     WaitableEvent startEvent;
 
-    int bufferSizeSamples;
-    double sampleRate;
+    int bufferSizeSamples = 0;
+    double sampleRate = 0;
     BigInteger enabledInputs, enabledOutputs;
     AudioSampleBuffer inputBuffers, outputBuffers;
 
-    AudioIODeviceCallback* callback;
+    AudioIODeviceCallback* callback = nullptr;
     CriticalSection startStopLock;
 
     String openDevice (const BigInteger& inputChannels,
@@ -1218,8 +1212,7 @@ class DSoundAudioIODeviceType  : public AudioIODeviceType,
 public:
     DSoundAudioIODeviceType()
         : AudioIODeviceType ("DirectSound"),
-          DeviceChangeDetector (L"DirectSound"),
-          hasScanned (false)
+          DeviceChangeDetector (L"DirectSound")
     {
         initialiseDSoundFunctions();
     }
@@ -1275,7 +1268,7 @@ public:
 
 private:
     DSoundDeviceList deviceList;
-    bool hasScanned;
+    bool hasScanned = false;
 
     void systemDeviceChanged() override
     {
diff --git a/modules/juce_audio_formats/codecs/juce_AiffAudioFormat.cpp b/modules/juce_audio_formats/codecs/juce_AiffAudioFormat.cpp
index f8d4cc0885..253abccf1c 100644
--- a/modules/juce_audio_formats/codecs/juce_AiffAudioFormat.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_audio_formats/codecs/juce_AiffAudioFormat.cpp
@@ -933,14 +933,12 @@ AiffAudioFormat::~AiffAudioFormat() {}
 
 Array<int> AiffAudioFormat::getPossibleSampleRates()
 {
-    const int rates[] = { 22050, 32000, 44100, 48000, 88200, 96000, 176400, 192000, 0 };
-    return Array<int> (rates);
+    return { 22050, 32000, 44100, 48000, 88200, 96000, 176400, 192000 };
 }
 
 Array<int> AiffAudioFormat::getPossibleBitDepths()
 {
-    const int depths[] = { 8, 16, 24, 0 };
-    return Array<int> (depths);
+     return { 8, 16, 24 };
 }
 
 bool AiffAudioFormat::canDoStereo() { return true; }
diff --git a/modules/juce_audio_formats/codecs/juce_FlacAudioFormat.cpp b/modules/juce_audio_formats/codecs/juce_FlacAudioFormat.cpp
index 99f8609dbd..8cc6e65064 100644
--- a/modules/juce_audio_formats/codecs/juce_FlacAudioFormat.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_audio_formats/codecs/juce_FlacAudioFormat.cpp
@@ -545,17 +545,13 @@ FlacAudioFormat::~FlacAudioFormat() {}
 
 Array<int> FlacAudioFormat::getPossibleSampleRates()
 {
-    const int rates[] = { 8000, 11025, 12000, 16000, 22050, 32000, 44100, 48000,
-                          88200, 96000, 176400, 192000, 352800, 384000 };
-
-    return Array<int> (rates, numElementsInArray (rates));
+    return { 8000, 11025, 12000, 16000, 22050, 32000, 44100, 48000,
+             88200, 96000, 176400, 192000, 352800, 384000 };
 }
 
 Array<int> FlacAudioFormat::getPossibleBitDepths()
 {
-    const int depths[] = { 16, 24 };
-
-    return Array<int> (depths, numElementsInArray (depths));
+    return { 16, 24 };
 }
 
 bool FlacAudioFormat::canDoStereo()     { return true; }
@@ -595,8 +591,7 @@ AudioFormatWriter* FlacAudioFormat::createWriterFor (OutputStream* out,
 
 StringArray FlacAudioFormat::getQualityOptions()
 {
-    static const char* options[] = { "0 (Fastest)", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5 (Default)","6", "7", "8 (Highest quality)", 0 };
-    return StringArray (options);
+    return { "0 (Fastest)", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5 (Default)","6", "7", "8 (Highest quality)" };
 }
 
 #endif
diff --git a/modules/juce_audio_formats/codecs/juce_LAMEEncoderAudioFormat.cpp b/modules/juce_audio_formats/codecs/juce_LAMEEncoderAudioFormat.cpp
index 171fbbed2d..6c9a2b8805 100644
--- a/modules/juce_audio_formats/codecs/juce_LAMEEncoderAudioFormat.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_audio_formats/codecs/juce_LAMEEncoderAudioFormat.cpp
@@ -168,14 +168,12 @@ bool LAMEEncoderAudioFormat::canHandleFile (const File&)
 
 Array<int> LAMEEncoderAudioFormat::getPossibleSampleRates()
 {
-    const int rates[] = { 32000, 44100, 48000, 0 };
-    return Array<int> (rates);
+    return { 32000, 44100, 48000 };
 }
 
 Array<int> LAMEEncoderAudioFormat::getPossibleBitDepths()
 {
-    const int depths[] = { 16, 0 };
-    return Array<int> (depths);
+    return Array<int> (16);
 }
 
 bool LAMEEncoderAudioFormat::canDoStereo()      { return true; }
diff --git a/modules/juce_audio_formats/codecs/juce_OggVorbisAudioFormat.cpp b/modules/juce_audio_formats/codecs/juce_OggVorbisAudioFormat.cpp
index 5d7c1a5f8b..be0209a222 100644
--- a/modules/juce_audio_formats/codecs/juce_OggVorbisAudioFormat.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_audio_formats/codecs/juce_OggVorbisAudioFormat.cpp
@@ -433,17 +433,13 @@ OggVorbisAudioFormat::~OggVorbisAudioFormat()
 
 Array<int> OggVorbisAudioFormat::getPossibleSampleRates()
 {
-    const int rates[] = { 8000, 11025, 12000, 16000, 22050, 32000,
-                          44100, 48000, 88200, 96000, 176400, 192000 };
-
-    return Array<int> (rates, numElementsInArray (rates));
+    return { 8000, 11025, 12000, 16000, 22050, 32000,
+             44100, 48000, 88200, 96000, 176400, 192000 };
 }
 
 Array<int> OggVorbisAudioFormat::getPossibleBitDepths()
 {
-    const int depths[] = { 32 };
-
-    return Array<int> (depths, numElementsInArray (depths));
+    return Array<int> (32);
 }
 
 bool OggVorbisAudioFormat::canDoStereo()    { return true; }
@@ -482,9 +478,8 @@ AudioFormatWriter* OggVorbisAudioFormat::createWriterFor (OutputStream* out,
 
 StringArray OggVorbisAudioFormat::getQualityOptions()
 {
-    static const char* options[] = { "64 kbps", "80 kbps", "96 kbps", "112 kbps", "128 kbps", "160 kbps",
-                                     "192 kbps", "224 kbps", "256 kbps", "320 kbps", "500 kbps", 0 };
-    return StringArray (options);
+    return { "64 kbps", "80 kbps", "96 kbps", "112 kbps", "128 kbps", "160 kbps",
+             "192 kbps", "224 kbps", "256 kbps", "320 kbps", "500 kbps" };
 }
 
 int OggVorbisAudioFormat::estimateOggFileQuality (const File& source)
diff --git a/modules/juce_audio_utils/native/juce_linux_AudioCDReader.cpp b/modules/juce_audio_utils/native/juce_linux_AudioCDReader.cpp
index 3af5291666..e9fe77dce8 100644
--- a/modules/juce_audio_utils/native/juce_linux_AudioCDReader.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_audio_utils/native/juce_linux_AudioCDReader.cpp
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ int AudioCDReader::getLastIndex() const
 
 Array<int> AudioCDReader::findIndexesInTrack (const int)
 {
-    return Array<int>();
+    return {};
 }
 
 } // namespace juce
diff --git a/modules/juce_gui_basics/commands/juce_KeyPressMappingSet.cpp b/modules/juce_gui_basics/commands/juce_KeyPressMappingSet.cpp
index 0a0232843b..792aac40be 100644
--- a/modules/juce_gui_basics/commands/juce_KeyPressMappingSet.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_gui_basics/commands/juce_KeyPressMappingSet.cpp
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ Array<KeyPress> KeyPressMappingSet::getKeyPressesAssignedToCommand (const Comman
         if (mappings.getUnchecked(i)->commandID == commandID)
             return mappings.getUnchecked (i)->keypresses;
 
-    return Array<KeyPress>();
+    return {};
 }
 
 void KeyPressMappingSet::addKeyPress (const CommandID commandID, const KeyPress& newKeyPress, int insertIndex)