C++ for Non-C Programmers

Description

This course builds upon the experience of the participant to make the transition into C++. Examples in C++ are related to how they would be coded in other procedural languages. Unique features of C++ are introduced after the participant has become familiar with programming in the language.

The course offers a mix of lecture and hands-on exercises. It is a moderately-paced course that covers most of the features of the language. The series of workshops develop a simple program into a modular multi-function program.

This class assumes the student has programmed in another language for a few years.

Objectives

By the end of the course you will be able to:

• Write a C++ program
• Create a C++ object with data and function members
• Appreciate the strengths and weaknesses of C++

Outline

• General Program Structure
  • Program Layout
  • Coding Conventions
  • Compiling and running a program
• Variables
  • Naming
  • Data types
  • Storage Classes
• Operators
  • Precedence and associativity
  • Data type conversions
• Control Flow
  • If statement
  • While and do-while loops
  • For loop
  • Switch statement
  • Break and continue
• Library and user-written functions
  • Function definition
  • Function call and argument passing
  • Standard library I/O functions
• Compound variables
  • Arrays and strings
  • Structures and classes
• Pointer Variables
  • Definition and use
  • Structure and union pointers
• Preprocessor Language
  • Macro definitions
  • Conditional compilation
• Object Oriented Programming
  • Data and function abstraction
  • Abstract data types
• Classes
  • Data members
  • Function members
  • Object Initialization - Constructors
  • Object Cleanup - Destructors
  • Default operations - copy constructor and assignment
• Functions
  • Call by value and call by reference
  • Function overloading
  • Default arguments
  • Operator functions and overloading
  • Friend functions
  • Inline functions
• Encapsulation
  • Public, Private, Protected Inheritance
  • Scope of names
  • Resolution operator ::
• Input and Output Library
  • iostreams
  • cout << operator
  • cin >> operator