C++ and Visual C++ for C Programmers

Description

This course introduces the C programmer to the C++ language and Microsoft Visual C++. It describes how C++ can be used to write better C and how Visual C++ is used to create Microsoft Windows programs.

This class assumes the student has programmed in C for at least six months or has taken the C course. It also assumes the student has used Microsoft Windows applications. The five day class combines lecture with hands-on exercises.

Objectives

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

• Write a Microsoft Windows program using Microsoft Visual C++
• Understand the different parts of the Visual C++ workbench including the Resource Editor and the Class Wizard
• Write member functions that respond to Microsoft Windows events

Instructor

The instructor is Kenneth Pugh, a recognized C and C++ language expert. Mr. Pugh has many years of experience in programming a variety of languages and operating systems. He is author of several books, including C Language for Programmers and All on C. He was a columnist for the C User's Journal and the C++ Journal. He has been on the faculty of the University of Hawaii and Wellesley College.

Outline

• Introduction
  • Features of Microsoft Visual C++
  • Creating an sample Microsoft Windows program
• Review of C Features related to C++
  • Structures
  • Pointers versus References
  • Function Prototypes
  • Enumerations
  • Declarations and initializations
  • Memory management - malloc and free versus new and delete
• Classes
  • Data members
  • Function members
  • Object Initialization - Constructors
  • Object Cleanup - Destructors
  • Default operations - copy constructor and assignment
  • Static members
  • Static functions
• Functions
  • Call by value and call by reference
  • Function overloading
  • Default arguments
  • Operator functions and overloading
  • Friend functions
  • Inline functions
  • Const functions
• Encapsulation
  • Public, Private, Protected Inheritance
  • Scope of names
  • Resolution operator ::
• Polymorphism
  • Pointers to base class
  • Virtual functions and vtbl
  • Pure versus non-pure functions
• Input and Output Library
  • iostreams
  • cout << operator
  • cin >> operator
  • Writing cout, cin friend functions
• Wizards and the Framework
  • Creating a program using App Wizard
  • The Application Framework
  • Microsoft Foundation Classes
• The Tools
  • Visual Workbench
  • Resource Editor
  • App Wizard
  • Class Wizard
• Window classes
  • CApp - the application
  • CFrameWnd - the window
  • CView - the view
  • CDoc - the document
  • CDocTemplate - connection between CDoc, CView, and CFrameWnd
• Messages
  • The Message Table
  • Class Wizard operations
• Resources
  • Menus
  • Dialog Boxes
  • Icons
  • String table
  • Accelerator keys
  • Resource properties
• Controls and Variables
  • Dialog Data Exchange
  • Dialog Data Validation
  • Class Wizard operations
• Other operations
• Printing
• Help
• Files and serialization