C++ Programming for C Programmers

C++ couples the benefits of object-oriented programming with the efficiency of C. Object orientation results in more robust code that is easier to understand and maintain.

This course covers all the major features of C++ and highlights the differences to C. The basic principles of object-oriented programming are covered.

Participants acquire hands-on experience of the language by working through a wide selection of exercises.

Outline

Review
■Structures and pointers in C
■Differences to C
■Constants and enumerations
■Dynamic memory allocation
■Reference variables and arguments

Encapsulation
■Declaring and using classes
■The 'this' pointer
■Access control
■Constructors and destructors
■Static elements
■Friend functions and classes
■In-line functions

Inheritance
■Single inheritance
■Modifying access control
■Nested classes
■Type conversion
■Multiple inheritance
■Virtual super-classes
■Dynamic casts

Polymorphism
■Function overloading
■Virtual functions
■Virtual destructors
■Abstract classes
■Class pointers
■Templates

Operators
■Operator overloading
■Copy constructors
■Initialisation

Streams
■Basic stream I/O
■Overloading stream operators
■Using stream methods
■Using manipulators

Code Organisation
■Header files and source files
■Using namespaces
■Interfacing to C routines