Programming In C++ For Non-C Programmers Course

Introduction

This course is designed to give delegates the knowledge to develop/maintain programs using C++ and its object oriented techniques. The course is for Programmers moving to object-oriented programming using C++.

Pre-Requisites

IT personnel who already have good experience of programming in some language such as Basic, Pascal etc.

Who should attend?

Experienced high-level language programmers with little or no C background who are seeking a fast-track introduction to C++.

What will you learn?

• The Fundamentals
• Iteration
• Choice
• Arrays
• Functions
• References and Pointers
• Strings
• Class
• Object Relationships
• Operator Overloading
• Polymorphism
• IO Streams

Course Outline

Fundamentals

• Origin of C++
• Program Format
• Building Blocks
• Comments
• Keywords
• Basic Data Types
• Int
• Float
• Double
• Char
• Constants
• Arithmetic Operators
• Arithmetic expressions
• Precedence
• Associativity
• Implicit conversions
• Casting
• Standard input, output
• Compiling and linking
• Pre-processor Directives
• #include

Iteration

• Relational Operators
• Relational Expression
• For Statement
• While statement
• Do while

Choice

• If statement
• Switch statement
• ?:operator
• Break
• Continue

Arrays

• What is an array
• Declaration
• Elements
• Initialising
• Processing
• Multi-dimensional arrays

Functions

• Function Declaration
• Sample Function
• Invoking the function
• Header files
• The return Statement
• The Call/return Mechanism
• Static Variable
• Function Overloading
• Inline functions

References and Pointers

• What is a pointer
• Declaration
• Initialisation
• Using the pointer
• Arrays and pointers
• The [ ] operator
• Using [ ] with a pointer
• The null pointer
• Passing arrays to functions
• Dynamic memory allocation

Strings

• What are strings
• Declaration
• Initialising
• Processing
• String Library functions
• Character Test Functions
• Character Conversion
• Double quoted strings
• Array of Pointers
• Args to main

Class

• Object Oriented Methodology
• C++ implementation of objects
• Class declaration
• Implementing the class functions
• Constructor function
• Overloading the constructors
• Read-only functions
• Destructor function
• Variations in class declaration

Object Relationships

• Class Building
• Derived class constructor
• Inline functions of classes
• Other type of relationships
• Part-of relationship

Operator overloading

• Illustration with class string
• Overloading the assignment operator
• This pointer
• The copy constructor
• Using reference
• Overloading the operator +
• Friend function

Polymorphism

• Class Conversion
• Pointer conversion
• Id in the class
• Virtual functions
• Abstract classes

IO Streams

• The Hierarchy of io classes
• Predefined objects
• Formatting
• Most used manipulators
• Ios flags
• Creating inserters and extractors for classes
• File i/o
• Open modes
• Access modes
• Illustration of text file io
• Binary mode i/o
• Read/write bytes
• Read/write blocks
• Other io functions