C++ Essential Training

Introduction

• Learn C++
• Using the exercise files
• What is C++?
• The structure of this course

1. Toolchain and Installation

• The C++ toolchain
• Using Xcode with the exercises
• Using Visual Studio with the exercises

2. Basic Syntax

• Introduction to basic syntax
• Anatomy of a C++ program
• Statements and expressions
• Identifiers
• Defining variables
• Pointers
• References
• Primitive arrays
• Primitive strings
• Conditionals
• The branching conditional
• Looping with while and do
• Iterating with for
• Range-based for loop
• Structures
• Functions
• Classes
• Using stdout
• Challenge: Count elements
• Solution: Count elements

3. Data Types

• Overview of data types
• Integer types
• Integer sizes
• Fixed-size integers
• Floating-point types
• Characters and strings
• Character escape sequences
• Qualifiers
• References
• Structured data
• Bit fields
• Enumerations
• Unions
• Defining types with typedef
• The void type
• The auto type
• Unambiguous null pointer constant
• Challenge: A library card data structure
• Solution: A library card data structure

4. Operators

• Common operators
• Compound assignment operators
• Increment and decrement operators
• Comparison (relational) operators
• Logical operators
• Bitwise operators
• Ternary conditional operator
• Dynamic memory operators
• Type cast
• Using sizeof
• Using typeid
• Operator precedence
• Challenge: Prime numbers
• Solution: Prime numbers

5. Functions

• Overview of C++ functions
• Creating a function
• Passing values to a function
• Using automatic and static variables
• Returning values from a function
• Using function pointers
• Overloading function names
• Defining a variable number of arguments
• Using recursion
• Challenge: Non-recursive factorial
• Solution: Non-recursive factorial

6. Classes and Objects

• Overview of classes and objects
• Defining a class
• Data members
• Function members
• Constructors and destructors
• Overloading operators
• Overloading operators with functions
• Challenge: Non-member operators
• Solution: Non-member operators

7. Templates

• Understanding templates
• Template functions
• Template classes
• Challenge: Template factorial
• Solution: Template factorial

8. Standard Library

• Overview of the Standard Library
• File I/O
• Binary files
• File management
• Unformatted character I/O
• Formatted character I/O
• Working with integers and real numbers
• String functions
• Handling system errors
• Challenge: Transform a file
• Solution: Transform a file

9. Standard Template Library

• Overview of the STL
• Vectors
• Strings
• I/O streams
• Handling exceptions
• Challenge: Transform a file (STL)
• Solution: Transform a file (STL)

10. Final Project: A Deck of Cards

• Challenge: Requirements
• Demonstration of the project
• Solution: A deck of cards

Conclusion

• Thank you