Course Details

1) INTRODUCTION TO C++

• What Is Object-Oriented Programming?
• C++ and Object-Oriented Programming
• Why C++?
• Features of C++
• Pros and Cons of C++

2) OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING CONCEPTS

• What Is an Object?
• What Is a Class?
• Encapsulation
• Data Hiding
• The Public Interface
• Relationships Among Classes
• Inheritance
• Polymorphism
• Object-Oriented Design

3) C VS. C++

• Comments
• Namespaces
• Simple Output
• Simple Input
• Definitions Near to First Use
• Function Prototypes
• The inline Specifier
• const
• Structure Members
• The Reference Type
• Overloading Function Names
• Default Parameters
• The Scope Resolution Operator
• Aggregates
• Operators new and delete
• The bool Data Type
• The string Data Type

4) FUNDAMENTALS OF CLASSES

• Data Types
• User Defined Data Types
• Using the Class Concept
• Defining a Class
• public and private Access Levels
• The Scope Resolution Operator ::
• Using Class Objects Like Built-in Types
• Scope
• Constructors
• Member Initialization Lists
• Destructors
• Array of Objects
• Pointers
• The this Pointer
• Passing Objects to Functions
• Returning Objects From Functions
• static Class Members

5) OPERATOR OVERLOADING

• Introduction
• Rules for Operator Overloading
• Rationale for Operator Overloading
• Overloading Member Functions
• Overloading Non-Member Functions
• friend Functions
• The Copy Constructor
• The Assignment Operator
• Overloading [ ]
• Overloading Increment and Decrement Operators
• const Objects and References

6) COMPOSITION OF CLASSES

• Relationships
• Composition of Classes
• The Point Class
• The Line Class
• Member Initialization Lists
• An Application With Composition
• The Copy Constructor under Composition
• operator= under Composition

7) INHERITANCE

• Introduction
• Public Base Classes
• The protected Access Level
• Member Initialization Lists
• What Isn’t Inherited
• Assignments Between Base and Derived Objects
• Compile-Time vs. Run-Time Binding
• virtual Functions
• Polymorphism
• virtual Destructors
• Pure virtual Functions
• Abstract Base Classes
• An Extended Inheritance Example

8) I/O IN C++

• The iostream Library
• Predefined Streams
• Overloading operator<<
• Overloading operator>>
• Manipulators
• Stream States
• Formatted I/O
• Disk Files
• Reading and Writing Objects

9) ADVANCED TOPICS

• Template Functions
• Template Classes
• Multiple Inheritance
• User-Defined Conversions
• Data Structures
• An Iterator Class
• Exceptions