Course Details

Ch1: Introduction

• History of Computers
• Computer System Components
• Language of a Computer
• Computer Programming Language Evolution
• Sample Program Code
• Compiling and Running a C++ Program
• Processing a Program
• Programming Cycle
• Structured Programming
• Object-Oriented Programming
• ANSI/ISO STANDARD C++
• C++ Reference

Ch2: Basic C++ Elements

• Introduction
• C++ Programs
• Symbols
• Identifiers
• Data Types
• Arithmetic Operators and Operator Precedence
• Expressions
• ASCII Table
• Input, Memory, and Data
• Increment and Decrement Operators
• Output
• Creating a C++ Program
• Sample Program Code
• Compiling and Running a Program

Ch3: Input/Output

• Input/Output Streams
• Standard I/O Devices
• cin and cout
• cin and Extraction Operator ( >> )
• Standard Input
• Data Type of Input
• Reading Data
• Input Failure
• Predefined Functions
• Standard Output - Member Functions and Flags
• Standard Output - Stream Manipulators
• Common Stream Flags and Manipulators
• Output Considerations

Ch4: Selection Structures

• Control Structures
• Relational Operators
• Logical (Boolean) Operators
• Tutorial to Understand IEEE Floating-Point Errors
• Operator Precedence and Associativity
• Logical (Boolean) Expressions (also, short-circuit evaluation issues)
• One-Way (if) Selection
• Two-Way (if...else) Selection
• Compound (Block) Statement
• Nested if and if...else Statements
• Preventing Input Failure Using if Statement
• Conditional Operator (?:)
• switch Structures
• assert() Function

Ch5: Repetition Structures

• Why needed?
• Types of Repetition Structures
• while Loop
• for Loop
• do...while Loop
• break and continue Statements (alter flow of control)

Ch6: Functions 1 - Predefined and Value-Returning Functions

• What are Functions?
• Predefined Functions
• User-Defined Functions
• Flow of Execution
• Microsoft MSDN Library - Standard C++ Library Reference
• Microsoft MSDN Library - C/C++ Languages

Ch7: Functions 2 - Void (NonValue-Returning) Functions

• What are void (nonvalue-returning) functions?
• Differences Between Value-Returning and Void (NonValue-Returning) functions
• Function Parameters
• Function Parameters And Memory Allocation
• Void or Value-Returning Functions?
• Scope
• Lifetime
• Stub Functions
• Function Overloading
• Functions with Default Parameters

Ch8: UDTs (User-Defined Types), Namespaces, and string Type

• What are user-defined types (UDTs)?
• Classes
• Enumeration Data Type
• typedef Statement
• ANSI/ISO Standard C++
• The C++ Standards Committee
• Namespaces
• string Data Type

Ch9: Data Types, Arrays and Strings

• Simple and Structured Data Types
• Arrays
• Intro to Vectors
• Arrays vs. Vectors

Ch10: Pointers

• What are Pointers?
• Declaring Pointers
• Pointer Operators
• Initializing Pointers
• Pass-by-Reference with Pointers
• constness of Pointers
• Pointer Arithmetic