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Course outline: C++ Programming

Purpose: to introduce all the fundamental concepts of the C++ language. The course covers the language from intrinsic data types and operator behaviour, to object-oriented programming including constructor and destructor definition, object modeling, inheritance, and polymorphism.

Prerequisites: the course assumes no previous C++ or object-oriented experience, but does assume a programming background.

Course contents:

Introduction

What is C++?

Facilities in C++

Object Orientation in C++

C++ Design Notes

A Brief History of C++

Writing a Simple Program

Program Structure

main() and Compound Blocks

Basic Types

Expressions

A Conditional Statement

A Function

C++ Development Environment

Intrinsic Data Types

Types & Variables

Fundamental Types

Constant Types

Pointer Types

Reference Types

Enumeration Types

Array Types

Operators & Expressions

Arithmetic Operators

Relational & Logical Operators

Assignment Operators

Precedence & Associativity

Increment & Decrement Operators

Comma Operator

Bitwise Operators

Conversion Operators

Conditional Flow Statements

if statement

if-else statement

Nesting if statements

Arithmetic if Operator

switch Statement

Looping Constructs

while Statement

do Statement

for Statement

break, continue & goto Statements

Functions & Program Structure

Structuring Programs

Using Functions

Function Declarations

Passing Arguments into Functions

Pass by Value, Pointer & Reference

Returning Results from Functions

Function Overloading

Function Inlining

Scope

Program Organisation

C++ Linkage

Pointers & Arrays

Simple Pointers

Simple Arrays

Pointer Arithmetic

Using Pointers as Arrays

Using Arrays as Pointers

Passing Arrays to Functions

Pointer Idioms

Pointers & Multi-Dimensional Arrays

Void Pointers

Constant Pointers

Promotion to const

Passing const Parameters

Object Storage

Storage Classes

Automatic Objects

Static Objects

Using Static Objects

Dynamic Objects

Free-Store Operators

Using Dynamic Objects

Object Lifetimes

class & struct

struct & class Definitions

Making Objects

Information Hiding

Access Regions

Member Function Declaration

Member Function Definition

Organisation of C++ Programs

Inline Functions

Object Memory Organisation

The ‘this’ Pointer

friend Functions

C++ Scoping Rules

Constructors & Destructors

Initialisation vs. Assignment

Initialising Objects

Constructor Functions

Overloading Constructors

Constant Objects

Constructing Object Arrays

Destructor Functions

Defining a Destructor

Stack Frame Evaluation

Dynamic Arrays & Destructors

Object Modelling

Object Collaboration

Composition

Member Access

Construction

Association

Associative Custody

Composition vs Association

Class Data & Functions

Static Data Members

Static Member Functions

Shallow & Deep Copy

Providing a Copy Constructor

Conversion Constructors

Operator Overloading

Dangers & Restrictions

Default Operators

Operator Functions

Overloading Binary Operators

Overloading Unary Operators

Friend & Member Functions

Overloading Assignment

Operator Arguments & Return Types

Coercion Operators

Single Inheritance

Single Inheritance

Class Derivation

Contents of Derived Classes

Access Regions

Protected Access

Object Construction

Private Inheritance

Resolving Scope Conflicts

Propagating to Base Class Methods

Polymorphism

The Nature of Inheritance

Conversions Between Base & Derived Classes

Static Binding

Dynamic Binding

Virtual Functions

Polymorphism

Pure Virtual Functions

Virtual Destructors

Multiple Inheritance

Multiple Inheritance

Initialising Base Classes

Thermostat Example

Resolving Scope Conflicts

Duplication of Base Class Members

Virtual Base Classes

Resolving Constructor Conflicts

I/O Stream Class Library

I/O Streams and Stream Objects

Ios Format and Error states

Ostream methods

Istream methods

Manipulators

File Streams

String Stream

Overloading << and >>

Templates

Template Functions

Template Classes

A Template Stack

Non Parameterised Template Arguments

Recursive Composition

Template Arguments

A Template Vector

Sorting a Vector

Specialising Templates

Template Instantiation

Exception Handling

Purpose of Exception Handling

Exception Handling Constructs

An Example

Exception Grouping

Resource Management

Constructor Exceptions

Termination Semantics

Working without Exceptions