How to Program in C++

Syllabus

• Week 1

  C++ Fundamentals

  • Welcome and introduction

    Welcome to How to program with C++ and the start of your learning journey, brought to you by Packt.

  • Getting started

    In this activity, you'll meet your instructor and set up Visual Studio, CodeBlocks and/or Visual Studio Code on your PC.

  • Introduction to C++

    In this activity, we'll be introduced to C++ and learn more about variables and data types.

  • Comments and operators

    In this activity, we'll learn more about working with comments and three types of operators.

  • Symbolic constants and user input

    In this activity, we'll explore symbolic constants, naming conventions and user input. You will have an opportunity to test the skills you have learned in three engaging projects.

  • Wrap up

    You have reached the end of Week 1. In this activity, you'll reflect on what you have learned.

• Week 2

  Control statements, arrays and vectors

  • Introduction to Week 2

    Welcome to Week 2. In this activity, we'll highlight the main topics that will be covered this week.

  • Selection and repetition control statements

    In this activity, we'll be introduced to control statements and delve deeper into selection control statements and repetition control statements.

  • Break and continue statements and random numbers

    In this activity, we'll learn more about working with break and continue statements and random numbers. You will have an opportunity to practice the skills you have learned in three projects.

  • Built-in arrays, array class and vector class

    In this activity, we'll explore working with built-in arrays, the array class and the vector class.

  • Multi-dimensional arrays and projects

    In this activity, we'll explore working with multi-dimensional arrays. You will have an opportunity to test your skills in three engaging projects.

  • Wrap up

    You have reached the end of Week 2. In this activity, you'll reflect on what you have learned.

• Week 3

  Functions, classes and objects

  • Introduction to Week 3

    Welcome to Week 3. In this activity, we'll highlight the main topics that will be covered this week.

  • Functions and parameter passing

    In this activity, we'll learn how to break problems down into reusable named pieces of code called functions. We will explore function prototypes and definitions, function return types, parameters and parameter passing.

  • Variable scope and lifetimes, function overloading, the <cmath> library and recursion

    In this activity, we'll learn more about variable scope and lifetimes, function overloading and the <cmath> library and recursion.

  • Projects 1

    In this activity, we'll have the opportunity to practice the skills we have learned in four engaging projects.

  • Object-oriented programming, encapsulation and separate compilation

    In this activity, we'll be introduced to object-oriented programming and learn more about encapsulation and separate compilation.

  • Constructors, deconstructors, a rectangle class and a book class

    In this activity, we''ll explore constructors and deconstructors as well as rectangle and book classes.

  • Projects 2

    In this activity, we'll have the opportunity to practice the skills we have learned in three engaging projects.

  • Wrap up

    You have reached the end of Week 3. In this activity, you'll reflect on what you have learned.

• Week 4

  Exceptions, debugging, pointers and file input/output

  • Introduction to Week 4

    Welcome to Week 4. In this activity, we'll highlight the main topics that will be covered this week.

  • Introduction to exceptions and logic errors

    In this activity, we'll be introduced to exceptions and the exception hierarchy and learn more about logic errors.

  • Exceptions

    In this activity, we'll explore runtime errors, throwing exceptions, rethrowing exceptions and custom exceptions.

  • Basic testing and debugging

    In this activity, we'll explore basic testing and debugging. You will have an opportunity to test the skills you have learned in two engaging projects.

  • Pointers and dynamic memory

    In this activity, we'll be introduced to pointers and learn more about dynamic memory.

  • Const correctness

    In this activity, we'll learn more about const correctness and have the opportunity to test our skills in two engaging projects.

  • File input and output

    In this activity, we'll learn more about sequential file input and output as well as combining input and output.

  • Projects

    In this activity, we'll have an opportunity to test the skills we have learned in three engaging projects.

  • Wrap up

    You have reached the end of Week 4. In this activity, you'll reflect on what you have learned.

• Week 5

  Object-oriented programming skills

  • Introduction to Week 5

    Welcome to Week 5. In this activity, we'll highlight the main topics that will be covered this week.

  • Inheritance

    In this activity, we'll learn about object-oriented programming and the syntax related to inheritance.

  • Using inheritance

    In this activity, we'll test our skills by creating new pointers and adding classes.

  • Build a project

    In this activity, we'll apply oour skills by building a project from scratch.

  • Building object-oriented skills

    In this activity, we'll continue to build our skills by exploring template libraries.

  • Pointers and classes

    In this activity, we'll explore how to manage friend classes and smart pointers.

  • Operators, dictionaries, and aliens

    In this activity, we'll have the opportunity to apply our new class-skills to projects.

  • Wrap up

    You have reached the end of this course. In this activity, you'll reflect on what you have learned.