Textbook
Walter Savitch, Absolute C++, Addison Wesley.
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Course
- Introduction. Programming and programming languages.
Compiler and linker. History and design of C++.
- Hello, world. Structure of simple programs. #include.
Basic output. Comments.
- Variables, arithmetic. Basic built-in types (int, double,
bool, char, float). Declaring variables. Input. Basic arithmetic,
integer vs. floating-point. Some math functions (pow, sqrt).
- Control. If statement, conditions, multiway if statements.
Relational operators. Compound conditions and short-circuit evaluation.
Loops: while, do, for. = vs. == and value returned by =. Switch
statement. Break statement. Conditional expression.
- Functions and variables. Declaring and defining functions.
Pass by value. References and pass by reference. Local variables. Scope
of variables. Void functions. Const variables. Global variables.
Overloading functions.
- More input and output. File input and output. Additional
i/o topics as needed (e.g., manipulators).
- Arrays. Declaring and using 1d arrays. Passing to
functions, const array parameters. Sequential search algorithm.
Two-dimensional arrays (declaring, using, passing to functions).
- Strings. C-style character strings and the null character.
C++ string type. Basic operations for each (i/o, assignment,
comparisons, concatenation, length).
- Pointers. Basic definition and use. NULL pointer. Dynamic
memory management using new and delete. Memory leaks. Dynamic 1d arrays
and array delete. Perhaps: connection between arrays and pointers, the
arrow operator, and emulating pass by reference by passing pointer by
value.
- Structures and Classes. Basic use of structures. Member
variables. Introduction to classes: objects, public and private access,
member functions.