Programming in C++ For Non-C Programmers Course

This course is designed to give delegates the knowledge to develop/maintain programs using C++ and its object oriented techniques. The course is for Programmers moving to object-oriented programming using C++.

IT personnel who already have good experience of programming in some language such as Basic, Pascal etc.

Topics covered on the 5 day Programming in C++ For Non-C Programmers course

Getting Started

• The First Program (hello.cpp)
• Compile Steps
• How to Compile and Run a Program

Data Types and Variables

• Fundamental Data Types
• Data Type Values and Sizes
• Variable Declarations
• Variable names
• Constants
• Character Constants
• String Constants

Operators and Expressions

• What are expressions?
• Arithmetic Operators
• Relational Operators
• Assignment Operator
• Expressions have resulting values
• True and False
• Logical Operators
• Increment and Decrement Operators (++ and --)
• 'Operate-Assign' Operators (+=, *=, ...)
• Conditional Expression
• Operator Precedence
• Precedence and order of evaluation
• Evaluation of Logical Operators
• Type Conversions
• The cast operator

Control Flow

• Statements
• if - else
• if() - else if ()
• switch()
• while()
• do - while()
• for()
• The for() loop - diagram
• The break statement
• The continue statement

Functions

• What is a function?
• Why use functions?
• Anatomy of a function
• Arguments passed by value
• When to Use the return Statement
• Returning Non-integer Values
• Functions in Multiple Source Files
• The Concept of Variable Scope
• Automatic Variables
• Global (external) variables
• Static Variables
• External Static Variables

Pointers and Arrays

• What is a pointer?
• Pointer Operators
• Why use pointers?
• Arrays:
• Arrays (a picture)
• The & Operator
• Pointers and arrays
• Passing arrays to functions
• Initializing arrays
• Strings and character pointers
• What is char s[7] ???
• Arrays of pointers
• Arrays of pointers - diagram
• Command-line arguments

Structures

• Comparison of structures and arrays
• Structure definitions
• Structure declarations
• Arrays of structures