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Programming in C++ For C Programmers Training Course

This course is designed to give delegates the knowledge to develop/maintain programs using C++ and its object oriented techniques. It also covers recent additional features such as the Standard Template Library defined in the final draft. The course is for C programmers responsible for the development of advanced applications or systems programs in C++.

Good experience in C programming.

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

Classes

• Creating a Data Structure
• Methods
• Object Scope
• C++ Input and Output
• Namespaces
• Data Abstraction
• Enforcing Data Encapsulation
• File Organization
• Classes in C++
• Objects
• this Pointer

Constructors and Destructors

• Debug Output
• The Default Constructor
• When are Constructors Called?
• The Destructor
• The Copy Constructor
• Other Constructors
• Why Did It Work Before?
• Composition
• The Report Class
• Code Reuse
• Initialization Lists

Inheritance

• Inheritance
• Bugreport
• Protected Access Modifier
• Access and Inheritance
• Constructors and Inheritance
• Initialization Lists Revisited
• Multiple Inheritance

Virtual Functions

• Inheritance and Assignment
• Inside Report's Assignment Operator
• Using Pointers - a Quick Look at Basics
• Class Assignment and Pointers
• Static Binding
• Dynamic Binding
• Polymorphism
• The show_rep() Function
• Using the show_rep() Function
• Designing Member Function Inheritance

Pure Virtual Functions

• Bugfix and Its Relationship with Bugreport
• Bugfix: Association with Bugreport
• Using Bugfix with show_rep()
• Adding Bugfix to the Hierarchy
• Coding for the Document Class
• Reexamining the Document Class
• Pure Virtual Functions
• Updated: Designing Member Function Inheritance

References and Constants

• References
• Displaying References
• Changing References
• Pass by Reference
• Returning by Reference
• Constant Variables
• Constant References
• Constant Methods

new and delete

• new and delete
• Array Allocation
• The Report Class
• Compiler Version of the Copy Constructor
• Guidelines for Copy Constructors
• The Report Constructors and new
• The Report Destructor and delete
• Virtual Destructors

Casting in C++

• Casting: A Review
• New Casting Syntax
• Creating a String Class
• The String Class
• The Conversion Constructor
• Expanding Our Casting Options
• Casting Operator
• Using the Casting Operator

Class Methods and Data

• Class Data
• Class Methods
• Using the New Data
• More on Class Methods

Overloaded Functions

• Function Overloading
• Using Overloaded Functions
• Rules for Overloading
• Overloading Based on Constness
• Default Arguments
• Invoking Functions with Default Arguments

Overloaded Operators

• The Basics of Overloading
• Overloading operator+
• Coping with Commutativity
• Non-Commutative Operators
• friends and Their Problems
• The Assignment Operator
• Overloading the << Operator
• Using Date with cout

Exception Handling

• Why Exception Handling?
• try / catch / throw
• Exception Classes
• Standard Exception Hierarchy
• Multiple catch Blocks
• Catching Everything
• Unhandled Exceptions
• Exception in Constructors and Destructors
• Designing for Exceptions

Standard Template Library

• Class Template Concepts
• Standard Template Library (STL) Overview
• Containers
• Iterators
• Iterator Syntax
• Non-Mutating Sequential Algorithms
• Mutating Sequential Algorithms
• Sorting Algorithms
• Numeric Algorithms
• auto_ptr Class
• string Class

STL Containers

• Container Classes
• Container Class Algorithms
• vector Class
• Additional vector Class Methods
• deque Class
• list Class
• set and multiset Classes
• map and multimap Classes

Appendix A: Reference Sheets

• Constants, References, and Pointers
• Input/Output
• this Pointer
• The Complete Report/Document Hierarchy

Appendix B: Templates

• Scenario
• Designing an Array Class
• Code for FloatArray
• Code for IntArray
• Templates
• Template Syntax
• Using Templates
• Using Classes with Templates
• Additional Template Features
• Standard Template Library

Appendix C: Sample Problems

• Banking System
• Library Card Catalog
• Diagrams for Banking and Library Problems
• Object Diagram - Banking
• Event Trace Diagram - Banking
• Object Diagram - Library
• Event Trace Diagram - Library

Appendix D: Other C++ Features

• Namespaces
• The static_cast and reinterpret_cast operator
• The dynamic_cast operator
• The const_cast operator
• mutable Data Members
• The bool Datatype
• new Operator Failure

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