PROGRAMMING IN THE  ANSI STANDARD C++ LANGUAGE
Course Length: Four Days

COURSE DESCRIPTION

            This course will teach the syntax and constructs of the Standard C++
            programming language.  Both basic and advanced techniques
            will be shown.

            The course can be delivered on either / both a Windows or Unix / Linux
            (using a virtual machine Solaris or Red Hat O/S) platform.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

            The overall course objective is to teach sufficient C++ language
            information to have the programmer at production coding
            level by the end of the course.

COURSE PREREQUISITES

            It is assumed that the student has taken a C language programming
            course, and/or is proficient in C constructs.

COURSE TOPICS

                                                Overview of object oriented programming
                                                            evolution of programming types
                                                            encapsulation
                                                            polymorphism
                                                            inheritance
                                                            modularity and abstraction

                                                Review of major C language features

                                   
                                                C++ language program structure
                                                            common features with ANSI C
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                Differences between C and C++
                                                            function prototyping
                                                            positioning of variable declarations
                                                            character constant conversion
                                                            identifier names conventions
                                                            operator precedence
                                                            overloading operators

 

COURSE TOPICS

                                                Basic and advanced I/O in C++
                                                            istream class
                                                            ostream class
                                                            cout and cin I/O object (functions)
                                                            I/O manipulators
                                                            character and line input objects
                                                            customizing I/O manipulators
                                                            file I/O functions
                                   

                                                Defining and using classes
                                                            basic class definition
                                                            private and public members  
                                                            allocation of (class) objects
                                                            constructors and destructors
                                                            dynamic memory allocation/deallocation
                                                            arguments to constructors
                                                            defining and using template (generic) classes
                                                            using RTTI to determine object types

 

                                                Arrays, pointers, and references in C++
                                                            object pointers
                                                            assigning objects
                                                            the this pointer
                                                            arrays of objects

 

                                                Namespaces
                                                            defining and using
                                                            referencing identifiers in namespaces
                                                            the std namespace

 

COURSE TOPICS

                                                Exception Handling
                                                            overview of C++ exception handling
                                                            establishing a try block with catch handlers
                                                            different methods of throwing an exception

 

                                                Defining and using Functions in C++
                                                            class member functions
                                                            prototyping
                                                            overloading function capabilities
                                                            (automatic) in-line functions
                                                            passing objects to functions
                                                            returning objects from functions
                                                            returning references from functions
                                                            friend functions
                                                            references
                                                            virtual functions
                                                            overloading constructor functions
                                                            template functions
                                                            default arguments

 

                                                Inheritance
                                                            base and derived classes
                                                            access control
                                                            constructors and destructors
                                                            multiple inheritance
                                                            virtual base classes

 

                                                The Standard Template Library
                                                            history of the library
                                                            containers, algorithms, references, and iterators
                                                            using the vector, map, and string templates