Topics Covered

C++ Overview

History, Genealogy and Philosophy of C++

Writing a Program in C++

Program structure & simple I/O, C++ coding life-cycle.

Types and Variables

Declaring & naming variables, The base types, Variable initialisation

The Operators

Arithmetic, Assignment, Increment & Decrement, Boolean

Looping

While, do-while & for statements

Alternative Paths

if, if-else & if-else-if statements, The switch statement, The conditional operator

Functions

Arguments to functions, Returning values, Call by value/call by reference, Overloaded names

Arrays

Array declaration, Access in elements, Arrays and functions, Strings

Pointers -

Indirection, Declaring and using pointers

Functions and Pointers

Pointer arguments, Returning pointers

Pointers and Arrays

The close relationship, Elements and pointers, Address arithmetic, Pointers, arrays & functions

The Preprocessor

Symbolic constants, Macros, File inclusion, Conditional compilation, High integrity macros

Writing Larger Programs

Separate modules, Internal/external linkage

Defined Objects

Setting up a new type, Creating & using objects

Giving Objects Behaviour

The member function, Constructors & Destructors

Data Abstraction

Definition & benefits

Dynamic Memory

How to use the heap, New and Delete, Dynamic arrays, Dynamic objects

Overloading operators

Function overloads, + I/O

More on Objects

The initialiser list, Object assignment, Object initialisation, "this", Static members

Pointers to Objects

Declaring & pointers to objects

Inheritance

The IS-A relationship, Derived classes/base classes, Protected members

Polymorphism

Late binding, Virtual member function, Virtual destructors, Pure virtual functions, Abstract Classes

New Additions to C++

Parameterised types, Class templates, Exception handling