Overview

This 5-day, lecture-and-lab course covers in-line functions, overloaded functions, function templates, default arguments, references, const qualifier, arrays, multiple-subscripted arrays, pointers, pointer arithmetic, function pointers, strings, optimizing memory use and improving execution performance. 

Prerequisites

• C++101—Introduction to C++ for Non-Programmers: Part 1 or equivalent programming experience

Introduction

Review of C++ syntax and concepts presented in the following chapters of C++ How to Program, 7/e as part of the course C++101—Introduction to C++ for Non-Programmers: Part 1.

• Chapter 2—Introduction to C++ Programming
• Chapter 3—Introduction to Classes and Objects
• Chapter 4—Control Statements: Part 1
• Chapter 5—Control Statements: Part 2
• Chapter 6—Functions  
• Chapter 7—Arrays

Functions

• C++ as a better C
• Functions with Empty Parameter Lists
• Inline Functions
• References and Reference Parameters
• Default Arguments
• Unary Scope Resolution Operator
• Function Overloading
• Function Templates

Arrays and Vectors

• Static Local Arrays and Automatic Local Arrays
• Passing Arrays to Functions
• Case Study: Class GradeBook Using an Array to Store Grades
• Searching Arrays with Linear Search
• Sorting Arrays with Insertion Sort
• Multidimensional Arrays
• Case Study: Class GradeBook Using a Two-Dimensional Array
• Introduction to C++ Standard Library Class Template vector

Pointers and Pointer-Based Strings

• Pointer Variable Declarations and Initialization
• Pointer Operators
• Passing Arguments to Functions by Reference with Pointers
• Using const with Pointers
• Selection Sort Using Pass-by-Reference
• sizeof Operator
• Pointer Expressions and Pointer Arithmetic
• Relationship Between Pointers and Arrays
• Arrays of Pointers
• Case Study: Card Shuffling and Dealing Simulation
• Function Pointers
• Introduction to Pointer-Based String Processing
• Fundamentals of Characters and Pointer-Based Strings
• String-Manipulation Functions of the String-Handling Library

Classes: A Deeper Look, Part 1

• Time Class Case Study
• Class Scope and Accessing Class Members
• Separating Interface from Implementation
• Access Functions and Utility Functions
• Time Class Case Study: Constructors with Default Arguments
• Destructors
• When Constructors and Destructors Are Called
• Time Class Case Study: A Subtle Trap—Returning a Reference to a private Data Member
• Default Memberwise Assignment

Classes: A Deeper Look, Part 2

• const (Constant) Objects and const Member Functions
• Composition: Objects as Members of Classes
• friend Functions and friend Classes
• Using the this Pointer
• Dynamic Memory Management with Operators new and delete
• static Class Members
• Data Abstraction and Information Hiding
• Proxy Classes

Operator Overloading; String and Array Objects

• Fundamentals of Operator Overloading
• Restrictions on Operator Overloading
• Operator Functions as Class Members vs. Global Functions
• Overloading Stream Insertion and Stream Extraction Operators
• Overloading Unary Operators
• Overloading Binary Operators
• Case Study: Array Class
• Converting between Types
• Case Study: String Class
• Overloading ++ and -- 
• Case Study: A Date Class
• Standard Library Class string
• explicit Constructors

Price

• $12,995 lecture fee for up to 20 students maximum. Add $1,000 for international or custom classes.
• Client purchases the books, at its own expense, directly from Pearson (the publisher) at the discounted Deitel rate.
  • Materials: C++ How to Program, 7/e (ISBN: 0136117260)
• Instructor Travel Reimbursement (if travel is required).

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