specializing in digital media technologies

• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Creating a Basic Program
• Basic C++ Syntax
• Compiling a C++ Program
• Printing Text
• Running a Compiled Program
• Pausing Execution
• Understanding White Space
• Adding Comments to Your Source Code
• Using an IDE
• Chapter 2: Simple Variables and Data Types
• Declaring Variables
• Assigning Values to Variables
• Printing Variables
• Formatting Numbers
• Understanding Type Conversion
• Introduction to Characters
• Introduction to Strings
• Introduction to Constants
• Chapter 3: Operators and Control Structures
• Arithmetic Operators
• If Conditionals
• Using esle and else if
• The Ternary Operator
• Logical and Comparison Operators
• Increment and Decrement Operators
• While Loop
• For Loop
• Chapter 4: Input, Output, and Files
• Taking Character Input
• Discarding Input
• Taking Numeric Input
• Taking String Input
• Taking Multiple Inputs
• Reading in a Whole Line
• Validating Input
• Creating File Output
• Using File Input
• Chapter 5: Defining Your Own Functions
• Creating Simple Functions
• Creating Functions that Take Arguments
• Setting Default Argument Values
• Creating Functions that Return a Value
• Overloading Functions
• Understanding Variable Scope
• Chapter 6: Complex Data Types
• Working with Arrays
• Working with Pointers
• Structures
• Revisiting User-Defined Functions
• Chapter 7: Introducing Objects
• Creating a Simple Class
• Adding Methods to a Class
• Creating and Using Objects
• Defining Constructors
• Defining Destructors
• The this Pointer
• Chapter 8: Class Inheritance
• Basic Inheritance
• Inheriting Constructors and Destructors
• Access Control
• Overriding Methods
• Overloading Methods
• Making Friends
• Chapter 9: Advanced OOP
• Static Attributes and Methods
• Virtual Methods
• Abstract Methods
• Operator Overloading
• The << Operator
• Multiple Inheritance
• Virtual Inheritance
• Chapter 10: Error Handling and Debugging
• Debugging Techniques
• Returning Error Codes
• Usinger assert()
• Catching Exceptions
• Chapter 11: Dynamic Memory Managment
• Static and Dynamic Memory
• Allocating Objects
• Allocating Arrays of Dynamic Size
• Returning Memory from a Function or Method
• The Copy Constructor and the Assignment Operator
• Static Object Type Casts
• Performing Dynamic Ojbect Type Casts
• Avoiding Memory Leaks
• Chapter 12: Namespaces & Modularization
• Working with Included Files
• The C Preprocessor
• Understanding Namespaces
• Linkage and Scope
• Chapter 13: Working with Templates
• Basic Template Syntax
• Creating Inline Templates
• Containers and Algorithms
• Chapter 14: Extended Topics
• Strings Revisted
• Working with Binary Files
• Taking Command Line Arguments
• Appendix A: C++ Tools
• Appendix B: Resources

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