Beginning C++ Programming - From Beginner to Beyond

Introduction

About the Course

Why Learn C++?

Modern C++ and the C++ Standard

How does all this work?

FAQ -- Please Read!

Installation and Setup

Installation and Setup Overview

Installing the C++ Compiler on Windows

Installing CodeLite on Windows

Configuring CodeLite on Windows

Installing the C++ Compiler on Mac OSX

Installing CodeLite on Mac OSX

Configuring CodeLite on Mac OSX

Installing CodeLite on Ubuntu Linux

Configuring CodeLite on Ubuntu Linux

Creating a Default CodeLite Project Template (All Versions)

Using the Command-Line interface

Using the Command-Line Interface on Windows

Using the Command-Line Interface on Mac OSX

Using the Command-Line Interface on Linux (Ubuntu)

Using a Web-based C++ Compiler

Using the Included Source Code Course Resources

Curriculum Overview

Curriculum Overview

Overview of the Section Challenge Exercises

Overview of the Section Quizzes

Getting Started

Section Overview

An Overview of the CodeLite Interface

Writing our first program

Building our first program

What are Compiler Errors?

What are Compiler Warnings?

What are Linker Errors?

What are Runtime Errors?

What are Logic Errors?

Section Challenge

Section Challenge - Solution

Section 4 Quiz

Structure of a C++ Program

Section Overview

Overview of the Structure of a C++ Program

#include Preprocessor Directive

Comments

The main() function

Namespaces

Basic Input and Output (I/O) using cin and cout

Using cout and the insertion operator to say Hi to Frank

Using cout and the insertion operator

Using cin and the extraction operator

Section 5 Quiz

Variables and Constants

Section Overview

What is a variable?

Declaring and Initializing Variables

Declaring and Initializing Variables

Global Variables

C++ Built-in Primitive Types

What is the Size of a Variable (sizeof)

What is a Constant?

Declaring and Using Constants

Section Challenge

Section Challenge - Solution

Section 06 Quiz

Arrays and Vectors

Section Overview

What is an Array?

Declaring and Initializing Arrays

Accessing and Modifying Array Elements

Declaring, Initializing and Accessing an Array

Multidimensional Arrays

Declaring and Initializing Vectors

Accessing and Modifying Vector Elements

Declaring, Initializing and Accessing Vectors

Section Challenge

Section Challenge - Solution

Section 07 Quiz

Statements and Operators

Section Overview

Expressions and Statements

Using Operators

The Assignment Operator

Arithmetic Operators

Using the Assignment Operator

Using the Arithmetic Operators

Increment and Decrement Operators

Mixed Expressions and Conversions

Testing for Equality

Relational Operators

Logical Operators

Compound Assignment Operators

Operator Precedence

Logical Operators and Operator Precedence - Can you work?

Section Challenge

Section Challenge - Solution

Section 08 Quiz

Controlling Program Flow

Section Overview

if Statement

If Statement - Can you Drive?

if else Statement

If-Else Statement - Can you Drive?

Nested if Statement

Nested If Statements - Can you Drive?

switch-case Statement

Switch Statement - Day of the Week

Conditional Operator

Looping

for Loop

For loop - Sum of Odd Integers

range-based for Loop

Using the range-based for loop

while Loop

While loop exercise

do while Loop

continue and break

Infinite Loops

Nested Loops

Nested Loops - Sum of the Product of all Pairs of Vector Elements

Section Challenge

Section Challenge - Solution Part 1

Section Challenge - Solution Part 2

​Section 09 Quiz

Characters and Strings

Section Overview

Character Functions

C-Style Strings

Working with C-style Strings

Using C-style Strings

C++ Strings

Working with C++ Strings

Using C++ Strings - Exercise 1

Using C++ Strings - Exercise 2

Section Challenge

Section Challenge - Solution

​Section 10 Quiz

Functions

Section Overview

What is a Function?

Using Functions from the cmath Library

Function Definition

Function Prototypes

Function Parameters and the return Statement

Functions and Prototypes - Converting Temperatures

Default Argument Values

Using Default Argument Values - Grocery List

Overloading Functions

Overloading Functions - Calculating Area

Passing Arrays to Functions

Passing Arrays to Functions - Print a Guest List

Pass by Reference

Using Pass by Reference - Print a Guest List

Scope Rules

How do Function Calls Work?

inline Functions

Recursive Functions

Implementing a Recursive Function - Save a Penny

Section Challenge

Section Challenge-Solution

Section 11 Quiz

Pointers and References

Section Overview

What is a Pointer?

Declaring Pointers

Accessing the Pointer Address and Storing Address in a Pointer

Dereferencing a Pointer

Dynamic Memory Allocation

The Relationship Between Arrays and Pointers

Pointer Arithmetic

Const and Pointers

Passing Pointers to Functions

Returning a Pointer from a Function

Potential Pointer Pitfalls

What is a Reference?

L-values and R-values

Using the CodeLite IDE Debugger

Section Recap

Section Challenge

Section Challenge - Solution

​Section 12 Quiz

OOP - Classes and Objects

Section Overview

What is Object-Oriented Programming?

What are Classes and Objects?

Declaring a Class and Creating Objects

Accessing Class Members

Creating and Accessing Objects

public and private

Implementing Member Methods

Adding public methods that access private class attributes

Add more public methods to an existing class

Constructors and Destructors

The Default Constructor

Add a Default Constructor to an Existing Class

Overloading Constructors

Add an Overloaded Constructor to an Existing Class

Constructor Initialization lists

Delegating Constructors

Constructor Parameters and Default Values

Copy Constructor

Add a Copy Constructor to an Existing Class

Shallow Copying with the Copy Constructor

Deep Copying with the Copy Constructor

Move Constructors

The 'this' Pointer

Using const with Classes

Static Class Members

Structs vs Classes

Friends of a class

Section Challenge

Section Challenge - Solution

​Section 13 Quiz

Operator Overloading

Section Overview

What is Operator Overloading?

Overloading the Assignment Operator (copy)

Overloading the Assignment Operator (move)

Overloading Operators as Member Functions

Operator Overloading as Member Functions

Overloading Operators as Global Functions

Operator Overloading as Non-member Functions

Overloading the Stream Insertion and Extraction Operators

Operator Overloading the Stream Insertion Operator

Section Challenge

Section Challenge - Solution 1

Section Challenge - Solution 2

Section 14 Quiz

Inheritance

Section Overview

What is Inheritance?

Terminology and Notation

Inheritance vs. Composition

Deriving Classes from Existing Classes

Protected Members and Class Access

Constructors and Destructors

Passing Arguments to Base Class Constructors

Copy/Move Constructors and Operator = with Derived Classes

Redefining Base Class Methods

Multiple Inheritance

The Updated Accounts Example

Section Challenge

Section Challenge - Solution

​Section 15 Quiz

Polymorphism

Section Overview

What is Polymorphism?

Using a Base Class Pointer

Virtual Functions

Virtual Destructors

Using the Override Specifier

Using the Final Specifier

Using Base Class References

Pure Virtual Functions and Abstract Classes

Abstract Classes as Interfaces

Section Challenge

Section Challenge - Solution Part 1

Section Challenge - Solution Part 2

Section Challenge - Final Solution

Section 16 Quiz

Smart Pointers

Section Overview

Some Issues with Raw Pointers

What is a Smart Pointer? Ownership and RAII

Unique Pointers

Shared Pointers

Weak Pointers

Custom Deleters

Section Challenge 1

Section Challenge 1 - Solution

Section 17 Quiz

Exception Handling

Section Overview

Basic Concepts and a Simple Example: Dividing by Zero

Throwing an Exception from a Function

Handling Multiple Exceptions

Stack Unwinding and How it Works

Creating User-Defined Exception Classes

Class Level Exceptions

The C++ std::exception Class Hierarchy

Section Challenge

Section Challenge - Solution

Section 18 Quiz

I/O and Streams

Section Overview

Files, Streams and I/O

Stream Manipulators

Stream Manipulators - boolean

Stream Manipulators - integers

Stream Manipulators - floating point

Stream Manipulators - align and fill

Section Challenge 1

Section Challenge 1 - Solution

Reading from a Text File

Reading from a Text File - Live Demo - Part 1

Reading from a Text File - Live Demo - Part 2

Reading a text file

Section Challenge 2

Section Challenge 2 - Solution

Section Challenge 3

Section Challenge 3 - Solution

Writing to a Text File

Writing to a Text File - Live Demo

Section Challenge 4

Section Challenge 4 - Solution

Using String Streams

File locations with some Popular IDEs

Section 19 Quiz

The Standard Template Library (STL)

Section Overview

What is the STL?

Generic Programming with Macros

Generic Programming with Function Templates

Generic Programming with Class Templates

Creating a Generic Array Template Class

Introduction to STL Containers

Introduction to STL Iterators

Introduction to Iterators - Demo

Introduction to STL Algorithms

Introduction to Algorithms - Demo

Sequence Container - Array

Sequence Containers - Vector

Sequence Containers - Deque

Section Challenge 1

Section Challenge 1 - Solution

Sequence Containers - List and Forward List

Section Challenge 2

Section Challenge 2 - Solution

Associative Containers - Sets

Associative Containers - Maps

Section Challenge 3

Section Challenge 3 - Solution

Container Adaptors - Stack

Container Adaptors - Queue

Section Challenge 4

Section Challenge 4 - Solution

Container Adaptors - Priority Queue

Section 20 Quiz

Extra Information - Source code, and other stuff

Source Code for all Sections

Bonus Lecture and Information