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C++ for C Programmers

Type of course: Classroom

Course details

Fee	£1495
Days	4
Course code	CCPROG

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Overview

This course is designed to teach C++ to C Programmers. ISO standard C++ is a general-purpose language that bridges different styles of programming and spans different platforms and different application styles. This course presents C++ by building from C and embracing modern C++ techniques. It develops the concepts and syntax through lectures, discussion and hands-on lab exercises.

The course is suitable for experienced C programmers. Previous knowledge of object-oriented concepts is advantageous but not required.

Prerequisites

Delegates should have experience of C Programming. Previous knowledge of object-oriented concepts is advantageous but not required.

Delegates will learn how to

• Program in C++ from a C perspective and appreciate some of its more advanced features
• Understand object-oriented and generic programming in C++
• Use good practice and outline idioms for safe and sensible use of language features

Outline

C++ programming styles

• Characterising modern C++
• The role of objects and polymorphism

A brief tour

• Differences from C; classes
• Templates
• STL and the standard library

Simple data types

• Alternative initialisation and cast syntax
• Pointer conversions
• The bool type
• Compile-time constants with const
• Tags and type names

Convenient library

• The library and namespace std
• Using string, vector and map types

Functions

• Pass by reference and const reference
• Guidelines on argument passing
• Overloading and default arguments
• Operator overloading
• Inline functions

Control flow

• Declarations for loops and conditions
• Try, throw and catch
• Exception safety

Dynamic memory management

• Type-safe allocation and deallocation with new and delete

Classes and objects

• Encapsulation
• Classes, member functions and data
• Public and private
• Const member functions
• Class versus struct
• The this pointer

Object relationships

• Delegation and forwarding
• Composition and association

Construction and destruction

• Constructors and destructors
• Dfault constructors
• Member initialiser lists
• Construction and destruction order

VALUE OBJECTS

• Conversions for value objects
• Explicit;
• Default copying
• Copy constructors
• Member and non-member operators
• Copy assignment
• Copy prevention for non-value types

Exception Objects:

• Using objects for exceptions
• Safe copy assignment
• Safe resource release

Templates

• Generic programming
• Function templates
• Class templates
• Templates in the standard library
• auto_ptr for exception safety
• Managing long type names

Containers:

• The standard sequence containers
• The standard associative containers

Iterators:

• Iterator categories
• Container iterators
• Iterator and const_iterator
• Stream iterators

Algorithms:

• Sorting, searching and copying ranges
• Refactoring loops with generic algorithms

Function Objects:

• Using function objects with algorithms
• Adapting associative containers

Interface-Based Programming:

• Interface classes and pure virtual functions
• Virtual destructors
• Implementing interfaces with public derivation and overridden functions
• Multiple base classes

Inheritance-Based Programming:

• Generalisation, specialisation and substitutability
• Astract classes with some implementation
• Protected
• Base-class construction
• RTTI
• Exceptions