COURSE OVERVIEW:
This intensive course teaches students how to program in Standard C++. A significant lab component is included. The course is not hardware or operating system-specific.

GOALS:
Provided students meet the prerequisites, at the end of the course, they should:

1. Have a working knowledge of the language's statements and operators.
2. Be conversant about the standard runtime library.
3. Have been exposed to issues regarding the importance of programming style.
4. Be aware of the strengths and weaknesses of C++ and what it will take to master and exploit it.
5. Be able to design and implement simple classes.
6. Have a basic understanding of encapsulation, inheritance, and polymorphism.
7. Understand templates.
8. Understand exception handling.

WHO THIS COURSE IS APPROPRIATE FOR:
Programmers and technical managers who are seriously interested in, or are about to begin, programming in the C++ language; or who wish to evaluate the suitability of C++ for projects and/or programming personnel.

PREREQUISITES:
A strong working background in at least one of the following languages is expected: C, Java, any assembler, any systems language (such as PL/I, PL/M, or Bliss), Ada, Algol, compiled BASIC, DIBOL or DBL, FORTRAN, or Pascal. If COBOL is the only language a student knows, the transition will likely require extra work since COBOL is a different kind of language from the others listed. However, the transition can be made.

If a student's only or primary language is any of the following: Interpreted BASIC, database query language, scripting language, or HTML, they will almost certainly have considerable difficulty keeping up and are advised to seek a language more conducive to learning a first programming language, such as Visual BASIC, C#, or Java.

Attendees are expected to be conversant with the following:
- Communicating between procedures by passing arguments and/or by returning a value.
- The terms bit and byte.
- Binary and either octal or hexadecimal number systems and arithmetic.
- Looping and testing language constructs.
- Single- and multi-dimensional arrays.
- Global variables.
- Creating and using sequential files.
- Formatted I/O.
- Using a text editor.
- The purpose of a compiler and linker/link editor.

MATERIALS:
Each buyer will receive one or both of the following materials, depending on purchase:

Programming in C++ — This textbook was written specifically for teaching Standard C++. It contains all of the main features added during the standardization of the language. This book serves as a useful reference once the course has been completed.
Source Code – An electronic version of all of the source code shown in the text of this course.

DETAILED TOPICS:
The main topics covered are:

1. Procedural Programming in C++:
- The Basics
- Looping, Testing, and Branching
- Arrays
- Functions
- Storage Classes
- Pointers and Addresses
- Dynamic Memory Allocation
- Structures, Bit-Fields, and Unions

2. Using the Standard Class Libraries:
- String handling
- I/O

3. Object-Oriented Programming in C++:
- Introduction to Classes
- Constructors and Destructors
- Operator Overloading
- Inheritance
- Exception
- Handling
- Function and class templates