Hands On C++17

Algorithms

• Designing Algorithms
• Structured English
• Control Structures
• Stepwise Refinement
• Boolean Expressions
• Desk Checking

Background Intel

• Binary
• Octal
• Hexadecimal
• Storing Numbers in Binary
• Storing Characters in Binary
• Desk Checking

Starting C++

• Creating a Microsoft Account
• Downloading Visual Studio Community
• Creating a First Project

Data

• Memory Allocation
• Basic Data Types
• Data Type Variations
• Naming Variables
• Declaring Variables
• Constants
• Type Conversions
• Type Aliases
• Lvalues and Rvalues

I/O and Calculations

• About Namespaces
• Input Methods
• Output Methods
• Basic Arithmetic Operators
• Arithmetic Assignment Operators
• The Comma Operator
• Multiple Assignment
• sizeof()
• Operator Precedence
• Date-to-Day Program

Selection

• The if Statement
• Variable Scope
• Compound Conditions
• Boolean Variables
• Non-Boolean Expressions
• Nested if Statements
• Conditional Assignment
• The switch Structure
• Testing Selection Structures

Iteration and Debugging

• The while Satement
• The do...while statement
• The for Statement
• Jump Statements
• Nested Loops
• Testing Iteration Structures

Arrays

• Array Concepts
• One Dimensional Arrays
• char Arrays
• Multi-Dimensional Arrays
• Array Constants

Other Data Structures

• Record Structures using struct
• Access a Record's Fields
• Nested Record Structures
• Enumerated Types
• Bit Fields
• The union Data Structure
• Type Aliases
• Pairs and Tuples
• Structued Binding

Pointers and References

• Pointer Concepts
• Using Raw Pointer Variables
• A Pointer to a Pointer
• Pointers and Arrays
• Pointers, structs and Unions
• Pointers and Characters and Strings
• Pointer Arithmetic
• Pointers and Dynamic Allocation
• void Pointers
• Smart Pointers
• Reference Variables

User-Defined Functions - 1

• Mini-Specs
• Pre- and Post-Conditions
• Creating and Using Functions
• Value Parameters
• Coding Pre-Conditions
• Returning a Value from a Function
• Returning a Pair or Tuple
• Reference Parameters
• const Parameters
• Pointer Parameters
• Array Parameters
• Returning Reference and Pointer Values
• Functions and Smart Pointers
• auto Return Type
• Testing Functions

User-Defined Functions - 2

• Default Parameter Values
• Inline Functions
• Static Variables
• Lifetime and Scope
• Function Overloading
• Operator Overloading
• Recursive Functions
• Pointers to Functions
• Parameters for main()
• Functions for Data Types
• Function Templates
• Variadic Functions

Standard Function Library

• Math Functions Available
• Time Related Functions Available
• Random Number Functions
• System Functions

String and Character Functions

• Storing Strings
• String Handling Functions
• String Conversion Functions
• char Classification Functions
• char Modifying Functions

Traditional File Handling in C

• Text and Binary File Formats
• Writing and Reading a File
• File Management Functions

Starting Classes

• Class Concepts
• Class Diagrams
• Coding Classes
• Classes and Objects
• Overloading Methods
• Constructors and Destructors
• Data Hiding
• Overloading Operators
• The Call Operator
• inline Methods
• The this Pointer
• Class Constants and Static Properties
• Overloading << and >>
• Friends
• Object Pointers
• Objects and Arrays

Creating Static Libraries

• Creating Header Files
• Creating a Static Library
• Namespace
• Using a Static Library

Error Handling

• Traditional Methods
• Throwing Exceptions
• Catch Options


• Universal Catch Block
• Unhandled Exceptions

Container Classes

• Creating a Set Container Class
• The array Container Class
• Creating Multi-Dimensional array Objects
• The vector Container Class
• Creating Multi-Dimensional vector Objects
• Pitfalls Using vector Objects
• vectorObjects as Parameters

The string Class

• Problems with C-Style Strings
• String I/O
• string Class Methods and Operators
• Manipulating string Objects
• Container-Related Operations
• Other String Classes

Class Relationships - 1

• Inheritance
• Implementing Derived Classes
• Hiding Inherited Methods
• Methods that are Not Inherited
• Constructors and Destructors in Derived Classes
• The Assignment Operator
• Static Attributes in Derived Classes
• Inheritance Options
• Multiple Inheritance

Class Relationships - 2

• Pointers to Objects
• Virtual Methods
• Virtual Classes
• Abstract Classes
• Composition and Aggregation
• Exception Classes

I/O Classes

• The ios_base Class
• The ios Class
• The istream Class
• The ostream Class
• The fostream Class
• The fistream Class
• The fstream Class
• The ostringstream Class
• The istringstream Class
• The stringstream Class

Program Efficiency

• decltype and declval
• The variant Class
• The any Class
• The optional Class
• Move Semantics

Lambdas

• Lambda Format
• A Pointer to a Lambda
• Using function<>
• Using Parameters
• Returning a Value
• Returning a pair
• By Value Capture
• By Reference Capture
• Capturing an Expression
• Lambdas as Function Parameters
• Functions that Return a Lambda