C++ Programming

This book covers the C++ programming language, its interactions with software design and real life use of the language. It is presented in a series of chapters as an introductory prior to advance courses but can also be used as a reference book. This is an open work; if you find any problems with terms or concepts you can help by contributing to it; your participation is needed and welcomed! You are also welcomed to state any preference, shortcomings, vision for the actual book content, structure or other conceptual matters; see this Wikibook's discussion page for the right forum for participating.

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Chapter 1 : C++ a multi-paradigm language [ edit ] [ edit summary ] [ print chapter ]

1. Introducing C++
2. Programming languages
   1. Programming paradigms - the versatility of C++ as a multi-paradigm language, concepts of object-oriented programming (objects and classes, inheritance, polymorphism).
3. Comparisons - to other languages, relation to other computer science constructs and idioms.
   1. with C
   2. with Java
   3. with C#
   4. with Managed C++ (C++/CLI)
   5. with D

Chapter 2 : Fundamentals for getting started [ edit ] [ edit summary ] [ print chapter ]

1. The code - includes list of recognized keywords.
   1. File organization
   2. Statements
   3. Coding style conventions
   4. Documentation
   5. Scope and namespaces
2. Compiler
   1. Preprocessor - includes the standard headers.
   2. Linker
3. Variables and storage - locality, scope and visibility, including source examples.
   1. Type
4. Operators - precedence order and composition, , assignment, sizeof, new, delete, [] (arrays), * (pointers) and & (references).
   1. Logical operators - the && (and), || (or), and ! (not).
   2. Conditional operator - the ?:
5. Type casting - Automatic, explicit and advanced type casts.
6. Flow of control - Conditionals (if, if-else, switch), loop iterations (while, do-while, for) and goto.
7. Functions - Introduction (including main), argument passing, returning values, recursive functions, pointers to functions and function overloading.
   1. Standard C Library - I/O, string and character, math, time and date, memory and other standard C functions
8. Debugging - Finding, fixing, preventing bugs and using debugging tools.

Chapter 3 : Object-Oriented Programming [ edit ] [ edit summary ] [ print chapter ]

1. Structures
2. Unions
3. Classes (Inheritance, Member Functions, Polymorphism and this pointer)
   1. Abstract Classes including Pure abstract classes (abstract types)
   2. Nice Class
4. Operator overloading
5. Standard Input/Output streams Library
   1. string

Chapter 4 : Advanced Features [ edit ] [ edit summary ] [ print chapter ]

1. Templates
   1. Template Meta-Programming (TMP)
2. Standard Template Library (STL)
3. Smart Pointers
4. Exception Handling
5. Run-Time Type Information (RTTI)

Chapter 5 : Beyond the Standard [ edit ] [ edit summary ] [ print chapter ]

1. Resource Acquisition Is Initialization (RAII)
2. Garbage Collection (GC)
3. Design patterns - Creational, Structural and Behavioral patterns.
4. Libraries - APIs vs Frameworks and Static and dynamic libraries.
5. Boost library
6. Optimizing your programs
7. Cross-platform development
   1. Win32 (aka WinAPI) - including Win32 wrappers.
   2. Cross-platform wrappers
   3. Multitasking
8. Software internationalization
   1. Text encoding
9. Unified Modeling Language (UML)

Appendix A: References Tables
(used on book chapters, print version excludes the Appendix)

• Keywords • Preprocessors Directives • Standard Headers • Data Types • Operators • Standard C Library Functions • ASCII chart

Appendix B: External References

• Weblinks • Books