C++ Level 1 – An Odyssey of C++: Core Language

Overview:

A three days C++ training with the following objectives:

Goal/Benefits:

The major objective of this class is that you shall be able to use C++ in a “correct way”.

• Introduce “Modern C++” – what we also know as C++11, C++14, C++17, C++20, and the just to be released C++23 – as an object-oriented language
• Comprehend the concepts and basic terms in object orientation, and to use UML – Unified Modeling Language – to describe an OO-model
• Design and implement robust C++ classes
• Understand the importance of sound memory management
• Transform an OO-model into C++
• Understand the concept parametrized types – aka templates
• A set of exercises practicing the concepts
• Applying a unit testing as a natural way of testing/evaluating/running most of the exercises

Audience/Participants:

This training is aimed for beginners.

Previous Knowledge:

Some programming experience

Practical Exercises:

During the training you will practice the presented concepts in a few exercises. We will use the open and free integrated development environment from Eclipse. Alternatively, a build system based on CMake is available

Outline:

1. The Basics

• Programs
• Hello, World!
• Functions
• Types, Variables, and Arithmetic
  • Fundamental Types
• Initialization
• Scope
• Constants
• Arrays, Pointers, and References
• Basic Input/Output
• Unit Testing

2. User-Defined Types – An Introduction

•  Enumerations
•  Structures
•  Classes
•  Unions

3. Modularity

• Separate Compilation
  • C++20 Modules
• Namespaces
• Error Handling
  • Exceptions
  • assert

4. Object-Orientation

•  The Goals with Object-oriented Programming
•  OO Programming Concepts
•  C++ Language Mapping

5. Classes

•  Concrete Types
•  Abstract Types
•  Virtual Functions
•  Class Hierarchies
•  Copy Control
• Move Control

6. Templates

•  Function Templates
•  Class Templates
•  Inheritance vs. Templates