C++ Training for Beginners: Basic Programming Techniques for C++ Developers - Face-to-Face Training

C++ Training for Beginners: Basic Programming Techniques for C++ Developers - Face-to-Face Training

Content

Introduction to C++

• History
• C and C++: similarities and differences
• Advantages of C++
• Advantages of object oriented development

Program Setup

• New language constructs
• Function overload
• Input and output with streams
• Demonstrations
• Exercise: Function overload

Data Types

• New data types
• Pointers and references
• New items from C++ 11
• Dynamic memory management
• Smart pointer
• Demonstrations

Control Structures

• What was taken over from C? What is new?
• Automatic for loop
• Exceptions
• Demonstrations
• Exercise: Using control structures

Operators

• Operator overload
• Extraction and insertion operators for input and output

Classes

• Setup of classes
• Object creation
• Constructor and destructor
• Encapsulation of data and methods
• Access rights to class members
• this-pointer
• Overloading of methods
• Static data and methods
• Constant methods
• Difference between structure and class
• Namespaces
• Demonstrations
• Exercise: Implementing a counter

Initialization and Release of Objects

• How to use constructors
• Universal initialization
• Initialization of embedded objects
• Constant data and their initialization
• Demonstrations
• Exercise: Implementing and initializing an embedded object

Specific Member Functions

• Explicit and deleted constructors
• Operator as member function
• Specific syntax forms for typecast and increment/decrement operator overload
• Move semantics
• Demonstrations
• Exercise: Implementing operators as member function

Inheritance

• C++ implementation
• Reuse of code through inheritance
• Impact of access rights in class hierarchies
• Behavior of constructors/destructors in class hierarchies
• Demonstrations

Virtual Methods

• Overriding methods of the basic class
• Keywords: override and final
• Polymorphism
• Abstract classes
• Abstract methods
• Interfaces
• Demonstrations
• Exercise: Extending the counter with a derived class

Access Control with friend

• Keyword: friend
• Friend classes, methods and functions
• Impact of friend on inheritance?
• Demonstrations

Streams

• Stream classes: overview
• Output of files and strings using streams
• Manipulators for output adjustment
• Overloading stream operators
• Demonstrations
• Exercise: Stream operators for the counter class

STL (Standard Template Library)

• Using template classes
• C++ cast operators
• Containers
• Iterators
• Algorithms
• Smart pointer
• Demonstrations
• Exercise: Using STL containers

Practical Exercises in the C++ Training

• Function overload
• Using control structures
• Operator overload
• Implementing classes
• Constructor overload, initializing embedded objects
• Operators as member function
• Polymorphism: inheritance and virtual methods
• Stream output of own classes
• Using the STL
• The extensive exercises are carried out using Microsoft Visual Studio

MicroConsult PLUS

• Participants get the exercise directories and solution examples for all exercises.