C++

Table Of Contents

Section 0: Preface

• 0.1 The Purpose of this Tutorial
• 0.2 Who Is this Tutorial For?
• 0.3 How to Use This Tutorial

Part I: Getting Started

Section 1: Introduction

• 1.1 Programming Languages
• 1.2 Why Program in C++?
• 1.3 A Brief History of C++
• 1.4 Good Things About C++
• 1.5 Pitfalls of C++

Section 2: A First Program

• 2.1 "Hello, Dave"
• 2.2 Compiling and Running
• 2.3 Brief Explanation of "Hello, Dave"

Part II: Basic Syntax

Section 3: Variables, Types, and Operators

• 3.1 What is a Variable?
• 3.2 Variable Types and Declaring Variables
• 3.3 Casting of Variables
• 3.4 Operators
• 3.5 Operator Precedence

Section 4: Control Statements

• 4.1 What is a Control Statement?
• 4.2 Branching Statements (if, else, switch)
• 4.3 Loops (for, while, do)

Section 5: Functions

• 5.1 What is a Function?
• 5.2 Function Basics
• 5.3 Parameters to Functions
• 5.4 Returning Values from Functions
• 5.5 Function Overloading
• 5.6 Recursion and Recursive Functions

Part III: Objects and Memory

Section 6: Introduction to Objects

• 6.1 What is an Object?
• 6.2 Object Design
• 6.3 Pseudo Code

Section 7: Class Declarations

• 7.1 Declaring a Class
• 7.2 Using a Class (Instantiation)
• 7.3 Constructors and Destructors
• 7.4 Protect your Private Parts
• 7.5 Inline Functions

Section 8: Pointers and Memory Management

• 8.1 What is a Pointer?
• 8.2 Pointers and Instances
• 8.3 Dynamic Memory Allocation
• 8.4 Memory Management
• 8.5 Don't Leak!

Section 9: Arrays

• 9.1 What is an Array?
• 9.2 Implementing an Array
• 9.3 Getting Funky with Arrays

Part IV: Advanced Topics

Section 10: Inheritance, Virtual Methods, and Polymorphism

• 10.1 What is Inheritance?
• 10.2 Inheritance Syntax
• 10.3 Virtual Methods
• 10.4 Polymorphism

Section 11: Streams and File I/O

• 11.1 What is a Stream?
• 11.2 Using Streams
• 11.3 Using File Streams
• 11.4 Using String Streams

Section 12: Project files/Preprocessor directives

• 12.1 Putting together a Project
• 12.2 Preprocessor directives
• 12.3 Makefiles

Section 13: Operator Overloading

• 13.1 What is Overloading?
• 13.2 Overloading an Operator

Section 14: Assertions / Exceptions

• 14.1 What are Assertions and Exceptions?
• 14.2 Assertions
• 14.3 Exceptions: Throw and Catch

Section 15: Macros

• 15.1 What is a Macro?
• 15.2 How are Macros Useful

Part V: Appendix

Appendix A

• A.1 Definitions

Appendix B

• B.1 Variable Types
• B.2 Operator Precedence
• B.3 Keywords