C++

This page is for students enrolled in the Spring 2005 C++ Programming Language Raytheon in-house course.

We'll add a session on June 23rd to make up for the session missed on 11 May.

Goals:

To learn the C++ Programming Language.

Class Schedule:

Eight two-hour meetings, Thursdays at 5:30 P.M. starting 28 April 2005. Building B1, Room S827. (Computer training room on North side of the building). Each hour attended counts towards training time. Roll is taken (via a sign-in sheet) at every class, and your attendance is recorded in the training database.

Text:

A CD will also be available with various presentations, white papers, etc. You should also expect to use the Web, see the links section below.

There are countless books on the C++ Programming Language, available at any bookstore with a computer section. The class text is by Andrew Koenig, an associate and former fellow employee of Bjarne Stoustrop, the inventor of the C++ programming language.

Instructor:

Robert G. (Bob) Hayes, Senior Principal Software Engineer, Raytheon Vision Systems. Bob has been designing software systems at Hughes Aircraft/Raytheon for 30 years. He holds a BSE in Electrical Engineering and an MS in Computer Science.

Prerequisites:

Familiarity with a programming language: this should not be your first programming class. A general understanding of object orientation is helpful, though we will start the course with an overview of OO.

Other:

The only way to really learn/understand a programming language is to write code. Expect to do exercises in class and on your own. There will be a C++ compiler installed at each computer workstation in the training room. Each workstation must be shared between two students - working together on exercises in class is allowed and expected. A free Borland C/C++ command line compiler is available for home use - see links below. RVS is site-licensed for Microsoft Visual Studio - which includes a C/C++ compiler. Other Goleta sites may have a different licensing arrangement.

Links:

Here are some useful links. There is an immense amount of useful information on C++ available on the web.

Course Outline:

• Object Orientation Overview
• Introduction to C++
• Console I/O with stream classes
• Basic string handling
• Loop and flow-control statements
• Arrays
• Using functions and methods
• Using Standard Template Library (STL) containers (vectors, linked lists, and maps)
• Iterators
• Sorting and generic functions
• Basic class design
• Pointers and arrays
• File I/O
• Memory-management techniques, including statically and dynamically allocated memory
• Adding stream support to custom classes
• Conversion operators
• Operator overloading
• Friend functions
• Inheritance
• Polymorphism and virtual functions
• Handle idioms for classes, including reference counting
• Quick reference to the C++ language

C++ Programming Terminology

See how many of these you can define.