C++ Weekend Crash CourseTM - Softcover

Davis, Stephen R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0764546899 ISBN 13: 9780764546891

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2000

Synopsis

What are you doing this weekend? If Friday night′s highlights include creating your first C++ program in Visual C++ and CNU C++, then Saturday will find you deep into this book′s crash course. Lessons present debugging, flow control commands, and wielding pointers and objects. By Sunday, you′ll work through concepts such as inheritance, virtual functions, abstract classes, and stream I/O. After only 15 hours of practice, review, and assessment with C++ Weekend Crash Course, you′ll be able to show off your C++ skills on Monday morning –– and shine.

About this title

About the Author

Stephen R. Davis A 43–year–old father and husband, works as a programmer for Valtech (Valtech.com), a software training, mentoring and consulting company.

From the Back Cover

Get up to Speed on C++ in a Weekend! The big day is Monday; the day you get to show off what you know about C++. The problem is, you′re not really up to speed. Maybe it′s been a while since you worked with C++ or maybe you just like a challenge. In any event, we′ve got a solution for you C++ Weekend Crash Course . Open the book Friday evening and by Sunday afternoon after completing 30 fast, focused lessons you′ll be able to jump right in and start writing programs in C++. It′s as simple as that. The Curriculum Friday Beginning Programming Evening: 4 Lessons, 2 Hours

• What Is Programming?
• Telling a Computer What to Do
• Generating a "Real" Program
• Basic Concepts

Saturday Functioning Programs Morning: 6 Lessons, 3 Hours

• Different Variable Types
• Different Instruction Types
• Logical Operations
• Control Operators
• User Defined Functions
• Standard Library

Pointers and More Afternoon: 6 Lessons, 3 Hours

• Pointers
• Arrays
• Accessing the Heap
• C Structures 1
• C Structures 2
• Passing Structures to Functions

Setup for Object Programming Evening: 4 Lessons, 2 Hours

• Objects
• Pointers to Objects
• Constructors/Destructors and the Heap
• Overload Constructors

Sunday Object Oriented Programming Morning: 6 Lessons, 3 Hours

• The Concept of Inheritance
• Inheritance in C++
• Details of Inheritance
• Virtual Functions
• Abstract Classes
• Access Control

Afternoon: 4 Lessons, 2 Hours

• Overloading Operators
• Stream I/O
• Exceptions
• Traps and Pitfalls

For more information on Hungry Minds, go to www.hungryminds.com CD–ROM Includes:

• GNU C++ compiler
• All code and auxiliary files for the sample programs
• Assessment software to help gauge your progress

System Requirements: Windows 95/98/NT/2000

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0764546899
• ISBN 13: 9780764546891
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 552