Advanced C++ Programming Duration: 4 days Audience Course Contents Course Objectives Instructional Technique Prerequisites

Advanced C++ Programming

Duration: 4 days

Audience

Software engineers, programmers, and analysts who have been designing and creating programs using C++ and desire a higher level of technical detail to allow them more flexibility and productivity when writing C++ programs. Anyone desiring the ability to read and understand complex C++ programs for maintenance or learning purposes.

Course Contents

1. Why Object-Oriented Programming?

2. A Review of C++ and Classes
   • Nested Classes

   • const and static Members

   • The mutable Keyword (likely a new topic for many students)

   • explicit constructors (likely a new topic for many students)

   • Pointers to Members (likely a new topic for many students)

3. Hidden Class Details

4. Resolution of Overloaded Functions

5. Operator Overloading in Detail

6. Streams-based File I/O

7. Multiple Inheritance and Virtual Base Classes

8. Protected Methods: the Good and the Bad

9. New-style Casts

10. Template Classes and Functions

11. Exception Handling

12. Run-time Type Identification

13. Namespaces

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• Point out the areas where hidden class members can cause hard-to-find bugs

• Write easier-to-read and easier-to-use code using operator overloading

• Perform file input-output, and describe the concepts of persistent objects

• Understand issues in using virtual base classes and multiple inheritance

• Better utilize the features of inheritance and polymorphism in program design

• Understand how templates can reduce code replication when used properly

• Use and understand the techniques of exception handling in C++

• Describe when and how to use run-time type identification, the mutable keyword, and other language features

Instructional Technique

Students are invited to bring their current ideas and questions to the classroom for discussion. Lecture, group problem solving, and online laboratories will be used. Students will be encouraged to enhance their skills utilizing the techniques presented through classroom problem solving and controlled online workshops. This course is approximately 50% labwork.

This course does not concentrate on the use of any one particular development tool. Instead, the students are encouraged to learn the proper design and implementation techniques by hand-coding their applications. If development tools are available at the training site, the instructor will demonstrate their use and guide the students in the use of such tools.

Prerequisites

This course teaches the student how to solve problems arising from subtleties of the C++ language, as well as techniques for improving performance and efficiency. Therefore, programming experience in C++ for at least 3 months is preferred for the student to gain the maximum benefit from this course, although experience in other object-oriented programming languages may suffice. This course is roughly 50% lab time; therefore, the students should be familiar with the editors available on the lab equipment. Some prior experience with the compiler used in the lab is helpful, but not required. Contact our office with any questions.