Introduction to C++

Plan

The workshop is designed to be delivered over an entire day (including breaks).

Topic	Time
Introduction to C and C++	30 minutes
C++ language basics (part 1)	60 minutes
Memory management and pointers	60 minutes
C++ language basics (part 2)	60 minutes
Compilation and debugging	60 minutes
Object-oriented programming	60 minutes

Contents

Introduction to C and C++

Brief history of C and C++
C++ vs other programming languages
The C++ standardisation process

C++ language basics (part 1)

Variables and types
Arithmetic, comparison, and logical operators
Flow control (if and switch statements; while and for loops)
Functions
Polymorphism

Memory management and pointers

Arrays
Allocation and deallocation
Pointers (dereferencing and address-of operators)

C++ language basics, part 2

I/O streams
Strings and vectors
Useful third-party libraries

Compilation and debugging

Compilation steps
Debugging
Other options

Object-oriented programming

Object-oriented design
Classes in C++
Access specifiers and inheritance
Polymorphism
Operator overloading