CS 242: Programming in C++

The course objective is to cover the fundamentals of C++ programming, providing both theoretical and hands-on experience in developing programs. This course will provide you with the necessary building blocks for building C++ knowledge and skills.

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Course Curriculum

1. Introduction
1. Introduction
2. Making Pancakes: An Example
3. Programming Pancakes: What Do We Need to Know?
4. Programming Pancakes: How Do I Do It?
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 1.1
1. Five Basic Programming Elements
2. Input
3. Arithmetic
4. Output
5. Looping, Conditionals, and Variables
6. Loops
7. Conditionals
8. Variables in the Loops
9. Lesson Summary
10. Quiz 1.2
1. Programming Syntax
2. Statements
3. Variables
4. Keywords
5. Controlling Workflow
6. Comments
7. Lesson Summary
8. Quiz 1.3
1. Steps to Writing a Program
2. Pseudocode
3. A Simple Example
4. No Standard, But Guidelines
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 1.4
1. What Is a Programming Algorithm?
2. Programming Algorithm Example
3. Lesson Summary
4. Quiz 1.5
1. Steps to Writing a Program
2. Writing Code
3. Syntax
4. Online Compilers
5. Testing
6. Debugging
7. Lesson Summary
8. Quiz 1.6
1. Procedural versus Object-Oriented Programming Paradigm
2. History and Formation
3. Design Principles
4. Program Structure
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 2.1
1. Differences between C and C++
2. Libraries Used in C
3. Libraries Used in C++
4. C Program Syntax
5. C++ Program Syntax
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 2.2
1. Programming Paradigms
2. Procedural Programming
3. Object-Oriented Programming
4. Key Differences
5. OOP Most Popular
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 2.3
1. What Is an Object in Programming?
2. Classes and Objects
3. Methods and Functions
4. OOP Concepts
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 2.4
1. History of C++
2. Object-Oriented Programming
3. Principles of Object-Oriented Programming
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 2.5
1. What is a C++ Compiler?
2. Installing a Compiler
3. Online Compiler - GDB
4. Navigate to the Compiler
5. Compile and Run!
6. Lesson Summary
1. C Programs
2. Writing Comments in C
3. Including Libraries in C
4. Functions in C
5. Statements in C
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 2.7
1. C++ Numeric Data Types
2. Integers
3. Floating Points
4. Memory Allocation
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 2.8
1. Arithmetic in C++
2. Operators
3. Order of Operations
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 2.9
1. Variables in C++
2. Variable Types
3. Storage and Size
4. Declaring and Naming Variables
5. Naming Standards
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 2.10
1. Variables in C++
2. Declaring and Assigning Values to Variables
3. Typecasting/Conversion
4. Implicit
5. Explicit
6. Issues with Typecasting
7. Lesson Summary
8. Quiz 2.11
1. Input and Output in C++
2. A Word on Namespace
3. Output
4. Input
5. Validation
6. Number Validation
7. String Validation
8. Lesson Summary
9. Quiz 2.12
1. Lesson Overview & Knowledge Required
2. Program Code
3. Explanation of the Code
4. A Note on Semi-Colons
5. Troubleshooting
6. Code Application
7. Follow-Up Questions
8. Answer Key
9. Follow Up Questions
1. C++ Projects
2. Games, Games, Games!
3. Making Reservations
4. Inventory Tracking
1. Introduction
1. Relational Expressions
2. Expressions in C
3. 1. Equal To (==)
4. 2. Less Than (
5. 3. Less Than or Equal (<=)
6. 4. Greater Than (>) and Greater Than or Equal (>=)
7. 5. Not Equal (!=)
8. The Not Expression
9. Lesson Summary
10. Quiz 3.1
1. Complex Relational Expressions
2. Truth Tables
3. AND Operator
4. OR Operator
5. NOT Operator
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 3.2
1. Decision Trees
2. Creating a Decision Tree
3. Converting to C++ Code
4. A More Complicated Example
5. Benefits and Drawbacks of Decision Trees
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 3.3
1. Decision Making in C Programming
2. If Statements
3. If-else Statements
4. IF-ELSE-IF Statements
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 3.4
1. Controlling the flow
2. How a switch statement works
3. When to use a switch statement?
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 3.5
1. Branching and Combinations
2. Branching Statements
3. Nesting
4. Switch and If Statements
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 3.6
1. Lesson Overview & Knowledge Required
2. Program Code
3. The If Statements
4. Code Application
5. Follow-Up Questions
6. Answer Key
7. Follow-Up Questions
1. Introduction
1. Loops in C Programming
2. For Loops
3. While Loops
4. Do ... While Loops
5. Nested Loops
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 4.1
1. The For Loop
2. The Syntax
3. Code Examples
4. Incrementing
5. Decrementing
6. Nested Loops
7. Lesson Summary
8. Quiz 4.2
1. What is a for Loop and its Purpose in C Programming
2. Flowchart of For Loop
3. Syntax and Examples of For Loop
4. Control Statements in For Loops
5. Break and Continue Statement in For Loop
6. Goto Statement in For Loop
7. Nested For Loops
8. Lesson Summary
9. Quiz 4.3
1. Loops and Uses of Loops
2. While Loop and Uses of While Loop
3. Syntax of While Loop and Examples of While Loop
4. Infinite While Loop
5. Use of Logical Operators In While Loop.
6. For Loop Versus While Loop
7. Lesson Summary
8. Quiz 4.4
1. Do While Loop
2. Syntax
3. Flowchart
4. Example
5. Comparison With 'While'/'For' Types
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 4.5
1. Nesting Loops & Statements
2. Perfect Number Example
3. Test for Errors
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 4.6
1. C++: A Word on Programming Practices
2. Why?
3. Loop Control Statements
4. Break
5. A Note on Nested Loops
6. Continue
7. Lesson Summary
8. Quiz 4.7
1. Loop Structures
2. For Loops
3. While Loops
4. Do... While Loops
5. Avoiding Coding Errors
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 4.8
1. Lesson Overview & Knowledge Required
2. Program Code
3. Start Game Function
4. Code Application
5. Follow-Up Questions
6. Answer Key
7. Follow-Up Questions
1. Introduction
1. Arrays
2. Vectors
3. Actions
4. Differences
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 5.1
1. Arrays
2. The Index
3. Code Examples
4. Looping Through the Array
5. Array Size
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 5.2
1. Arrays: Definition and Declaration
2. Single Dimensional Array Initialization
3. Multidimensional Array Initialization
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 5.3
1. Passing Arrays as Arguments to Functions
2. Declare the Function Before Main
3. Create the Function
4. One-Dimensional
5. Multi-Dimensional Arrays
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 5.4
1. Multidimensional Arrays
2. Two-Dimensional Arrays
3. Two-Dimensional Array Elements
4. Other Dimensions
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 5.5
1. Lesson Overview & Knowledge Required
2. Program Code
3. Code Application
4. Follow-Up Questions
5. Answer Key
6. Follow-Up Questions
1. Lesson Overview & Knowledge Required
2. Compiler Used
3. Magic-Squares Problem
4. Program Code
5. Finally, Some Code!
6. Code Application
7. Follow-Up Questions
8. Answer Key
9. Follow-Up Questions
10. Matrix With An Even Value
1. Assignment Location & Info
1. Introduction
1. Characters, Character Arrays, and Strings
2. Character Data Type
3. Character Arrays
4. String Class
5. Character Array and String Class Differences
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 6.1
1. String and Character Libraries
2. C String
3. Functions in C-String
4. C Standard Library
5. C++ String Class
6. C++ String Functions
7. Algorithm Library
8. Input/Output in String
9. Lesson Summary
10. Quiz 6.2
1. Creating Strings in C++
2. Length/Size
3. The Strlen Function
4. Size and Length
5. Copying Strings
6. Concatenating Strings
7. Plus (+) for C++
8. Comparisons
9. Strcmp
10. Compare in C++
11. Searching Strings
12. Lesson Summary
13. Quiz 6.3
1. Strings in C++
2. New Line
3. Width
4. Alignment
5. Decimal Display & Casing
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 6.4
1. Validating Input
2. Numeric Validation
3. Sanity Check
4. Cin Functions
5. Character/String Validation
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 6.5
1. String Class in C++
2. Declare and Initialize a String
3. Character Array and String Class Difference
4. Operations on Strings
5. Length of a String
6. Comparing Two Strings
7. Appending Two Strings
8. Searching Within a String
9. Extracting Substrings
10. Lesson Summary
11. Quiz 6.6
1. Lesson Overview & Knowledge Required
2. Program Code
3. 2-Dimensional Arrays
4. Code Application
5. Follow-Up Questions
6. Convert to C-String
7. 3D Array
8. Answer Key
9. Follow-Up Questions
1. Introduction
1. Functions in C Programming
2. Types of Functions
3. General Form of a Function
4. Components of a Function
5. How a Function Is Called
6. Call by Value/Reference
7. Lesson Summary
8. Quiz 7.1
1. The Standard Library
2. Functions
3. Examples
4. Why Not Add All the Libraries?
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 7.2
1. Variable Scope
2. Local Variables
3. Global Variables
4. Use of Local and Global Variables
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 7.3
1. Scope and Storage Classes
2. Automatic
3. Static
4. Static - Outside of Functions
5. External
6. Register
7. Volatile
8. Constants
9. Lesson Summary
10. Quiz 7.4
1. Call by Reference in the C Programming Language
2. Defining and Declaring a Function that Stores the Address
3. Example
4. Output - Call by reference
5. Difference from Call by Value
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 7.5
1. Recursion and Iteration
2. Iteration
3. Recursion
4. Mathematical Recursion - Factorials
5. Code Example - Towers of Hanoi
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 7.6
1. Polymorphism
2. What is an Overloaded Function?
3. How to Overload
4. Why Overload?
5. Overloaded Function Examples
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 7.7
1. Lesson Overview & Knowledge Required
2. Program Code
3. Recursive Function
4. Code Application
5. Follow-Up Questions
6. Answer Key
7. Recursive Function
8. Follow-Up Questions
1. Introduction
1. Defining Structs in C++
2. Creating a Struct
3. Setting & Retrieving Values
4. Benefits of Structures
5. Structs Within Structs
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 8.1
1. Structs and Vectors
2. Passing Structs to & From Functions
3. Lesson Summary
4. Quiz 8.2
1. You've Got Class
2. Modifiers
3. Functions in Classes
4. Functions Outside the Class
5. Functions Inside the Class
6. Instantiating Classes and Calling Functions
7. Full Code
8. Lesson Summary
9. Quiz 8.3
1. Classes and Class Variables
2. Declaring the Class and Its Variables
3. Class Variable Modifiers
4. Constructors
5. Default Constructor
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 8.4
1. Overload!
2. Coding Time
3. Overload Tree
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 8.5
1. Data Abstraction & ADT
2. Stack Data Type Example
3. Other ADTs
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 8.6
1. When You Don't Quite Have Class
2. Circular Dependency
3. Guarding
4. Forward Declarations
5. Header Guards vs. Forward Declaration
6. Keep 'Em Separated!
7. Lesson Summary
8. Quiz 8.7
1. Lesson Overview & Knowledge Required
2. Program Code
3. Code Application
4. Follow-Up Questions
5. Answer Key
6. Follow-Up Questions
1. Introduction
1. Processing Files in C++: Streams
2. Creating, Opening, and Closing Streams
3. Creating the Stream
4. Open the File
5. Always Close Your File!
6. Display Output of the File
7. Output Files
8. Modifiers
9. Update the Address File
10. Lesson Summary
11. Quiz 9.1
1. File Input Output in C++
2. Sample Code for Reading and Writing From/To File
3. Output
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 9.2
1. A Review of File Streams
2. Infile and Outfile
3. Random File Access Functions
4. Seekg()
5. Seekp()
6. File Names as Functions
7. Lesson Summary
8. Quiz 9.3
1. Reading From Files
2. Strings and File Processing
3. Input Validation
4. Output Processing
5. Storage
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 9.4
1. Lesson Overview & Knowledge Required
2. Program Code
3. Industry Data
4. Let's Code!
5. Setup the Program
6. Create an Interactive Menu
7. Add A Record
8. Code Application
9. Follow-Up Questions
10. Follow-Up Questions
11. Answer Key
1. Lesson Overview & Knowledge Required
2. Program Code
3. File 1 - Gamers
4. File 2 - Scores
5. The Program
6. Code Application
7. Follow-Up Questions
8. Answer Key
9. Follow-Up Questions
10. Closing Files
1. Introduction
1. Review of Variables
2. Pointer: Definition
3. Asterisks & Ampersands
4. Pointer Arithmetic
5. Pointers: Uses
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 10.1
1. Program Memory
2. Memory Space for Data Types
3. Lesson Summary
4. Quiz 10.2
1. Memory in C++
2. C++ Memory Management Tools
3. Malloc()
4. New
5. Realloc()
6. Free
7. Uses for Memory Allocation Tools
8. Lesson Summary
9. Quiz 10.3
1. Memory Leaks
2. Diagnosing And Fixing Leaks in C++
3. Lesson Summary
4. Quiz 10.4
1. Lesson Overview & Knowledge Required
2. Linked Lists and Pointers
3. Program Code
4. Header and Function Declarations
5. Main and Splash Page Functions
6. Push Function
7. Code Application
8. Follow-Up Questions
9. Code Application
10. Answer Key
11. Follow-Up Questions
1. Lesson Overview & Knowledge Required
2. Program Code
3. Code Application
4. Follow-Up Questions
5. Answer Key
6. Follow-Up Questions
1. Introduction
1. Inheritance in C++
2. Types of inheritance
3. Example
4. Output
5. Advantages of using inheritance
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 11.1
1. Access Specifiers
2. Public
3. Private
4. Protected
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 11.2
1. Derived Classes
2. Overriding
3. Using The Functions Differently
4. Why Override?
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 11.3
1. Encapsulation
2. Example
3. Lesson Summary
4. Quiz 11.4
1. Polymorphism Definition
2. Polymorphism Importance
3. Implementing Polymorphism in C++
4. Other Examples
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 11.5
1. Lesson Overview & Knowledge Required
2. Program Code
3. Code Application
4. Follow-Up Questions
5. Answer Key
1. Assignment
2. Final Exam

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CHAPTER 1 - Computer Programming Elements & Basics

Ch 1.1 - What Is Programming? - Definition & Introduction for Beginning Programmers

Ch 1.2 - 5 Basic Elements Of Programming

Ch 1.3 - Programming Logic & Syntax: The Programming Toolbox

Ch 1.4 - Using Pseudocode to Map Code

Ch 1.5 - What is an Algorithm in Programming? - Definition, Examples & Analysis

Ch 1.6 - How to Write a Program: Coding, Testing & Debugging

Ch 2.1 - C++ Programming Language: History, Formation & Structure

Ch 2.2 - Differences Between the C & C++ Languages

Ch 2.3 - Object-Oriented Programming vs. Procedural Programming

Ch 2.4 - Object-Oriented Programming: Objects, Classes & Methods

Ch 2.5 - Object-Oriented Programming in C++ Language

Ch 2.6 - How to Set up a Coding Environment for Programming in C++

Ch 2.7 - C Program Styling: Indents, Comments & General Syntax

Ch 2.8 - Numeric Data Types in C++ Programming

Ch 2.9 - Arithmetic Operations in C++ Programming

Ch 2.10 - Basics of Variables in C++ Programming

Ch 2.11 - Assigning Values to Variables in C++ Programming

Ch 2.12 - Basic Input & Output in C++ Programming

Ch 2.13 - Practical Application for C++ Programming: ~'Hello World~' Program

Ch 2.14 - C++ Project Ideas

CHAPTER 3 - Programming Using Branching in C++

Ch 3.1 - Relational Expressions in C Programming: Types & Examples

Ch 3.2 - Complex Relational Expressions Using Logic Operations in C

Ch 3.3 - Using Decision Trees to Understand Branching

Ch 3.4 - IF, ELSE, & IF-ELSE Statements in C Programming

Ch 3.5 - Switch Statements in C++ Programming

Ch 3.6 - Branching with And, Or & Nesting in C++ Programming

Ch 3.7 - Practical Application for C++ Programming: If Statements

CHAPTER 4 - Programming Using Loops in C++

Ch 4.1 - Loops in C Programming: Structure & Examples

Ch 4.2 - For Loop in C++ Programming: Definition, Example & Results

Ch 4.3 - For Loop: Definition, Example & Results

Ch 4.4 - While Loop: Definition, Example & Results

Ch 4.5 - Do While Loop: Definition, Example & Results

Ch 4.6 - Nesting Loops & Statements in C Programming

Ch 4.7 - Loop Control Statements in C++ Programming

Ch 4.8 - Risks & Errors in While, For & Do While Loops in C

Ch 4.9 - Practical Application for C++ Programming: Loops

CHAPTER 5 - Arrays & Vectors in C++ Programming

Ch 5.1 - What Are Arrays & Vectors in C++? - Definition & Differences

Ch 5.2 - Declaring One-Dimensional Arrays in C++ Programming

Ch 5.3 - Array Initialization in C++ Programming

Ch 5.4 - Arrays as Function Arguments in C++ Programming

Ch 5.5 - Multi-Dimensional Arrays in C++ Programming: Definition & Example

Ch 5.6 - Practical Application for C++ Programming: Creating and Working with Vectors

Ch 5.7 - Practice Solving Magic Square Problems

Ch 5.8 - Required Assignments Reminder

CHAPTER 6 - Strings in C++ Programming

Ch 6.1 - What are Characters & Strings in C++? - Definition & Differences

Ch 6.2 - Standard Library Functions for Character & String Manipulation in C++

Ch 6.3 - How to Create, Use & Manipulate Strings in C++ Programming

Ch 6.4 - Formatting Strings in C++ Programming

Ch 6.5 - Validating Input Data in C++ Programming

Ch 6.6 - The String Class in C++ Programming: Definition & Examples

Ch 6.7 - Practical Application for C++ Programming: Arrays & Strings

CHAPTER 7 - C++ Programming Functions

Ch 7.1 - Functions & Parameters in C Programming

Ch 7.2 - Standard Library Functions in C++: Definition & Examples

Ch 7.3 - Variable Scope in C Programming

Ch 7.4 - Variable Storage in C++ Programming: Function, Types & Examples

Ch 7.5 - Passing a Variable by Reference & Value in C Programming

Ch 7.6 - Recursion & Iteration in C++ Programming: Definition & Occurrence

Ch 7.7 - Overloading Functions in C++ Programming with Examples

Ch 7.8 - Practical Application for C++ Programming: Functions

CHAPTER 8 - Classes in C++ Programming

Ch 8.1 - How to Use Structs in C++ Programming

Ch 8.2 - Structs with Functions & Vectors in C++ Programming

Ch 8.3 - Classes with Functions in C++ Programming

Ch 8.4 - Initializing Class Variables in C++ Programming

Ch 8.5 - Overloading Constructors in C++ Programming

Ch 8.6 - Abstract Data Types in C++ Programming: Definition & Uses

Ch 8.7 - Typical Errors with Classes in C++ Programming

Ch 8.8 - Practical Application for C++ Programming: Classes

CHAPTER 9 - File Streams in C++ Programming

Ch 9.1 - Declaring, Opening & Closing File Streams in C++ Programming

Ch 9.2 - Reading & Writing to Text Files in C++ Programming

Ch 9.3 - Random File Access & Working With Filenames in C ++ Programming

Ch 9.4 - I/O Streams with Floats & Strings in C++ Programming

Ch 9.5 - Practice Using Files as Databases for Industry