Description:

The course will focus on the following C++ topics:
- main differences between C and C++ (references, namespace, overloading, etc..);
- error handling;
- memory handling;
- classes, object programming and polymorphism;
- compile time programming (templates);
- introduction to STL library (containers, iterators and algorithm);
- introduction to C++ project set up and management.

Skills:

By the end of the course, students will be able to:

• understand the basis of object oriented paradigm
• understand procedural and object oriented C++ code and libraries
• cope with ASCII and raw data files, stream handling and formatting
• write new classes for modeling structured objects and their relationships
• understand pro and cons of templates and polymorphism
• use containers and facilities of the Standard Template Library (STL)

Target audience:

C programmers interested in an introduction to the main features of C++.

Pre-requisites:

A good knowledge of C is mandatory.