Description:

This course will introduce the fundamentals of C++ language, using both procedural and object oriented programming approach. The student will be presented with the key topics of the language in order to have a good starting point for further investigations that will be required according to the specific field of application.

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:

Anybody interested in an introduction to C++ programming.

Pre-requisites:

A good knowledge of C is mandatory.