Course Contents in Detail

0. About this Tutorial
   • Why (Modern) C++?
   • Why this Tutorial?
   • Which compiler should I choose when learning C++?
   • Compiling your first program
1. String and Character Literals
   • Introducing a Modern C++ program
   • Special characters
   • Raw string literals
   • Wide characters
   • Code comments
2. Variables, Scopes and Namespaces
   • Declarations, definitions and assignment
   • Casts and uniform initialization
   • Numeric types and type inference
   • Bool and byte
   • Literal prefixes and suffixes
   • Local and global scopes
   • Static and thread-local variables
   • Namespaces
   • Constants and references
   • Constexpr variables
3. Conditions and Operators
   • Run-time user input
   • Conditions and if-else
   • Conditions and switch-case
   • Conditional expressions
   • If and switch initializer expressions
   • Constexpr if
   • Operator precedence
4. Functions
   • Scopes
   • Return value
   • Parameters by value
   • Parameters by reference
   • Forward declarations
   • Default arguments
   • Implicit narrowing casts
   • Function overloading
   • Static and thread-local
   • Structured bindings
   • Inline functions
   • Constexpr functions
   • Non-returning and noexcept functions
5. Arrays, Pointers and Loops
   • Number and character arrays
   • Range-for
   • Pointers
   • While loops
   • For loops
   • Do-while loops
   • Break and continue
   • Array decay and pointer arithmetic
   • Environment
   • The begin() and end() family
6. Enums and Structs
   • Enumerations
   • Member variables
   • Inheritance vs composition
   • Member functions
   • Static members
   • Operator overloading
7. Strings, Containers and Views
   • String initialization, concatenation and comparison
   • Subscripting and string methods
   • Conversions and literals
   • String views
   • Vectors and iterators
   • Spans and arrays
   • Ordered and unordered sets
   • Lists and forward-lists
   • Ordered and unordered maps
   • Other containers and adaptors
8. Files and Formatting
   • Simple file access
   • Files as streams
   • Lines and buffers
   • String streams
   • Manipulators and flags
   • User-defined types and I/O
9. Classes, Friends and Polymorphism
   • Private, protected and public
   • Copying and comparisons
   • Friend functions and classes
   • Polymorphism
10. Templates, Exceptions, Lambdas, Smart Pointers
    • Types as parameters
    • Variable, function and class templates
    • Standard exceptions, try, throw and catch
    • Function objects
    • Lambdas
    • Smart pointers

• Coding Assignments for each Chapter – a number of “write a program” exercises for each Chapter which cover material used in that, and previous, Chapters

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