Advanced C++ Programming

This course makes C++ programmers more productive. It focuses on effective use of the language. This course covers advanced language features, describes useful implementation techniques, and reviews object-oriented design guidelines.

Participants must have attended an introductory C++ course to the level of Arkoa’s C++ Programming, and should have at least three to six months of experience using C++.

On completion of this course, the student should be able to

• Identify all the major features of the C++ language, including templates and exceptions
• Discuss issues of inheritance
• Use a powerful set of C++ techniques and idioms for solving problems
• Apply object-oriented design concepts to C++ development

5 Days

Instructor-led course, with practical computer-based exercises.

Experienced Use of C++

• Using constants and constant pointers
• References, parameters, and variables
• Inline functions and encapsulation
• Templates and initialization

User-Defined Data Types

• Defining robust classes
• Constructors and initialization
• Dynamic storage within a class
• Type conversion and array types
• Stand-in classes

Generic Data Types

• Collection classes
• Data type vs. data structure
• Class templates
• Names and instantiation
• Specialization

Class Relationships

• Inheritance
• Virtual functions, polymorphism, and abstract base classes
• Virtual destructors and base classes
• Constructors

Memory Management

• Dynamic object creation
• Vector allocation
• Sharing memory among objects
• Reference counting and cycles
• Swappable objects
• Smart pointers

Exception Handling

• Error-handling strategies
• Throwing exceptions
• Inheritance and exceptions

Mixing C and C++

• C/C++ source and link incompatibility
• Calling C++ code from C

A C++ development environment, including a compiler with template support, is required. A compiler that supports exception handling is recommended. The system should be able to load a 3.5” DOS-formatted solution disk.