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Notes about C++
From C to C++
* Course Introduction
Overview of Advanced Programming - Part One
Overview of Advanced Programming - Part Two
Recommended use of your time
Course Approach - Part 1
Course Exam
Which compiler or IDE?
* A quick tour of C
Basic Observations
The Evolution of C
The Popularity of C and C++
The C preprocessor
Fundamental types
Arrays and Pointers
Arrays and Pointers: Examples
Structures and Unions
Structures: Examples
Function types
User defined types
Expressions and operators
Control structures
Functions and parameters
Call-by-reference parameters via pointers
C Program organization
Memory Allocation
The standard library
* C/C++ Compatibility
C/C++ Compatibility
C/C++ Compatibility - some small details
Which compiler or IDE?
You choose your C++ compiler and/or IDE
Selection mode:
Program C++ in an environment you already know
Try something new
Possibilities
Eclipse
Visual Studio
Commercial version
Free version - Express
CodeBlocks
Gcc's g++ compiler and your favorite text editor
Many others
For the purposes of this course I use
g++
version 4.5.3 via Cygwin on Windows with GNU Emacs
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