C++ Programming
Important Notice
This course is not active. Please contact Department Chair for more information.
Overview
Note: CISY 1275 and CMPT 1110 will be treated as equivalent.
All topics in the core area are covered, though not necessarily in the order stated. Topics in the optional area are covered at the discretion of the instructor.
Core Topics
1. Procedural programming and structured (top-design) design
1.1 Primitive data types, operators, and expressions
1.2 Control structures
1.3 Conditional
1.4 Repetition
1.5 User defined functions and procedures
1.6 Parameter passing by value and by reference
1.7 Introduction to pointers
1.8 System stack, scope, and lifetime of variables
1.9 Recursion
1.10 Function overloading
2. Data Structures
2.1 Files and I/O streams
2.2 Arrays and strings
2.3 Pointers to strings and dynamic allocation
2.4 Structures
3. Object Oriented Programming and Design
3.1 Abstraction, encapsulation, visibility, information hiding, instantiation
3.2 Constructors and destructors
3.3 Abstract data types
3.4 Inheritance
3.5 Dynamic allocation
a) Shallow vs. deep copy
b) Copy constructors
4. Optional Topics
4.1 Templates
a) Function
b) Class
4.2 Operator overloading
4.3 Virtual functions and polymorphism
The topics will be covered through in-class lectures, seminar sessions, laboratory assignments, reading, and research.