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IACS C/C++ primer

IACS C/C++ Primer

This is the public repository for the IACS C/C++ primer. The primer consists of 10 lectures held in week 42/43 in October 2021:

     Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su
Oct  27 28 29 30  1  2  3
 40   4  5  6  7  8  9 10
 41  11 12 13 14 15 16 17
 42  18 19 20 21 22 23 24
 43  25 26 27 28 29 30 31

The primer is intended to refresh language features for C/C++. A previous class taken for either language or experience gathered through other means is assumed.

Schedule and Location

Location: SEC LL2.224 SU Family Classroom

Time: 6:30PM - 7:30PM

Date:

• 10/18 - 10/22 (week 42)
• 10/25 - 10/29 (week 43)

Meeting times: The mini-class takes place during calendar week 42 and 43. Lectures are held on each week day (Mon-Fri) from 6:30PM - 7:30PM (depending on discussions during the lectures, you may need a bit of additional padding regarding the 60 minute duration).

Lecture Content

Lectures 1-4 discuss basic concepts that were firs introduced in C. Lectures 5-10 focus on C++ specific language features that are not available in C.

Lecture 1 (10/18/2021)

• Procedural languages and Object Oriented Programming / General overview
• Compiled languages / Stages of code compilation / Get to know your compiler
• How to organize code in files / Headers, circular inclusion and header guards / Compilation units
• Building code / make / meson / cmake

Lecture 2 (10/19/2021)

• Basic built-in types
• Arrays
• Pointers
• Pointers are not arrays

Lecture 3 (10/20/2021)

• Pointers and dereference operator
• References (C++ specific)
• Basic operators and operator precedence
• Functions and function pointers
• Anonymous functions / Lambdas (C++ specific)

Lecture 4 (10/21/2021)

• Function arguments: Pass-by-value / Pass-by-reference
• Memory allocation
• Stack and heap
• Input/Output (IO) / Streams

Lecture 5 (10/22/2021)

• Object Oriented versus Data Oriented designs / Where is C++ good at and where can it hurt you
• Classes: Constructors / Initializer lists / Destructors / Members / Attributes
• Access modifiers

Lecture 6 (10/25/2021)

• Resource Acquisition Is Initialization (RAII)
• Operator overloading
• Inheritance and the this pointer

Lecture 7 (10/26/2021)

• Base class pointer
• Polymorphism and interfaces

Lecture 8 (10/27/2021)

• Abstract base classes
• Pure virtual methods
• Operator overriding

Lecture 9 (10/28/2021)

• Generic programming
• C++ templates
• Implementation approaches

Lecture 10 (10/29/2021)

• Standard Template Library (STL)