About The Course
There has been a continual debate on which programming language/s to learn, to use. As the latest TIOBE Index for April 2016 indicates – Java (21%), C (14%), C++ (6%), C#(4%), and Python (3%) together control nearly half the programming community. Given this, it is still important to learn C and C++ because of the efficiency they offer. While we appreciate that Java is good for applications, for graphics; and we acknowledge that Python is appropriate for portable software, engineering problem solving, and graphics; it is worth bearing in mind that the JVM and Python interpreter are indeed written in C++, making C++ the father of all languages today.
Well, hence, C++ is the systems language. Why should I learn it if my primary focus is on applications? This is where the recent updates of C++, namely, C++11, C++14, and C++17 offer excellent depths and flexibility for C++ that no language can match. These extensions attempt to alleviate some of the long-standing shortcomings for C++ including porous resource management, error-prone pointer handling, expression semantics and better readability.
The present course builds up on the knowledge of C programming and basic data structure (array, list, stack, queue etc.) to create a strong familiarity with C++98 and C++03. Besides the constructs, syntax and semantics of C++ (over C), we also focus on various idioms of C++ and attempt to go to depth with every C++ feature justifying and illustrating them with several examples and assignment problems. On the way, we illustrate various OOP concepts.
While this course can be
understood independently (after a course in C programming), it would help in
developing understanding in OOP. Hence this course is advised in conjunction
with OOP.
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Intended Audience
Pre-requisites
1.
Basic Knowledge of Programming & Data Structure
2. C Programming
3. Attending a course on OOP with this course will help
Industry Support - List of Companies/Industry that will Recognize/value this online course
Programming in C++ is so fundamental that all companies dealing with systems as well as application development (including web, IoT, embedded systems) have a need for the same. These include – Microsoft, Samsung, Xerox, Yahoo, Google, IBM, TCS, Infosys, Amazon, Flipkart, etc.
Course Instructor
Dr. Partha Pratim Das received his BTech, MTech and PhD degrees in 1984, 1985 and 1988 respectively from IIT Kharagpur. He served as a faculty in Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Kharagpur from 1988 to 1998. In 1998, he joined Alumnus Software Ltd as a Business Development Manager. From 2001 to 2011, he worked for Interra Systems, Inc as a Senior Director and headed its Kolkata Center. In 2011, he joined back to Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Kharagpur as Professor. Dr. Das has also served as a Visiting Professor with Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics, Calcutta University from 2003 to 2013.
Course layout
Week 1: Programming in C++ is Fun : Build and
execute a C program in C++, Write equivalent programs in C++
Week 2: C++ as Better C
: Procedural Extensions of C
Week 3: Overview of OOP
in C++ : Classes and basic Object-Oriented features (encapsulation)
Week 4: Overview of OOP
in C++ : More OO features, overloading, namespace and using struct and
union
Week 5: Inheritance :
Generalization / Specialization of Object Modeling in C++
Week 6: Polymorphism
: Static and Dynamic Binding
Week 7: Type Casting
& Exceptions : C++ cast operators; C++ Exceptions & standard
exception classes
Week 8: Templates & STL – Function and Class templates and using STL like containers, algorithms
Suggested Reading
1.
The C++ Programming Language by Bjarne Stroustrup, 2013. Or, Programming:
Principles and Practice Using C++ by Bjarne Stroustrup, 2014 – These books will
be followed in the course
2. The C Programming Language (Ansi C Version) by Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis
M. Ritchie, 1990. Or, The C
Programming Language by Brian W. Kernighan and
Dennis M. Ritchie, 2015
3. C++ reference (C++98 and C++03). http://en.cppreference.com/w/
4. Presentations used in the Course
Reference (Advanced) Material
1.
Effective C++: 50 Specific Ways to Improve Your Programs and Design by Scott
Meyers, 1997. Or, Effective C++: 55
Specific Ways to Improve Your Programs and
Designs (Third Edition) by Scott Meyers, 2005
2. More Effective C++ by Scott Meyers, 2002
3. Modern C++ Design by Andrei Alexandrescu, 2004
4. Exceptional C++: 47 Engineering Puzzles, Programming Problems, and Solutions
by Herb Sutter, 1999
5. More Exceptional C++: 40 New Engineering Puzzles, Programming Problems, and
Solutions by Herb Sutter, 2001
6. C++ Templates: The Complete Guide by David Vandevoorde and Nicolai M.
Josuttis, 2002
7. The C++ Standard Library: A Tutorial and Reference by Nicolai M. Josuttis,
2012
8. Effective STL: 50 Specific Ways to Improve Your Use of the Standard Template
Library
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