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  • C++ Basics
  • C++ Object Oriented
  • C++ Advanced
  • C++ Useful Resources
  • Selected Reading

C++ is a middle-level programming language developed by Bjarne Stroustrup starting in 1979 at Bell Labs. C++ runs on a variety of platforms, such as Windows, Mac OS, and the various versions of UNIX. This C++ tutorial adopts a simple and practical approach to describe the concepts of C++ for beginners to advanded software engineers.

Why to Learn C++

C++ is a MUST for students and working professionals to become a great Software Engineer. I will list down some of the key advantages of learning C++:

  • C++ is very close to hardware, so you get a chance to work at a low level which gives you lot of control in terms of memory management, better performance and finally a robust software development.

  • C++ programming gives you a clear understanding about Object Oriented Programming. You will understand low level implementation of polymorphism when you will implement virtual tables and virtual table pointers, or dynamic type identification.

  • C++ is one of the every green programming languages and loved by millions of software developers. If you are a great C++ programmer then you will never sit without work and more importantly you will get highly paid for your work.

  • C++ is the most widely used programming languages in application and system programming. So you can choose your area of interest of software development.

  • C++ really teaches you the difference between compiler, linker and loader, different data types, storage classes, variable types their scopes etc.

There are 1000s of good reasons to learn C++ Programming. But one thing for sure, to learn any programming language, not only C++, you just need to code, and code and finally code until you become expert.

Hello World using C++

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Just to give you a little excitement about C++ programming, I'm going to give you a small conventional C++ Hello World program, You can try it using Demo link

C++ is a super set of C programming with additional implementation of object-oriented concepts.

There are many C++ compilers available which you can use to compile and run above mentioned program:

  • Apple C++. Xcode

  • Bloodshed Dev-C++

  • Clang C++

  • Cygwin (GNU C++)

  • Mentor Graphics

  • MINGW - 'Minimalist GNU for Windows'

  • GNU CC source

  • IBM C++

  • Intel C++

  • Microsoft Visual C++

  • Oracle C++

  • HP C++

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It is really impossible to give a complete list of all the available compilers. The C++ world is just too large and too much new is happening.

Applications of C++ Programming

As mentioned before, C++ is one of the most widely used programming languages. It has it's presence in almost every area of software development. I'm going to list few of them here:

  • Application Software Development - C++ programming has been used in developing almost all the major Operating Systems like Windows, Mac OSX and Linux. Apart from the operating systems, the core part of many browsers like Mozilla Firefox and Chrome have been written using C++. C++ also has been used in developing the most popular database system called MySQL.

  • Programming Languages Development - C++ has been used extensively in developing new programming languages like C#, Java, JavaScript, Perl, UNIX’s C Shell, PHP and Python, and Verilog etc.

  • Computation Programming - C++ is the best friends of scientists because of fast speed and computational efficiencies.

  • Games Development - C++ is extremely fast which allows programmers to do procedural programming for CPU intensive functions and provides greater control over hardware, because of which it has been widely used in development of gaming engines.

  • Embedded System - C++ is being heavily used in developing Medical and Engineering Applications like softwares for MRI machines, high-end CAD/CAM systems etc.

This list goes on, there are various areas where software developers are happily using C++ to provide great softwares. I highly recommend you to learn C++ and contribute great softwares to the community.

Audience

This C++ tutorial has been prepared for the beginners to help them understand the basic to advanced concepts related to C++.

Prerequisites

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Before you start practicing with various types of examples given in this C++ tutorial,we are making an assumption that you are already aware of the basics of computer program and computer programming language.

C++ language is a direct descendant of C programming language with additional features such as type checking, object oriented programming, exception handling etc. You can call it a “better C”. It was developed by Bjarne Stroustrup.
C++ is a general purpose language language, when I say general purpose it simply means that it is designed to be used for developing applications in a wide variety of domains.

C++ Tutorial

To learn C++ programming, refer these tutorials in the given order. These tutorials are written for beginners so even if you have no prior knowledge in C++, you won’t face any difficulty understanding these tutorials.

Basics

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1. First C++ Program – Hello World!
2. Variables and their types
3. Data types
4. Operators in C++

Control Statements

5. If, if..else-if statement
6. Switch Case in C++
7. For loop
8. while loop
9. do while loop
10. Continue statement
11. Break statement
12. goto statement

Functions

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13. Functions in C++
14. Default arguments in Functions
15. C++ Recursion

Arrays

16. Arrays
17. Multidimensional arrays
18. Passing Array to function
19. C++ Strings

Pointers

20. Pointers in C++
21. this Pointer

OOPs

22. OOPs Concepts
23. Constructor
24. Destructor
25. Structure
26. How to pass and return struct from function
27. Enumeration
28. Inheritance
29. Polymorphism
30. Function Overloading
31. Function Overriding
32. Virtual Function: Run time Polymorphism
33. Encapsulation
34. Abstraction
35. Interfaces – Abstract class
36. Pass and return object from function
37. Friend class and friend Function

Features of C++

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1) Better memory management – you can dynamically allocate memory during runtime using new and delete operator in C++ to have better memory management.

2) Object oriented – C++ supports object oriented programming features, which means we can use the popular OOPs concepts such as Abstraction, Inheritance, Encapsulation and Inheritance in C++ programs, these features make writing code in C++ a lot easier. We will cover them in detail in this tutorial series.

3) Portable – Most of C++ compilers supports ANSI standards that makes C++ portable because the code you write on one operating system can be run on other Operating system without making any change. We cannot say C++ a fully platform independent language as certain things in C++ are not portable, such as drawing graphics on a screen, since standard C++ has no graphics or GUI API.

4) Structured programming language – We have functions in C++, which makes easier to break a problem into small blocks of code and structure the program in such a way so that it improves readability and reusability.

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5) Exception handling: Just like Java we can do exception handling in C++ which makes it easier to identify and handle the exceptions.

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6) Simple – Last but not least, just like C, it is easier to write a program in C++. Once you get familiar with the syntax of C++ programming language, it becomes a lot easier to code in C++.