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The C++ Workshop

By : Dale Green, Kurt Guntheroth, Shaun Ross Mitchell
Book Image

The C++ Workshop

By: Dale Green, Kurt Guntheroth, Shaun Ross Mitchell

Overview of this book

C++ is the backbone of many games, GUI-based applications, and operating systems. Learning C++ effectively is more than a matter of simply reading through theory, as the real challenge is understanding the fundamentals in depth and being able to use them in the real world. If you're looking to learn C++ programming efficiently, this Workshop is a comprehensive guide that covers all the core features of C++ and how to apply them. It will help you take the next big step toward writing efficient, reliable C++ programs. The C++ Workshop begins by explaining the basic structure of a C++ application, showing you how to write and run your first program to understand data types, operators, variables and the flow of control structures. You'll also see how to make smarter decisions when it comes to using storage space by declaring dynamic variables during program runtime. Moving ahead, you'll use object-oriented programming (OOP) techniques such as inheritance, polymorphism, and class hierarchies to make your code structure organized and efficient. Finally, you'll use the C++ standard library?s built-in functions and templates to speed up different programming tasks. By the end of this C++ book, you will have the knowledge and skills to confidently tackle your own ambitious projects and advance your career as a C++ developer.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)

Summary

In this chapter, we've learned about program flow and how we can manipulate the flow of execution through our applications. This is fundamental for representing logical systems.

We started by looking at basic if/else statements. These allow us to branch our code based on conditions and are one of the most fundamental ideas in programming. With this branching ability, we're able to replicate logical systems and behaviors by controlling the flow of execution through our application. We then looked at some alternatives to the basic if/else statement, such as switch and ternary statements.

Next, we looked at a number of different loops. We started with while and do while loops; loops that run indefinitely so long as the condition they're checking is true. We then looked at for loops, which run for a set number of iterations. Finally, we looked at range-based loops, which are useful for iterating over collections. We ended by looking at how we can...