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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)

Data Types

As we've seen throughout the book so far, we store data in variables—a user's name, age, or the price of food items. Given that these are different types of data—alphabetical, numerical, and so on, we store them in different variable types. It's these types that we're going to be taking a look at now, as it's important to use the correct variable type for the data you want to store.

Type Modifiers

Before we look at the fundamental data types themselves, however, let's quickly look at type modifiers. Initially mentioned in Chapter 1, Your First C++ Application when we looked at keywords, type modifiers allow us to change the properties of integer types. The following modifiers are available to us:

  • signed: The signed keyword specifies that our variable can hold both positive and negative values. This increases the maximum lower value since we can now go negative, but doing so decreases the maximum upper value. This...