Intro to C++ Programming with Unix (for CS-Majors)

Code examples from the textbook (Gaddis)

Lecture Notes and Outlines

• Introduction to C++ and Programming
• C++ Basics (Part 1)
• C++ Basics (Part 2)
• Control Structures - Intro, Selection
• Control Structures - Repetition
• Stepwise Refinement (in-class example)
• Functions
  • Functions
  • Functions: Overloading and Default Parameters
  • Pass By Reference
  • Random Number Generation (some library functions)
• The I/O Stream Libraries
  • Formatting Output Streams
  • Basic File I/O and Stream Objects
  • I/O Streams -- Other Features
• Array Basics
  • Example written in class -- tracking dice rolls with frequency array
• Arrays and Functions
• String I/O and cstring library
• String objects library
• Array searching and sorting
  • Examples of searching and sorting arrays that we wrote in class
• Pointer Basics
• Pointers: Pass by Address, Pointers and Arrays
• Pointers: Dynamic Memory Allocation
• Structures Part 1: Intro
• Structures Part 2: More about structs
• Enumerations
• C topics
  • Input/Output in C (with stdio.h)
  • C vs. C++

Unix Notes

• Intro to Unix, Shells, nano
• Working with Files and Directories
  • First 4 videos posted in "Course Media" on the Canvas page cover what is in this notes outline
• Intro to two other text editors: emacs and vi
• Input/output redirection and pipes
  • Corresponds to time index 17:00 - 33:00 on video "Unix: Hints, Tips, Tricks, and useful core commmands

Review Materials

• Review List of topics covered (for Test 1)
  • Test format and some practice coding problems to try
• Review List of topics covered (since Test 1, for Test 2)
• Review List of topics covered (since Test 2)