Lecture 1

Topics: Scope (lifetime and visibility), Separate Compilation, The "Class" Concept, Encapsulation, "Data Hiding", Access Functions, Access Control Labels (public: and private:), Constructors, Member Functions, Introduction to the std::string class.

Reading: Chapter 2

Lecture 2

Topics: Constructors (continued), Destructors, References, Function Overloading, Operator Overloading, Friend Classes and Functions, Introduction to Streams (cout, cin, cerr, operator<<, and >>), More on the std::string class.

Reading: Chapter 3 (if you need a refresher course on C read 4, 5, and 6 as well).

Assignment 1

Lecture 3

Topics: Inheritance, Structural Aspects of Inheritance, Base and Derived Classes, Use of base class constructors in derived class initialization lists.

Reading: Chapter 11

Assignment 1 due

Lecture 4

Topics: Composition vs. Inheritance

Reading: Chapters 17, and 19

Assignment 2

Lecture 5

Topics: Inheritance Continued, public:, protected:, and private: access control labels, Behavioral Aspects of Inheritance.

Reading: Chapter 12

Lecture 6

Topics: Polymorphism, Overriding Functions (Virtual Functions)
Topics: Dynamic Memory Allocation, Operators new and delete, Dynamic Array Allocation, Using Construction/Destruction to Control Dynamic Memory.

Assignment 2 - due
Assignment 3
Assignment 3

Review 1

Topics: Open Q/A on assignment(s) and topics from first half of class.

Exam 1

Reading: Chapter 8

Lecture 7

Topics: Dynamic Memory Allocation (continued), Operators new[] and delete[]
Topics: File Streams (ifstream, ofstream)
Reading: Chapter 15 and 17
Assignment 3 - due
Assignment 4

Lecture 8

Topics: Exception Handling.Templates (classes and functions).

Reading: Chapter 16 Assignment 4 - due Assignment 5

Lecture 9

Topics: The C++ Standard Library, std::vector, std::list

Reading: Chapter 23

Lecture 12

Topics: Continuing Generic Programming, explore std::map

Fall Break - No Class

Review 2
Topics: Open Q/A on assignment(s) and topics covered throughout the semester.

Exam 2
Assignment 6 - due