CS177/477 C++ Programming
Fall 1999

When:

10:30 to 11:20, MWF

Where:

SH115 (For the first four or five weeks, the Friday session will be spent in the J. Mack Adams lab. SH118.)

Textbook:

C++ Program Design, by Cohoon and Davidson, 2nd. edition, published by McGraw Hill, 1998. The definitive guide to C++ is The C++ Programming Language (2nd. edition), by Bjarne Stroustrup, who designed the language. While not essential for this course, this book is useful if you are going to use C++ for applications programming later. A useful reference book is the C/C++ Programmer's Reference, by Herbert Schildt, published by Osborne, 1997.

Lab assignments:

1: Compile and run a program

2: Arithmetic expressions and simple input-otuput

3: Turning tasks into methods

4. The bouncing ball

5. Counting characters

6. The Wood-screw Inventory

7. Bignum, part 1

8. Bignum, part 2

9. Moving Squares

Graduate project (*HINTS*)

Handouts you will find useful:

• syllabus
• email
• submitting an assignment

For a review of topics discussed in class, follow these links:

• The C++ Concept Map
• Use of string and vector classes
• Sample program using string and vector Download it (use shift key)
• Stream IO
• Example questions for Test 1
• Object design

Check your grade with the grade checker.

You can view the materials for previous semesters by following the links below.

• Spring 1996
• Fall 1996
• Spring 1997
• Spring 1998
• Fall 1998