COP 2334 Lecture Notes

Thurs 8/28 (Intro)

• Using the Microsoft VC 5.0 Compiler (handout & demonstration)
• Simple stream I/O with cout, cin.
• endl (stream manipulator)

Tues 9/2 (Chapter 1)

• Object-oriented vs. process-oriented approaches to program design.
• Objects, Classes, attributes (properties), behaviors (methods, operations).
• Declarations and definitions
• Static, automatic, dynamic storage duration.
• C/C++ Differences: variable declarations, void argument list, named constants (must be initialized)
• Enumerated constants
• cout, cin, cerr

Thurs 9/4 (Chapters 1 & 2)

• Cast operator (two forms)
• Reference parameters (example: Swap function)
• Class relationships: composition, link, and inheritance
• Encapsulation
• Defining a class (header file)
• Public and private
• Constructors, overloading
• Implementing a class (cpp file)
• Creating class objects (main.cpp)
• Example: the Point class
• Creating a multimodule program
• Suggested practice: p.20-21, #1,2,3,4.
• Suggested practice: p.57, #1,2,3 (office supply store).

Tues 9/9 (Chapter 2)

• Inline and out-of-line function definitions.
• Using comments to document member functions.
• Copy constructors (example, p.36).
• Destructors.
• In-class example: Springboard Diving Scores program (define the problem, design the Dive class, implement the class methods, write a main test program, adding validation code to member functions.

Thurs 9/11 (Chapter 2)

• Create the Student Registration Program (p. 48) from scratch, following the program specifications.
• Modify the program to calculate the total credits taken by a single student.
• Suggestions for practice: Add another student to the input file and create an array of Registration objects. Calculate the average number of credits taken by each student.
• Read Chapter 3 for next Tuesday!

Tues 9/16 (Chapter 3)

• Passing class objects by value, by reference, and by const reference. Notice how copy constructors enter the picture.
• Employee class, containing an Insurance object.
• Functions that return const objects and references to const objects.
• Default argument initializers can reduce the number of overloaded constructors.
• Writing a sample copy constructor.
• Implementing an Assign() operation.
• Using the keyword this.
• Suggested exercises: Section 2.8.3, #1-9 (all).

Thurs 9/18 (Chapter 3)

• Would you like to see a complete object-oriented design of an ATM simulation? This one is by Professor Russell C. Bjork, at Gordon College, Wenham, MA.
• Friend functions and friend classes.
• Implementing the stream input/output operator functions for classes.
• Guess what? Section 2.8.3, #1-5 is now a required assignment, due October 2. Turn in the complete program listing in a 3-ring duotang folder. No fan-folded paper, please! Include a diskette with the source code and Windows-95 executable file. If you work on some other computer system or compiler, just come into the lab and recompile your project before turning it in.

Tues 9/23 (Chapter 3)

• The Visual C++ CString class is easy to use! Try the sample program.
• Stream input with get, getline, and ignore.
• Problems when mixing the use of >> and getline.
• Using string streams.
• The dec, hex, and oct manipulators for both input and output.
• Using the setf function with the fixed and showpoint flags.
• Saving and restoring the state of the ios flags.
• Setting the decimal precision and output width.

Thurs 9/25 (Chapter 4)

• Demonstrate the solution program to Exercise 2.8.3 (#1-5).
• Demonstrate additional Developer Studio functions: change the compiled project type from Debug to Release.
• Enumerated constants and enumerated types. Use the Card class and the SuitType enumerated type as an example.
• Create a SuitType class, show how it interacts with the Card class.
• Create a member initialization list, show how constructor parameters are passed to the constructors of member objects.

Tues 9/30 (Chapter 4)

• Reference data members and const-qualified data members.
• Examples: Student, Grade, and GradeReport classes, p.116.
• Static data members
• Static member functions
• FString class: Demonstrate the following operations: construction, assignment, conversion, comparison, stream I/O. (this will probably carry over into the following lecture)