CIS4023 - Advanced Programming and Problem Solving IV

Calling Advanced Functions

• Overloaded Member Functions
• Using Default Values
• Initializing Objects
• The Copy Constructor
• Compile-Time Constant Expressions
• Summary

Using Operator Overloading

• Operator Overloading
• Conversion Operators
• Summary

Extending Classes with Inheritance

• What Is Inheritance?
• Private Versus Protected
• Constructors and Destructors
• Passing Arguments to Base Constructors
• Overriding Functions
• Summary

Using Polymorphism and Derived Classes

• Polymorphism Implemented with Virtual Member Functions
• How Virtual Member Functions Work
• Summary

Making Use of Advanced Polymorphism

• Problems with Single Inheritance
• Abstract Data Types
• Summary

Storing Information in Linked Lists

• Linked Lists and Other Structures
• Linked List Case Study
• Linked Lists as Objects
• Summary

Using Special Classes, Functions, and Pointers

• Static Member Data
• Static Member Functions
• Containment of Classes
• Friend Classes and Functions
• Summary

Using New Features of C++14

• The Newest Version of C++
• Using auto in Function Return Types
• Improved Numeric Literals
• The constexpr Keyword
• Lambda Expressions
• Summary

Employing Object-Oriented Analysis and Design

• The Development Cycle
• Simulating an Alarm System
• PostMaster: A Case Study
• Summary

Creating Templates

• What Are Templates?
• Instances of the Template
• Template Definition
• Using Template Items
• Summary

Dealing with Exceptions and Error Handling

• Bugs, Errors, Mistakes, and Code Rot
• Handling the Unexpected
• Exceptions
• Using try and catch Blocks
• Writing Professional-Quality Code
• Summary

Appendix A: Binary and Hexadecimal

• Other Bases
• Around the Bases
• Hexadecimal

Appendix B: Using the MinGW C++ Compiler on Windows

• Downloading MinGW-w64
• Setting the Path Environment Variable
• Testing Your Installation

Defining Class

• Class Definitions in C#
• System.Object
• Constructors and Destructors
• OOP Tools in Visual Studio
• Class Library Projects
• Interfaces Versus Abstract Classes
• Struct Types
• Shallow Copying versus Deep Copying
• Exercises

Defining Class Members

• Member Definitions
• Additional Class Member Topics
• Interface Implementation
• Partial Class Definitions
• Partial Method Definitions
• Example Application
• The Call Hierarchy Window
• Exercises

Collections, Comparisons, and Conversions

• Collections
• Comparisons
• Conversions
• Exercises

Generics

• What are Generics?
• Using Generics
• Variance
• Exercises

Additional C# Techniques

• The :: Operator and the Global Namespace Qualifier
• Custom Exceptions
• Events
• Expanding and Using Cardlib
• Attributes
• Initializers
• Type Inference
• Anonymous Types
• Dynamic Lookup
• Advanced Method Parameters
• Lambda Expressions
• Exercises

Files

• File Classes for Input and Output
• Streams
• Monitoring the File System
• Exercises

XML and JSON

• XML Basics
• JSON Basics
• XML Schemas
• XML Document Object Model
• Converting XML to JSON
• Searching XML with XPath
• Exercises

LINQ

• LINQ to XML
• LINQ Providers
• LINQ Query Syntax
• LINQ Method Syntax
• Ordering Query Results
• Understanding the Orderby Clause
• Querying a Large Data Set
• Using Aggregate Operators
• Using the Select Distinct Query
• Ordering by Multiple Levels
• Using Group Queries
• Using Joins
• Exercises

Databases

• Using Databases
• Installing SQL Server Express
• Entity Framework
• A Code First Database
• But Where Is My Database?
• Navigating Database Relationships
• Handling Migrations
• Creating and Querying XML from an Existing Database
• Exercises

Appendix C: Projects