C++ 11 (Part 1 of 4): Getting Started

Join software development expert Peter Thorsteinson as he covers topics related to getting started with the C++ programming language. In this course, he will show you where and how to obtain the necessary development tools and integrated development environments. Thorsteinson will also offer a detailed study of C++ language syntax including comments, white space, identifiers, and the declaration of variables as well as provide code examples that demonstrate modern features of the language.

Lesson 1:

• Demo: Intro to Command Line
• Demo: Command Line Hello World
• Demo: Intro to Visual Studio
• Compilers and Linkers
• History and Standardization
• C++ on the TIOBE Index
• Getting a C++ IDE
• Demo: Get C++ Tools
• Looking for Code

Lesson 2:

• Demo: Intro to Lambdas
• Demo: Lambda Expressions
• Demo: Lambdas Cont.
• Demo: Intro to For
• Demo: Range-Based For
• New Features in C++ 11
• Console Applications
• Demo: Hello World
• Demo: Main Method

Lesson 3:

• C++ Reference Documentation
• Demo: Reference Documentation
• C++ Language Characteristics
• Code Efficiency
• Performance vs. Type Safety

Lesson 4:

• Demo: Whitespace
• Demo: Comments
• Demo: ToDo
• Identifiers and Variables