C++ Programming Literacy (Beginner Level)

Topics covered

• add default arguments to constructors
• build and debug code
• chain relational checks using logical operators
• connect constructors using constructor chaining
• create a class and use the public access modifier
• create a header file and a corresponding C++ file
• create and reference namespaces
• create const and non-const objects and functions
• create copies of objects using C++'s default copy constructor
• create enums and switch statements
• create private and public nested classes
• create structs and contrast them with classes
• create switch statements on strings through enums
• create vectors and check whether they are empty
• define and invoke static functions
• define and overload constructors to initialize member variables
• define and use object destructors
• differentiate between the old and new C++ syntax for creating static variables
• identify common errors related to const objects and functions
• identify the errors that can result from using the default copy constructor
• implement constructors and destructors with free store memory
• iterate over arrays using for loops
• modify the flow of a program with if-blocks
• recall the offerings of the standard template library
• recall the structure of classes and objects
• store functions and classes in namespaces
• use maps and range-based for loops
• use pass-by-value and pass-by-reference semantics with objects
• use the cend(), rend(), and crend() functions
• use the this pointer