Modern C++ for Absolute Beginners

Learn the C++ programming language in a structured, straightforward, and friendly manner. This book teaches the basics of the modern C++ programming language, C++ Standard Library, and modern C++ standards. No previous programming experience is required.

C++ is a language like no other, surprising in its complexity, yet wonderfully sleek and elegant in so many ways. It is also a language that cannot be learned by guessing, one that is easy to get wrong and challenging to get right. To overcome this, each section is filled with real-world examples that gradually increase in complexity. Modern C++ for Absolute Beginners teaches more than just programming in C++20. It provides a solid C++ foundation to build upon.

The author takes you through the C++ programming language, the Standard Library, and the C++11 to C++20 standard basics. Each chapter is accompanied by the right amount of theory and plenty of source code examples.

You will work with C++20 features and standards, yet you will also compare and take a look into previous versions of C++. You will do so with plenty of relevant source code examples.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

* Work with the basics of C++: types, operators, variables, constants, expressions, references, functions, classes, I/O, smart pointers, polymorphism, and more
* Set up the Visual Studio environment on Windows and GCC on Linux, where you can write your own code
* Declare and define functions, classes, and objects, and organize code into namespaces
* Discover object-oriented programming: classes and objects, encapsulation, inheritance, polymorphism, and more using the most advanced C++ features
* Employ best practices in organizing source code and controlling program workflow
* Get familiar with C++ language dos and donts, and more
* Master the basics of lambdas, inheritance, polymorphism, smart pointers, templates, modules, contracts, concepts, and more

WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR

Beginner or novice programmers who wish to learn C++ programming. No prior programming experience is required.

Slobodan Dmitrovic is a C++ software developer with a strong interest in software architecture, modern C++, research and development, and training.

1. Introduction

2. What is C++?

3. C++ Compilers

4. Our First Program

5. Types

6. Exercises

7. Operators

8. Standard Input

9. Exercises

10. Arrays

11. Pointers

12. References

13. Introduction to Strings

14. Automatic Type Deduction

15. Exercises

16. Statements

17. Constants

18. Functions

19. Exercises

20. Scope and Lifetime

21. Exercises

22. Classes - Part I

23. Exercises

24. Classes – Part II

25. The static Specifier

26. Templates

27. Enumerations

28. Organizing code

29. Exercises

30. Conversions

31. Exceptions

32. Smart Pointers

33. C++ Standard Library and Friends

34. C++ Standards

35. C++11

36. C++14

37. C++17

38. C++20