Practical C++

• Learn to design and develop efficient, dynamic object-oriented programs in C++
  
• Master beginning and advanced C++ concepts such as functions, streams, data types, memory management, exception handling, and namespaces
• Contains relevant, hands-on examples, rule-of-thumbs, jump-tables and enrichment-pointers that teach you C++ concepts and procedures in a fast, compact and concise manner

Table of contents

Part I: C++ Basics

Chapter 1: Getting Started with C++

Chapter 2: Exploring C++ Data Types, Variables, and Constants

Chapter 3: Examining Expressions and Statements

Chapter 4: Using Conditional Expressions and Selection Statements

Chapter 5: Building Iteration Loops

Chapter 6: Using Arrays

Chapter 7: Creating and Using Functions

Part II: Beyond the Basics

Chapter 8: Overloading Functions

Chapter 9: Using Structures and Unions

Chapter 10: Using Pointers and References

Chapter 11: Allocating Memory in C++

Chapter 12: Understanding the Preprocessor

Chapter 13: Creating and Using Function Pointers

Chapter 14: Overloading Operators

Chapter 15: Bulletproofing Programs with Assertions
and Exceptions

Chapter 16: Exploring Namespaces

Chapter 17: Analyzing the Mathematics of Memory

Chapter 18: Manipulating Bits

Chapter 19: Compiling, Linking, and Debugging

Part III: Object-Oriented Programming

Chapter 20: Introducing Object-Oriented Programming

Chapter 21: Understanding C++ Classes

Chapter 22: Implementing Class Inheritance

Chapter 23: Understanding Polymorphism

Chapter 24: Implementing Dynamic Storage in C++

Chapter 25: Designing and Developing Object-Oriented
Programs

Chapter 26: Using Templates

Chapter 27: Using Dynamic Casting and Runtime Type
Identification

Part IV: Using the Standard C++ Library

Chapter 28: Introducing the Standard C++ Library

Chapter 29: Using Iterators and Containers

Chapter 30: Using Strings

Chapter 31: Working with Numerics

Chapter 32: Working with Files and Streams

Chapter 33: Examining Algorithms

Index