Course Overview

This syllabus outlines the topics covered in the programming course.

Week 1-2: Introduction to C++ Programming

• Understanding the history and importance of C++
• Setting up a C++ development environment
• Writing your first "Hello, World!" program
• Basic C++ syntax (variables, data types, operators, and input/output)
• Using the C++ Standard Library

Week 3-4: Control Flow

• Conditional statements (if, else if, switch)
• Loops (for, while, do-while)
• Break and continue statements
• Logical operators and short-circuit evaluation

Week 5-6: Functions

• Function definition and declaration
• Function parameters and return values
• Function overloading
• Recursion
• Function prototypes and header files

Week 7-8: Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) Basics

• Classes and objects
• Constructors and destructors
• Member functions and data members
• Access specifiers (public, private, protected)
• Operator overloading
• Static members and member initialization lists

Week 9-10: Structures and Unions in C

• Inheritance and base/derived classes
• Polymorphism and virtual functions
• Abstract classes and pure virtual functions
• Function overriding
• Dynamic binding

Week 11-12: C++ Standard Library

• STL (Standard Template Library)
• Containers (vector, list, map, etc.)
• Algorithms (sorting, searching, etc.)
• Iterators
• Input and output streams

Week 13-14: Exception Handling and File I/O

• Exception handling (try, catch, throw)
• Reading and writing to files
• Working with text and binary files
• File stream classes (fstream)

Week 15-16: Advanced Topics (Optional)

• Smart pointers (unique_ptr, shared_ptr, weak_ptr)
• Template classes and functions
• Lambda expressions
• Multithreading (std::thread, std::mutex)
• C++11/14/17/20/23 features

Week 17-18: Projects and Practical Applications

• Work on small to medium-sized C++ projects
• Debugging and profiling C++ code
• Best practices and coding standards
• Code documentation and comments

Week 19-20: C++ Standardization and Future Trends

• Overview of C++ standards committee (ISO C++)
• Upcoming features and language trends
• The importance of staying up-to-date with C++ developments