CIS 230: Introduction to C++ Programming

CIS 230: Introduction to C++ Programming

Description

Introduction to programming in C++ and object-oriented programming; encapsulation using classes, inheritance, etc.

Level, Credits, Class Time Distribution

UG 4 (three hour lectures)

Prerequisites

CIS 201 or 211 or En Graph 167 or equivalent.

Quarters Offered

Au, Wi, Sp, Su

General Information, Exclusions, etc.

Not open to CIS/CSE majors.

Objectives

Familiarity with concepts of object-oriented programming and abstraction mechanisms
Mastery of the concepts of classes, member functions and variables, constructors, destrctors, inheritence, and access mechanisms
Mastery of the concepts of prototype functions, functions, parameters, return values, overloading, and operators.
Familiarity with control structures, dynamic memory allocation, arrays, and pointers

Texts

Walter Savitch, Problem Solving with C++, Addison Wesley, 1999 (second ed).
Course notes, To be distributed in class.

Relation to ABET Criterion 3 and CSE Program Objectives

Not applicable; this course is not open to CIS/CSE majors.

Topics

No. of Weeks	Topics
1	Introduction, our computing environment
1	Basic features, getting started, basic predefined data types
1	Advanced predefined data types, functions without returned values
1	Classes, members, constructors
1	Friends, destructors, returned values in functions
1	operators
1	Inheritance
1	Flow of control, dynamic memory allocation
1	Arrays and pointers

Representative Lab Assignments

Week	Lab Topic	Week	Lab Topic
1	Getting started	6	User-defined operators
2	Integer arithmetics	7	Inheritance
3	Functions	8	Dynamic memory allocation
4	Classes	9	Arrays and pointers
5	Value-returning functions

Grading Plan

Homeworks and Lab assignments	30%
Midterm Exam	30%
Final Exam	40%

Prepared By: Eitan Gurari (Date: March 31, 1999).