- Copyright
- List of Figures
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Letter from a Novice
- Introduction to Programming
- Hardware Fundamentals
- Basics of Programming
- Definitions
- Objectives of This Chapter
- Rapid and Accurate Calculation
- The Compiler
- How the CPU Stores and Manipulates Data in Memory
- The Layout of Data in Memory
- Exercises, First Set
- The char and string Types
- using, namespace, and std
- int main()
- Exercises, Second Set
- Input and Output
- Changing the Course of Execution
- The while Loop
- Exercises, Third Set
- Our First Slightly Realistic Program
- Exercises, Fourth Set
- Review
- Conclusion
- Answers to Exercises
- More Basics
- Functional Literacy
- Taking Inventory
- Definitions
- Objectives of This Chapter
- User-defined Data Types
- The StockItem class
- More Definitions
- Concrete Data Types
- The class Scope
- More about the StockItem class Interface
- Working around the Standard Library
- Reference Arguments
- Checking Inventory for a Misplaced Item
- Review
- Exercises
- Conclusion
- Answers to Exercises
- Creating a Homegrown string class
- Objectives of This Chapter
- C String Literals vs. strings
- Dynamic Memory Allocation via new and delete
- Constructing a string from a C String
- Assignment Operator Issues
- Solving the Assignment Operator Problem
- The const Modifier for Reference Arguments
- Calling operator=
- Review
- Exercises
- Conclusion
- Answers to Exercises
- Finishing Our homegrown string class
- Inheritance
- Polymorphism
- Definitions
- Objectives of This Chapter
- Introduction to Polymorphism
- Exercises, First Set
- Polymorphic Objects
- More Definitions
- Why We Need Polymorphic Objects
- Implementing Safe Polymorphism
- Reimplementing the Standard Member Functions for the New Version of StockItem
- Avoiding an Infinite Regress During Construction
- Reference Counting
- Sharing a Worker Object
- Why We Need m_Count in StockItem
- Review
- Exercises, Second Set
- Conclusion
- The Home Inventory Project
- Definitions
- Objectives of This Chapter
- Data Items for the Home Inventory Project
- The Manager/Worker Idiom Again
- Hiding Unnecessary Information from the class User
- Saving the Number of the Elements in the File
- Creating a Data File Programmatically
- Adding the Ability to Edit a Record
- The New Member Functions of HomeItemMusic
- Review
- Exercises
- Conclusion
- More on the Home Inventory Project
- Definitions
- Objectives of This Chapter
- Extending the Functionality of strings
- How to Implement Our New string Functionality
- The Include Guard
- Lessons of the xstring class Implementation
- Case-Insensitive Searching
- Searching for an Item by a Substring
- Putting It All Together
- How Software Development Really Works
- Review
- Conclusion
- Analyzing the Home Inventory Project
- Tying up Loose Ends
- Glossary
- About the Author
- Bibliography
- About the CD-ROM
- Index
Objectives of This Chapter
By the end of this chapter, you should
Understand the programmer's view of the most important pieces of software in your computer.
Understand the programmer's view of the most important pieces of hardware in your computer.
Understand how whole numbers are stored in the computer.
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