C++ is a middle-level programming language developed by Bjarne Stroustrup starting in 1979 at Bell Labs. C++ runs on a variety of platforms such as Windows Mac OS and the various versions of UNIX. This tutorial adopts a simple and practical approach to describe the concepts of C++.

Audience

This tutorial has been prepared for the beginners to help them understand the basic to advanced concepts related to C++.

Prerequisites

Before you start practicing with various types of examples given in this tutorialwe are making an assumption that you are already aware of the basics of computer program and computer programming language.

Chapters

C++ BASICS

OVERVIEW
ENVIRONMENT SETUP
BASIC SYNTAX
COMMENTS
DATA TYPES
VARIABLE TYPES
VARIABLE SCOPE
CONSTANTS/LITERALS
MODIFIER TYPES
STORAGE CLASSES
OPERATORS
C++ SIZEOF OPERATOR
C++ CONDITIONAL ? : OPERATOR
C++ COMMA OPERATOR
C++ MEMBER (DOT & ARROW) OPERATORS
C++ CASTING OPERATORS
C++ POINTER OPERATORS
LOOP TYPES
C++ WHILE LOOP
C++ FOR LOOP
C++ DO...WHILE LOOP
C++ NESTED LOOPS
C++ BREAK STATEMENT
C++ CONTINUE STATEMENT
C++ GOTO STATEMENT
DECISION MAKING
C++ IF STATEMENT
C++ IF...ELSE STATEMENT
C++ SWITCH STATEMENT
C++ SWITCH STATEMENT
C++ NESTED SWITCH STATEMENTS
C++ CONDITIONAL ? : OPERATOR
FUNCTIONS
C++ FUNCTION CALL BY VALUE
C++ FUNCTION CALL BY POINTER
C++ FUNCTION CALL BY REFERENCE
NUMBERS
ARRAYS
C++ MULTI-DIMENSIONAL ARRAYS
C++ POINTER TO AN ARRAY
C++ PASSING ARRAYS TO FUNCTIONS
RETURN ARRAY FROM FUNCTIONS IN C++
STRINGS
POINTERS
C++ NULL POINTERS
C++ POINTER ARITHMETIC
C++ POINTERS VS ARRAYS
C++ ARRAY OF POINTERS
C++ POINTER TO POINTER (MULTIPLE INDIRECTION)
PASSING POINTERS TO FUNCTIONS IN C++
RETURN POINTER FROM FUNCTIONS IN C++
REFERENCES
PASSING PARAMETERS BY REFERENCES IN C++
RETURNING VALUES BY REFERENCE IN C++
DATE & TIME
BASIC INPUT/OUTPUT
DATA STRUCTURES

C++ OBJECT ORIENTED

CLASSES & OBJECTS
C++ CLASS MEMBER FUNCTIONS
C++ CLASS ACCESS MODIFIERS
C++ CLASS CONSTRUCTOR AND DESTRUCTOR
C++ COPY CONSTRUCTOR
C++ FRIEND FUNCTIONS
C++ INLINE FUNCTIONS
C++ THIS POINTER
POINTER TO C++ CLASSES
STATIC MEMBERS OF A C++ CLASS
INHERITANCE
OVERLOADING OPERATORS & FUNCTIONS
UNARY OPERATORS
BINARY OPERATORS
RELATIONAL OPERATORS
INPUT/OUTPUT OPERATORS
INCREMENT ++ AND DECREMENT --
ASSIGNMENT OPERATORS
FUNCTION CALL OPERATOR ()
SUBSCRIPTING [] OPERATOR
CLASS MEMBER ACCESS OPERATOR (->)
POLYMORPHISM
ABSTRACTION
ENCAPSULATION
INTERFACES

C++ ADVANCED

FILES AND STREAMS
EXCEPTION HANDLING
DYNAMIC MEMORY
NAMESPACES
TEMPLATES
PREPROCESSOR
SIGNAL HANDLING
MULTITHREADING

C++ USEFUL RESOURCES

OBJECT ORIENTED
STL TUTORIAL
STANDARD LIBRARY