Sams Teach Yourself C++ in One Hour a Day

Siddhartha Rao is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional for Visual C++ and a moderator at one of the Internet's most vibrant online development communities, CodeGuru.com. "Sid," as he is popularly known, is an expert in the Windows programming domain, and is experienced in the architecture and development of driver and application software using C++ and other modern programming languages. Currently employed by a German software giant, he specializes in software landscape management and best practices in software development. With the international experience of having lived and worked in three countries behind him, he believes that the travel bug has bit him, and firmly so! Sid speaks many languages that have nothing to do with programming, and when he's not working, you will find him discovering new places on the planet, or shooting--using his Canon, of course!   Jesse Liberty is the author of numerous books on software development, including best-selling titles on C++ and .NET. He is the President of Liberty Associates, Inc., where he provides custom programming, consulting, and training.   Bradley L. Jones, Microsoft MVP for Visual C++, runs a number of software development sites including Developer.com, CodeGuru.com, DevX, VBForums, Gamelan, and other JupiterWeb-owned sites.

PART I: The Basics

LESSON 1: Getting Started 

LESSON 2: The Anatomy of a C++ Program 

LESSON 3: Using Variables, Declaring Constants 

LESSON 4: Managing Arrays and Strings 

LESSON 5: Working with Expressions, Statements, and Operators 

LESSON 6: Organizing Code with Functions 

LESSON 7: Controlling Program Flow 

LESSON 8: Pointers Explained 

LESSON 9: Exploiting References 

PART II: Fundamentals of Object-Oriented Programming and C++ 

LESSON 10: Classes and Objects 

LESSON 11: Implementing Inheritance 

LESSON 12: Polymorphism 

LESSON 13: Operator Types and Operator Overloading 

LESSON 14: Casting Operators 

LESSON 15: An Introduction to Macros and Templates 

PART III: Learning the Standard Template Library (STL)

LESSON 16: An Introduction to the Standard Template Library 

LESSON 17: The STL string Class 

LESSON 18: STL Dynamic Array Classes 

LESSON 19: STL list 

LESSON 20: STL set and multiset 

LESSON 21: STL map and multimap 

PART IV: More STL 

LESSON 22: Understanding Function Objects 

LESSON 23: STL Algorithms 

LESSON 24: Adaptive Containers: stack and queue 

LESSON 25: Working with Bit Flags Using STL 

PART V: Advanced C++ Concepts 

LESSON 26: Understanding Smart Pointers 

LESSON 27: Working with Streams 

LESSON 28: Exception Handling 

LESSON 29: Tapping Further into the Preprocessor 

Appendixes

APPENDIX A: Working with Numbers: Binary and Hexadecimal

APPENDIX B: C++ Keywords

APPENDIX C: Operator Precedence

APPENDIX D: Answers

Index