Sams Teach Yourself C++ in One Hour a Day

Learn C++ programming at your own pace—Covers modern C++ 20

Starting with one hour a day, you can gain all the skills you need to begin programming in C++. This complete tutorial will help you quickly master the basics of object-oriented programming and teach you advanced C++ language features and concepts. Fully updated for the C++20 standard, this practical book is designed to help you write C++ code that's faster, simpler, and more reliable and master the fundamentals of C++ and object-oriented programming.

• No programming experience required: start writing well-organized, efficient C++ programs quickly!
• Apply proven Do's and Don'ts to leverage best practices and avoid pitfalls from day one
• Test your knowledge and expertise with focused exercises after every lesson
• Simplify your code using automatic type deduction and other features
• Accelerate learning using nearly 300 code samples explained within
• Preview improvements expected in C++23

Lessons

Part I - The Basics: Using Variables, Declaring Constants; Arrays and Strings; Expressions, Statements, and Operators; Controlling Program Flow; Functions; Pointers and References

Part II - Fundamentals of Object-Oriented C++ Programming: Classes and Objects; Implementing Inheritance; Polymorphism; Operator Types and Operator Overloading; Casting Operators; Macros and Templates

PART III - Learning the Standard Template Library (STL): The STL String Class; STL Dynamic Array Classes; STL list and forward_list; STL set and multiset; STL map and multimap

PART IV: Lambda Expressions and STL Algorithms: Function Objects; Lambda Expressions; STL Algorithms; Adaptive Containers: Stack and Queue; Bit Flags

PART V: Advanced C++ Concepts: Smart Pointers; Streams; Exception Handling; C++20 Concepts, Ranges, Views, and Adaptors; C++20 Threads; C++20 and C++23 Modules

Appendixes: Working with Numbers; C++ Keywords; Writing Great C++ Code; ASCII Codes