This course is part of the Object Oriented Programming Specialization

Dr Matthew Yee-King

Offered By

University of London

Goldsmiths, University of London

Object Oriented Programming SpecializationUniversity of London

About this Course

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This course is the third of five courses aiming to help you to become confident working in the object-oriented paradigm in the C++ language. 
This specialisation is for individuals who want to learn about objected oriented programming. It's an all-in-one package that will take you from the very fundamentals of C++, all the way to building a crypto-currency exchange platform.

During the five courses, you will work with the instructor on a single project: a crypto-currency exchange platform. Whilst building the project, you will learn about a range of programming techniques from basic control flow and input/output through to file parsing, object-oriented techniques and user interaction on the console. 

In this third course, you will start learning about C++ exception handling and reading data from files. You will learn about string processing,  exception handling, data reading from a file, and how to convert pseudocode algorithms into working C++ code.

Upon completing the course, you will be able to:

* Convert pseudocode algorithms involving iteration, logic and string processing into working C++ code
* Use exception handling to gracefully recover when processing unreliable data
* Read text data from a file using the getline function

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Course 3 of 5 in the

Object Oriented Programming Specialization

Intermediate Level

Some basic programming experience in a language like Python or Javascript would help.

Approx. 9 hours to complete

English

What you will learn

By the end of the course, you will be able to convert pseudocode algorithms into working C++ code.
By the end of the course, you will be able to use exception handling when processing unreliable data.
By the end of the course, you will be able to use C++ built-in functions to read data from files.

Skills you will gain

Syntax
Iteration
Compiler
Exception Handling

Flexible deadlines

Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.

Shareable Certificate

Earn a Certificate upon completion

100% online

Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.

Coursera Labs

Includes hands on learning projects.

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Course 3 of 5 in the

Object Oriented Programming Specialization

Intermediate Level

Some basic programming experience in a language like Python or Javascript would help.

Approx. 9 hours to complete

English

Instructor

Dr Matthew Yee-King

Lecturer

Computing Department, Goldsmiths, University of London

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University of London

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Week1

Week 1

7 hours to complete

File I/O, exception handling and algorithms: the CSVReader class, part 1

7 hours to complete

16 videos (Total 90 min), 8 readings, 10 quizzes

16 videos

Introduction to the third course in the specialisation5mDevelopment environments6mInstalling Visual Studio 20192mRunning a program in Visual Studio 20193mAdd a class to Visual Studio Windows3mInstalling Xcode2mCreate and build a project in Xcode2mAdd a class in XCode3mThe tokenise algorithm in pseudocode7mThe tokenise algorithm in C++9mTesting tokenise5mOpen a file6mRead a file using getline4mTokenise then translate the data into the correct format8mDealing with exceptions6mExperimenting with exception handling9m

8 readings

Course syllabus10mGetting ready for this course 10mReading material for this course20mInstall a professional IDE10mTokenising lesson introduction10mHow to back-up your Visual Studio Code work5mFile reading lesson introduction10mEnd of week 110m

9 practice exercises

Development environments quiz3mTokenise algorithm in pseudocode quiz3mThe tokenise algorithm in C++ quiz3mTesting tokenise quiz3mOpen a file quiz3mRead a file using getline quiz3mTranslate data into the correct format quiz 3mDealing with exceptions quiz3mException handling quiz3m

Week2

Week 2

3 hours to complete

File I/O, exception handling and algorithms: the CSVReader class, part 2

3 hours to complete

8 videos (Total 55 min), 1 reading, 8 quizzes

8 videos

The plan2mCreate the CSVReader class6mMake it compile6mImplement the OrderBookEntry making function10mImplement the tokenise and file parsing functions14mIntegrate it into MerkleMain init function and compute some statistics7mStatic and non-static exploration5mEnd of course summary1m

1 reading

Getting ready for the next course10m

8 practice exercises

The plan quiz3mThe CSVReader class quiz3mMake it compile quiz3mThe OrderBookEntry making function quiz3mThe tokenise and file parsing functions quiz3mMerkleMain and statistics quiz3mStatic and non-static exploration quiz3mEnd-of-course quiz30m

About the Object Oriented Programming Specialization

In this 5-course specialisation, you will develop various C++ programming skills. Rather than building many small programs as you will in other courses, we have taken a different approach: you will create a single, extensive program through the five courses. The program will be a simplified cryptocurrency exchange platform. We will cover the following learning objectives:

Use control flow to build interactive, multi-branched, iterated programs Select appropriate data types to model the trading platform's information Convert algorithms from pseudo-code to C++ and test them Use classes to combine data and functions and to model interactions between different parts of a program Understand how to construct an extensive program from multiple modules The content for this specialisation is taken from the University of London's online BSc Computer Science degree. If you complete the courses and eventually take the course 'Object Oriented Programming' in the degree, you progress should be carried across.

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