This C++ Programming Essentials course provides the skills to master programming fundamentals and build efficient, scalable applications. Start with Programming Essentials to learn setup, variables, and strings for strong logic-building. Move to Control Flow to master conditionals, loops, and execution flow. Strengthen coding with Functions and Recursion for modular design, and advance to Friends, Headers, and Arrays to manage data effectively. Explore Pointers and Advanced Arrays for optimized memory use, and conclude with Sorting, References, and OOPs Concepts to apply inheritance, polymorphism, encapsulation, and abstraction for real-world projects.
Programming with C ++
Programming with C ++
Instructor: Priyanka Mehta
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- Understand key OOPs principles: inheritance, polymorphism, encapsulation, and abstraction.
- Learn to implement code reusability using different types of inheritance.
- Master virtual functions and operator overloading for flexible, dynamic behavior.
- Build secure, scalable, and modular C++ applications using object-oriented design.
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This C++ Programming program offers a complete journey through both foundational and advanced aspects of C++ development. You'll begin by mastering C++ basics, from installation and first program creation to understanding variables, strings, loops, and conditional statements. Progress to functions, exploring built-in and user-defined functions, recursion, and types of recursion to strengthen your coding skills. Guided by industry experts, you'll explore advanced topics such as friend functions, friend classes, header files, arrays, and pointers for efficient memory management. Learn sorting algorithms and master object-oriented programming (OOP), covering classes, constructors, inheritance, polymorphism, and operator overloading. This program equips you with the expertise to excel in C++ development.
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A great course for anyone starting with C++ or revising the basics. With some self-effort, it builds a solid foundation for more advanced programming.
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