CIS 278 - C++ and Object-Oriented Programming

1. Develop programs using both C++ built-in classes and user-defined classes.
2. Integrate the concepts of abstraction, inheritance, composition and polymorphism into C++ programs.
3. Write programs in C++ which solve information systems problems and which show increased productivity by taking an object-oriented approach.
4. Create and use collections (arrays and vectors) of user-defined objects.

1. Introduction and Overview
   1. Benefits of object-oriented (O-O) methods
      1. Structured vs. O-O approaches
      2. O-O design improvements
         1. Reusability
         2. Reliability
         3. Maintainability
         4. Encapsulation: integrating object state data, as represented by instance variables, with the code that operates upon it
   2. Features of object-oriented programs
      1. Strong typing and type hierarchies
      2. Classes for encapsulation and information hiding
2. Using C++
   1. Introduction to C++
      1. Design goals of C++
      2. C++ = C + strong typing + classes
      3. C++ syntax
      4. C++ as a better C (small enhancements)
      5. C++ structs as a step on the path towards classes
      6. Classes as user-defined types in C++
   2. O-O programming in C++
      1. Using C++ built-in classes such as strings
      2. C++ types, references, and friends
      3. Object creation (constructors, copy constructors, destructors)
      4. Inheritance and derived classes
      5. Composition: using objects of other classes as instance variables within a class
      6. Dynamic storage allocation of objects
      7. Polymorphism
      8. Collections of objects
      9. Dynamic function binding using virtual and pure virtual functions
3. Advanced C++ Features and the Future of O-O
   1. Reusable libraries
      1. Files, stream, and I/O libraries
      2. Designing a library
      3. The Standard Template Library 
         1.     Container classes            
         2.     Iterators
         3.     Algorithms                          
   2. Generic Libraries
      1. Using a container class
      2. Class categories as mechanisms
   3. Database operations
      1. Connecting to an external database
      2. Executing SQL statements from within a program