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;