COMP345 - fall 2021

Course Description

COMP 345 - Advanced Program Design with C++ (4 credits)

Prerequisite: COMP352 previously or concurrently. Introduction to C++. I/O with stream classes. Pointers and their uses. TheStandard Template Library (STL): containers, algorithms, iterators, adaptors, function objects. Class design: constructors, destructors, operator overloading, inheritance, virtual functions, exception handling, memory management. Advanced topics: libraries, locales, STL conventions, concurrency, template metaprogramming. Applications of C++: systems, engineering, games programming. Project. Lectures: three hours per week. Laboratory: two hours per week.

Course Schedule and Contacts

component	day	time	location	instructor	e-mail address	link
lecture D	-T-J---	13:15-14:30	lecture videos (asynchronous) synchronous zoom lecture discussions (Thursdays 13:15-14:30) H-937 in-person lecture discussions (Tuesdays 13:15-14:30) moodle	Joey Paquet	paquet@encs.concordia.ca
lecture N	M-W----	16:15-17:30	lecture videos (asynchronous) synchronous zoom lecture discussions (Mondays 16:15-17:30) MB-1.210 in-person lecture discussions (Wednesdays 16:15-17:30) moodle	Joey Paquet	paquet@encs.concordia.ca
lab A-X	--W----	20:30-22:20	zoom lab A-X	Komal Panchal	komal31p@gmail.com
lab B-X	--W----	20:30-22:20	H-907	Parsa Ghaderi	parsaghaderi97@gmail.com
lab C-X	--W----	20:30-22:20	zoom lab C-X	Ritika Garg	gargritika2596@gmail.com
lab E-X	--W----	17:45-19:35	zoom lab E-X	Jonathan Llewellyn	inexistenz@gmail.com
lab F-X	--W----	17:45-19:35	H-907	Parsa Ghaderi	parsaghaderi97@gmail.com
lab G-X	--W----	17:45-19:35	zoom lab G-X	Peyman Derashfkavian	peymankavian@gmail.com
lab H-X	--W----	20:30-22:20	zoom lab H-X	Jonathan Llewellyn	inexistenz@gmail.com
lab J-X	--W----	20:30-22:20	zoom lab J-X	Peyman Derashfkavian	peymankavian@gmail.com
lab K-X	--W----	17:45-19:35	zoom lab K-X	Peyman Derashfkavian	peymankavian@gmail.com
lab L-X	--W----	17:45-19:35	zoom lab L-X	Komal Panchal	komal31p@gmail.com
instructor's office hours	--W----	10:00-12:00	zoom office hours	Joey Paquet

Lecture Schedule

wk	date	event	topics	lecture material (tentative)	laboratory material (tentative)
week 1	sep 7 - sep 10	project description handout	introduction to the course and project introduction to C++	slide set 0 (video) week 1 - slide set 0 - part 1 of 2 - introduction to the course (video) week 1 - slide set 0 - part 2 of 2 - introduction to the C++ language (video) week 1 - project description
week 2	sep 13 - sep 17	assignment 1 handout team lists due - sept 17	program organization compilation units, namespaces data types, type coercion streams pointers	slide set 1 (video) week 2 - slide set 1 - part 1 of 2 - program structure (video) week 2 - slide set 1 - part 2 of 2 - program structure slide set 2 (video) week 2 - slide set 2 - part 1 of 3 - preliminary topics (video) week 2 - slide set 2 - part 2 of 3 - preliminary topics (video) week 2 - slide set 2 - part 3 of 3 - preliminary topics slide set 3 (video) week 2 - slide set 3 - part 1 of 2 - input/output (video) week 2 - slide set 3 - part 2 of 2- input/output (video) week 2 - assignment #1	lab1 lab2 lab3
week 3	sep 20 - sep 24		structures, classes constructors, destructors const, inline, static friends inheritance virtual inheritance	slide set 4 (video) week 3 - slide set 4 - part 1 of 3- classes (video) week 3 - slide set 4 - part 2 of 3- classes (video) week 3 - slide set 4 - part 3 of 3- classes	lab4 lab4.5 (video)
week 4	sep 27 - oct 1
week 5	oct 4 - oct 8	due date for assignment 1 (oct 8) marking sheet lab demonstrations	C/C++ arrays and dynamic arrays, containers	slide set 5 (video) week 5 - slide set 4 - part 1 of 2 - arrays and containers (video) week 5 - slide set 4 - part 2 of 2 - arrays and containers	lab5
week 6	oct 11 - oct 15	assignment 2 handout	MVC architecture observer pattern	slide set 6 (video) week 6 - slide set 6 - part 1 of 1 - MVC and observer (video) week 6 - assignment #2	lab6 (video)
week 7	oct 18 - oct 22		polymorphism virtual functions abstract classes slicing problem, value and reference semantics virtual function tables diamond problem, virtual inheritance	slide set 7 (video) week 7 - slide set 7 - part 1 of 3 - polymorphism (video) week 7 - slide set 7 - part 2 of 3 - polymorphism (video) week 7 - slide set 7 - part 3 of 3 - polymorphism	lab7
week 8	oct 25 - oct 29	midterm examination (Sunday, October 31st, 12h00-13h30) coverage COMP345 midterm grade distribution - Section D COMP345 midterm grade distribution - Section N
week 9	nov 1 - nov 5		design patterns in C++	slide set 8 (video) week 9 - slide set 8 - part 1 of 1 - design pattern (Adapter and Strategy)	lab8
week 10	nov 8 - nov 12	due date for assignment 2 (nov 12) marking sheet lab demonstrations	operator overloading	slide set 9 (video) week 10 - slide set 9 - part 1 of 1 - operator overloading supplementary lecture - header/cpp files + includes (video) week 10 - supplementary lecture - header/cpp files + includes code - supplementary lecture - header/cpp files + includes	lab9
week 11	nov 15 - nov 19	assignment 3 handout final programming examination - practice run (during labs)	exception handling	slide set 10 (video) week 11 - slide set 10 - part 1 of 2 - exception handling (video) week 11 - slide set 10 - part 2 of 2 - exception handling (video) week 11 - assignment #3
week 12	nov 22 - nov 26	final programming examination (nov 24 during labs) Wed Nov 24th 17:45-19:35 Wed Nov 24th 20:30-22:20	templates metaprogramming	slide set 11 (video) week 12 - slide set 11 - part 1 of 1 - templates
week 13	nov 29 - dec 3	due date for assignment 3 (dec 3) marking sheet lab demonstrations	Review		lab 10 lab 11
exam week	dec 8 - dec 22	final written examination - online moodle examination - dec 16, 14h00-17h00 (confirmed) coverage

Course Material and Resources

• Course outline
• ENCS Lectures and Labs Schedules
• Source code of all program examples in Walter Savitch's "Absolute C++"
• Source code of all program examples in Daniel Liang's "Introduction to Programming with C++"
• Discord Channel - ENCS CONCO UNIVERSITY MTL
• Discord Channel - CONU GCS COMMUNITY