COMP345 - fall 2018

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	web
lecture D	-T-J---	13:15-14:30	H-520	Paquet, Joey	paquet@encs.concordia.ca
office hours D	--W----	10:00-12:00	EV-3-221	Paquet, Joey

Lecture Schedule

wk	date	event	topics	lecture material (tentative)	laboratory material (tentative)
week 1	sep 4, sep 6	project description handout	introduction to the course and project introduction to C++	Slide set 0
week 2	sep 11, sep 13	assignment 1 handout	program organization compilation units, namespaces data types, type coercion streams pointers	Slide set 1 Slide set 2 Slide set 3	Code for slide set 1 MFC serialization
week 3	sep 18, sep 20		structures, classes inheritance constructors, destructors const, inline, static friends	Slide set 4	Code for slide set 4
week 4	sep 25, sep 27	[sep 28] due date for assignment 1 [sep 29] assignment presentations assignment 2 handout
week 5	oct 2, oct 4		arrays, dynamic arrays	Slide set 5	Code for slide set 5
week 6	oct 9, oct 11		MVC architecture observer pattern	Slide set 6	Observer pattern
week 7	oct 16, oct 18	[oct 19] midterm examination
week 8	oct 23, oct 25	[oct 26] due date for assignment 2 assignment 3 handout	polymorphism virtual functions abstract classes slicing problem, value and reference semantics virtual function tables diamond problem, virtual inheritance	Slide set 7	Abstract classes Polymorphism Virtual Inheritance Private Inheritance
week 9	oct 30, nov 1	[nov 5] Deadline for withdrawal	design patterns in C++	Slide set 8	Code for slide set 8
week 10	nov 6, nov 8	[nov 9] due date for assignment 3 assignment 4 handout	operator overloading	Slide set 9	Operator Overloading
week 11	nov 13, nov 15		exception handling	Slide set 10	Exception Handling
week 12	nov 20, nov 22	[nov 23] due date for assignment 4	templates metaprogramming	Slide set 11	Templates
week 13	nov 27 - nov 29		Review	Slide set 12
exam week	dec 5 - dec 19	final written examination

Course Material and Resources

• Course outline
• teams
• ENCS Electronic Student Submission System
• 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++"

Code used in the lecture slides

• Code from slide set 1
• MFC serialization
• Abstract classes
• Polymorphism
• Observer pattern
• Design patterns
• Virtual Inheritance
• Private Inheritance
• Operator Overloading
• Exception Handling
• Templates
• design patterns implemented in C++ (1)
• design patterns implemented in C++ (2)