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CIS-255 Object Oriented Programming in C++
Bristol Community College
Computer Information Systems Department
Fall 2018

1. Bulletin
2. Required Text
3. CIS-255 TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

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Required Text

• Title: Programming Principles and Practice Using C++
  by Bjarne Stroustrup
  Publisher: Addison-Wesley
  Edition: 1st
  ISBN-13: 978-0321543721

• Book's online resources: stroustrup.com

• The textbooks are available in the bookstore.

   

CIS-255 TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

1. Week 1. GUI Programming With FLTK Library
2. Week 2. FLUID GUI designer
3. Week 3. C++ classes, FLTK Basics
4. Week 4. GUI callback functions and widgets
5. Week 5. C++ object lifecycle
6. Week 6. C++ object lifecycle, cont.
7. Week 7. Constructor initializer lists
8. Week 8. Custom drawing, mouse and keyboard events
9. Week 9. C++ Standard Library containers
10. Week 10. C++ Standard Library iterators and algorithms
11. Week 11. C++ class inheritance
12. Week 12. FLTK Menus
13. Week 13. FLTK Timers and animation
14. Week 14. Beyond CIS-255
15. Week 15. Review
16. Final Exam
17. C++ Reference and Tutorials

Week 1. GUI Programming With FLTK Library

• Reading:

  • BCC Student Handbook Tip: "For each hour in class, you should expect to study at least 2-3 hours outside of class. Know your limits, avoid over scheduling yourself (whether it be work or class). Set up a schedule that you know will allow you to earn good grades. And, maintain a day planner to help you stay organized."

  • Textbook Chapter 2, Hello, World!

  • Textbook Chapter 8.3, Header files

  • Textbook Chapter 17.3, Memory, addresses, and pointers

  • Textbook Chapter 17.4, Free store and pointers

  • Handout: C++ Memory Access ( presentation )

  • Handout: C++ Pointers ( presentation )

  • Handout: C++ pointer arithmetic

  • Handout: strlen, strcpy, strcmp

• Lab 1: FLTK Library and Visual Studio C++ Project Configuration

  • project configuration walkthrough

  • release and debug builds; compiler and linker settings; output directories

  • console and a plain window builds; debugging and testing

• Homework Assignment:

  • Install and configure FLTK library on your home machine

  • Configure and test Lab 1 project on your home machine

  • Watch youtube videos on this playlist:

    • Overview of C++ pointers and arrays

    • C++ pointers and dynamic memory allocation

   

Week 2. FLUID GUI designer

• Reading:

  • Textbook Chapter 8, Technicalities: Functions, etc.

  • codeproject.com A Beginner's Guide to Pointers article

  • Handout: Classes and OOP concepts ( presentation )

  • Handout: Bits, Bytes, Hexadecimals, and ASCII ( presentation )

  • "Paper pointer" game for in-class exercise: memory.txt

• Lab 2: FLUID GUI designer and FLTK Widgets

  • making a copy of an existing project

  • Using FLUID GUI designer, saving FLUID project, code generation for a simple window

  • operator new, pointers, pointers to objects, pointer-to-member -> operator

  • FLTK widgets

• Homework Assignment:

  • Week 1 and 2 reading

  • Watch youtube videos on this playlist: Win32 GUI Project using FLTK and FLUID

  • Project 1: GUI class emulator app

   

Week 3. C++ classes, FLTK Basics

• Reading:

  • Textbook Chapter 9, Technicalities: Classes, etc.

  • Handout: Encapsulation ( presentation )

    • Encapsulation, struct, access specifiers, scope management, function overloading, and friends.

• Lab 3: FLUID Window Class

  • C++ class, public and private access specifiers

  • class constructor

  • class inheritance

  • code generated by FLUID: the content of .H and .CXX files

  • syntax elements:

    
        class CFluidWindow
        CFluidWindow::CFluidWindow()
        class CDemoWindow : public CFluidWindow
        public:
        void show() // what it does, how does it get called from main()
    
    

• Homework Assignment:

  • Watch youtube videos on this playlist:

    • Week 02 Encapsulation

    • Week 03 Function Overloading

    • Week 03 Encapsulation (continued)

  • Quiz: C++ Memory Access

   

Week 4. GUI callback functions and widgets

• Reading:

  • Textbook Chapter 9, Technicalities: Classes, etc.

  • Textbook Chapter 8.5, Function call and return

• Lab 3a: Window closing callback

  • static class members: functions and variables

• Lab 3b: Fl_Input, Fl_Output, Fl_Button

  • The this pointer

   

Week 5. C++ object lifecycle

• Reading:

  • Textbook Chapter 8.3, Header files

  • Handout: C++ object lifecycle ( presentation )

    • constructors, default constructors, destructors, references, copy constructors

• Lab 4: Window class header and implementation file

  • C++ project organization: .H .CPP .CXX .OBJ .LIB .EXE .DLL

  • std::stringstream and double-to-text conversions

• Homework Assignment:

  • Watch youtube videos on this playlist:

    • C++ object lifecycle

    • C++ reference

    • C++ class copy constructor

    • C++ reference (continued)

  • Project 2: Radian-degree conversion app

   

Week 6. C++ object lifecycle, cont.

• Reading:

  • Textbook Chapter 9.7 Class interfaces

• Lab 5: Multi-line text, Fl_Text_Editor, and Fl_Text_Buffer

  • C++ class constructors and destructor

   

Week 7. Constructor initializer lists

• Reading:

  • Handout: Initializer lists and const qualifiers ( presentation )

  • Online article Dynamic Memory from cplusplus.com

• Lab 6: Fl_Box, Fl_Image, Fl_JPEG_Image

  • Usage of Fl_Box, Fl_Image, and Fl_JPEG_Image

  • Resizing the image to fit the Fl_Box

• Lab 7: Fl_File_Chooser

  • Using dynamic memory

  • Memory cleanup

  • new and delete

  • Using WinMerge to compare two files

• Lab 8: Fl_Native_File_Chooser

• Homework Assignment:

  • Watch videos:

    • Constructor initializer list

    • C++ class this pointer

    • Constructor initializer list (continued)

  • Project 3: Simple text editor app

   

Week 8. Custom drawing, mouse and keyboard events

• Reading:

  • Textbook Chapter 17, Vector and Free Store

  • Textbook Chapter 19.3, Templates

  • Handout: C++ Templates ( presentation )

    • C++ template classes and functions

• Lab 9: Fl_Box and custom drawing

  • Custom drawing - where and when

  • Drawing API: 2D and 3D, Cartesian coordinate system, and transformations (math!)

• Lab 10: CPrimitiveLine and mouse events

  • std::vector and C++ STL Animated Tutotial cjumpstl.exe

  • CDrawBox::handle()

  • Widget borders and clipping

• Homework Assignment:

  • Quiz: C++ Pointers and memory allocation

   

Week 9. C++ Standard Library containers

• Reading:

  • Handout: STL Part I, Containers ( presentation )

  • Textbook: refer to the textbook index to find related information

• Lab 12: Radio buttons

• Lab 13: Check box widget

  • Widget activate() and deactivate()

• Homework Assignment:

  • Watch videos: Week 12 C++ Standard Library

  • Project 4: Selecting JPEG images by radio buttons

   

Week 10. C++ Standard Library iterators and algorithms

• Reading:

  • Handout: STL Part II, Associative containers, iterators, and algorithms ( presentation )

  • Textbook: refer to the textbook index to find related information

• Lab 14: CDrawBox merged with radio buttons and check box

  • Using WinMerge to compare folders

   

Week 11. C++ class inheritance

• Reading:

  • Textbook Chapter 14, Graphics Class Design

  • Handout: Class Inheritance and Object-Oriented Design ( presentation )

• Lab 15: Scratch Pad App

  • Hierarchy of classes

  • Pointers to CPrimitiveBase

  • Pure virtual functions

  • Resource Acquisition Is Initialization (RAII) idiom (wikipedia.org)

  • std::unique_ptr

  • FLTK drawing functions

• Homework Assignment:

  • Watch videos: Week 13 Class Inheritance and Polymorphism

  • Lab 15 source code documentation

   

Week 12. FLTK Menus

• Reading:

  • Textbook Chapter 23, Text Manipulation

  • Handout: std::string ( presentation )

  • See also:

    • std::string reference by cplusplus.com

    • Case-insensitive string example: icstring.zip

• Lab 16: CDrawBox header and implementation file

  • Refactoring (restructuring) the source code

• Lab 20: FLTK Menu classes

  • Menu bar, menus, and menu items

  • Menu callbacks

  • std::string

• Homework Assignment:

  • Watch videos: Week 09 std::string

  • Project 5: Advanced Scratch Pad App

   

Week 13. FLTK Timers and animation

• Reading:

  • Textbook Chapter 9.6, Operator overloading

  • Textbook Chapter 18, Vectors and Arrays

  • Handout: Operator Overloading ( presentation )

    • Operator overloading, conversion constructors, conversion operators

• Lab 21: Scratch Pad with load and save functionality

  • Overloaded operator <<

  • Saving and loading a string from a file

• Lab 30: Fl_Progress bar and Timer events (Part I)

  • Thread of execution, UI thread, worker thread

  • System timer and timer events

• Lab 31: Fl_Progress bar and Timer events (Part II)

  • Progress bar animation

• Homework Assignment:

  • Watch videos: Week 11 Operator Overloading

  • Project 6: Scratch Pad status line

   

Week 14. Beyond CIS-255

• Reading:

  • Textbook Chapter 19, Vectors and Arrays

  • Handout: Linked Data Structures ( presentation )

  • Sample code: singly_linked_list.cpp

• Discussion:

  • Using lists in games and simulations. "Bugs and worms" example. A "worm" is a series of nodes in a list. While moving, the nead tells the tail where to go on each move. The keyboard moves the head, the rest of the worm's body (list nodes) know where to move themselves.

• Homework Assignment:

  • Watch videos: C++ linked data structures

   

Week 15. Review

• Homework Project 6 is due

• Project review sessions

   

Final Exam

C++ Reference and Tutorials

• Handouts:

• Textbook Chapter 8.7, Namespaces. Handout: C++ Namespaces ( presentation )
  Textbook Chapter 5.6, Exceptions. Handout: C++ Exceptions ( presentation )
  See also: exceptions tutorial from cplusplus.com
  Object-oriented Design Patterns, Part I ( presentation )
  Object-oriented Design Patterns, Part II ( presentation )
  C++ Arrays and Standard Library Algorithms ( presentation )
  Floating Point Primitive Types
  C++ Floating-Point Numbers
  Object Oriented Programming in C++

• Tutorials:
  cplusplus.com
  C++ STL Animated Tutotial: cjumpstl.exe
  freeprogrammingresources.com
  programmingtutorials.com
  C++ Made Easy

• Reference:
  cplusplus.com
  POSIX Reference from IEEE Open Group Base Specification
  Syntax: C++ quick reference

   

• Note: This syllabus is a suggested course outline and will be generally followed, subject to change according to the instructor's discretion and needs. Academic flexibility is important.