SB Introduction

Section 1.2 Introduction

This book assumes that you are already familiar with the Python

http://www.python.org

programming language because Python will be the starting point for our journey into C++. We will begin by looking at a very simple C++ program to see how the C++ language looks, and we will discuss how we get a C++ program to run.

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Next, we will look at the primary constructs that are common to nearly all programming languages:

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Using code libraries
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Documenting with comments
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The main function
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Writing output to the screen
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Reading input from the keyboard
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Data types and operators
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Conditionals
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Loops
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Once we have the basics of C++ behind us we will move on to look at the additonal useful features of C++ including:

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Functions and their parameters
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File operations
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Exception handling
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Please note that this book is a work in progress. Updates and new versions are likely to be forthcoming.

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