1.2. Introduction

This book assumes that you are already familiar with the Python 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.

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

• Using code libraries

• Documenting with comments

• The main function

• Writing output to the screen

• Reading input from the keyboard

• Data types and operators

• Conditionals

• Loops

Once we have the basics of C++ behind us we will move on to look at the additonal useful features of C++ including:

• Functions and their parameters

• File operations

• Exception handling

Please note that this book is a work in progress. Updates and new versions are likely to be forthcoming.

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