CIS22a: Beginning Programming methodologies in C++

Required Text: Starting out with C++, Tony Gaddis, Seventh Edition, ISBN-13 978-0-13-257625-3

Finals: March 26 2014

This course is designed to introduce computer programming in C++. Emphasis will be placed on structured procedural programming with an introduction to object-oriented programming. C++ data types, identifiers, programming constructs, functions, pointers, structures, Classes and arrays will be covered in detail with examples.

Course dates and Schedule: http://deanza.fhda.edu/calendar/winterdates.html

Contact Information

  • Instructor: L Krishnamurthy
  • Contact Email: krishnamurthylalitha at fhda dot edu
  • Instructor Online hours: Wed: 845-10PM

    SLO for this class

  • Student Learning Outcome (1): Design solutions for introductory level problems using appropriate design methodology incorporating elementary programming constructs.
  • Student Learning Outcome (2): Create algorithms, code, document, debug, and test introductory level C++ programs.
  • Student Learning Outcome (3): Read, analyze and explain introductory level C++ programs.

    Objectives the lectures will help accomplish

  • Student will learn the difference between procedural and object oriented programming.
  • Student will learn the software life-cycle steps including design, development, styles, documentation, testing, and maintenance in the creation of program.
  • Student will learn to use the C++ environment in the development and testing of programs.
  • Student will learn declaring identifiers of different data types, Use data types to declare variables in C++ programs.
  • Student will learn to apply input and output functions to read data using keyboard and output to screen.
  • Student will learn to use expressions, statements and operators to construct program building blocks that compute values.
  • Student will learn to program control structures to break up flow of program execution and conditionally execute blocks of code.
  • Student will learn to implement functions/methods in programs for clarity and efficiency in code development.
  • Student will learn to develop programs using functions that enable input and output with text files.
  • Student will learn to program usage of arrays to process variety of data problems.



    Week 1:
    Read Chapter 1 and 2    		 Programming language overview, Compare and contrast procedural versus object oriented programming languages. describe flow chart, Software development cycle, Testing and execution. Describe a general C++ program structure and its syntax.
    Week 2:
    Read Chapter 1 and 2    		 Why C++, What is C++, How C++, Structure of C++ program, C++ data types, variables,
    printing to console/standard output, reading from console/standard input (cin/cout). Describe C++ include directive, Cout/Cin and its syntax.
    Week 3:
    Read Chapter 3 and 4
    		C++ expressions, Formatting input/output, C++ operators, relational operators,
    control statements, if, switch, examples. Illustrate constants, variables, definition and declaration, Discuss primitive data types. Discuss operators, expression formats.
    Week 4:
    Read Chapter 3 and 4
    		C++ operators review, relational operators, control statements, if, switch, examples. Decision statemnets and their purpose and structure. Syntax of if switch control statements and their formats, Relational operators Logical operators, Expanding the 'if' with 'else' and 'else if' , The 'switch' statement
    Week 5:
    Read Chapter 5 and 6
    		 C++ loops, while, do-while, for loop, C++ Functions
    Week 6:
    Read Chapter 5 and 6
    		 Review Chapters 1 - 5. Discuss various programs to help seal understanding of C++ syntax. Illustrate using programs from textbook Chapters 1-5 as a review
    Week 7:
    		 Introduce C++ blocks and functions. Midterm: Feb 19
    Week 8:
    Read Chapter 5 and 6
    		 C++ functions/methods in programs for clarity and efficiency in code development. Discuss Passing arguments to parameters, Pass by value , Pass by reference , Software engineering: modular programming to help understand the purpose of functions
    Week 9: Read Chapter 7
    		 Introduction to One-dimensional Arrays, Accessing array elements - Initialization
    Week 10: Read Chapter 7
    		 Accessing array elements - Initialization , Processing array contents Application of arrays - Sequential search, Selection sortC++ pointers, Pointers and Arrays
    Week 11: Read Chapter 10
    		 Review of arrays and functions; String API, C-Strings examples, Introduce C++ pointers
    Week 12
    		Review and Finals: Mar 26, at 6:15PM

    Grading

    a. Assignments worth 60 points, two exams 20 points each.