Robert W. James doc C plus plus for Beginners: First steps of C ++ Programming Language

C++ for Beginners I assume that you, the reader, have no prior experience whatsoever to any kind of computer programming. What this book does is that it teaches you the principles behind programming and encoding. Sure, we will go over the “how” and the “what” of programming. But to help you further understand how a computer program is built you need to understand the why behind it all. And that is why we will go over the absolute basics. Along the way you will learn a lot of technical jargon. Yes, every industry from farming to robotics has its own set of weird technical language that only the people who delve in such things understand. Here’s a bit of hard cold truth: the same is true when it comes to C++ programming (or programming in general). You have to learn the jargon. You need to eventually understand what each of the programming words and terms mean. In short, you need to learn to talk the talk of programming. This book will go over that. But don’t worry—we will only go over the beginner’s jargon. In fact, we will only cover enough jargon so you can make a functional C++ program. We will also explain each term well enough in layman’s terms so that you can understand and explain them to someone else who is also not so programming savvy. I have included a lot of programming examples on this book as well as exercises to help you understand how each snippet of code works. As you go along through the lessons you will be showed how each part of the code fits together. I try not to be operating specific when I write the examples in this book. So it doesn’t really matter that much if you are using Linux, Mac, or Windows. But just so you know when I wrote the sample codes that you see here I was using Windows 10. But the code itself is not native to a certain OS. In this book we will go over the fundamental language features of C++ as well as all its standard library components (okay that’s a jargon right there—well, I’ll explain what that is in one of the chapters of this book). We will go over the rationale behind the code as well. I will describe possible problems that each line of code will help to solve. We will also go over the underlying principles of certain parts of a C++ program, which of course includes possible limitations it may have. Remember that C++ as a programming language has changed and developed through the years. Today it is a lot easier to use than what it was before yet it remains true to the lofty goals of its predecessor’s, the C programming language. Now, finally, you may have heard that C++ is a programming language that has that reputation of being not easy to learn. Yet, however, it remains as the language preferred by professional programmers. And that is why I am trying to convey the language to you in the simplest way ever, so that we can get over that initial impression. Once you get past that, you will see that C++ is quite enjoyable. When that happens, you will find the rest of the steps into advanced C++ programming to be quite easy. It all starts with a thorough understanding of the basics, which is what we will cover in this work. Chapter 1: Let’s Get Started Chapter 2: Your First C++ Program Chapter 3: Let’s Do Some Math Chapter 4: Let’s Do More than Just Math Chapter 5: Data Types Chapter 6: Input and Output Chapter 7: Conditional Statements in C++ Chapter 8: Loops Chapter 9: C++ Functions Chapter 10: Arrays