Lecture Notes and Materials

This directory is organized for weekly lecture content, notes, and materials.

Weekly Structure

Week 01

Topics: Introduction to C++, Development Environment Setup
Resources:

• Installation guide: docs/install.md
• Basic syntax introduction
• First C++ program

Slides: slides/cpp-part1.pptx
Code: code-examples/basic/

Week 02

Topics: Data Types, Operators, Control Structures
Lecture Code: Lecture 2 Gist

Week 03

Topics: Functions, Parameters, Scope
Lecture Code: Lecture 3 Gist

Week 04

Topics: Arrays, Pointers, References
Lecture Code: Lecture 4 Gist
Related Topics: pointers.md

Week 05

Topics: Pointers and Memory Management
Lecture Code: Lecture 5 Gist
Code Examples: code-examples/basic/pointers.cpp

Week 06

Topics: Introduction to OOP, Classes, Objects
Lecture Code:

• Lecture 6 Gist
• lec6_2.cpp
• lec6_3.cpp

Related Topics: PillarsofOOP.md

Week 07

Topics: Constructors, Destructors, Rule of Three
Lecture Code: Lecture 7 Gist
Related Topics: ruleofFive.md

Week 08

Topics: Operator Overloading, Templates
Lecture Code: Lecture 8 Gist
Related Topics: templates.md

Week 09

Topics: Inheritance, Polymorphism
Lecture Code: Lecture 9 Gist
Tutorial: OOP Tutorial

Week 10

Topics: STL Containers and Iterators
Lecture Code: Lecture 10 Gist
Related Topics: stl.md

Practice: Design Circular Queue (10/22)

Week 11

Topics: File I/O Operations
Lecture Code: Lecture 11 Gist
Related Topics: file.md

Date: 11/10 - Working with files

Week 12

Topics: File Pattern Matching
Lecture Code: File Matcher
Related: Lecture 12 Code

Week 13

Topics: Advanced File Operations
Lecture Code: File Matcher v2
Related: Lecture 13 Code

Weeks 14-15

Topics: BMP Image Processing
Dates:

• 10/27: Working on Bitmap image programs
• 10/29: Working on Bitmap image programs

Code: code-examples/bmp/
Assignment: Assignment 2

External Code Repositories

Course Projects

• Sudoku Solver
  • Algorithm: Backtracking
  • Use case: Constraint satisfaction
• BMP Image Processing
  • Quick start guide
  • Starter code for assignments
• SimdJson Quickstart
  • JSON parsing library
  • High-performance C++
• Unit Testing
  • Testing framework examples
  • Best practices

Video Lectures

Main Course Playlist

C++ Programming Playlist

• All course lectures
• Follow along with weekly content

Supplementary Videos

Mike Shah’s Course

• Additional explanations
• Different perspective on concepts

Additional Resources

• Advanced topics
• Special subjects

How to Use This Directory

For Students

1. Before Lecture: Review previous week’s material and topics
2. During Lecture: Take notes, ask questions
3. After Lecture: Review Gist code, try examples
4. Practice: Work on related assignments and problems

For Self-Study

1. Watch video lecture
2. Read related topic notes
3. Study Gist code examples
4. Try code examples yourself
5. Complete practice problems
6. Start related assignments

Course Materials Organization

• Slides: slides/ - PowerPoint presentations
• Topics: topics/ - Detailed concept notes
• Code Examples: code-examples/ - Working code
• Assignments: assignments/ - Graded work
• Practice: practice-problems/ - Extra problems
• Resources: resources/ - Books, cheat sheets, links

Interesting Links

• Google C++ Style Guide
• C++ Core Guidelines
• cppreference.com

Schedule Notes

• Office Hours: Check course schedule
• Assignment Due Dates: See individual assignment README files
• Exam Dates: Announced in class
• Project Deadlines: Posted separately

Note: All Gist links are external and maintained separately. If a link is broken, please notify the instructor.