contents
chapter 1 introduction to computers and c++
1.1 introduction
1.2 computers: hardware and software
1.3 data hierarchy
1.4 computer organization
1.5 machine languages,assembly languages and high-level languages
1.6 introduction to object technology
1.7 operating systems
1.8 programming languages
1.9 c++ and a typical c++ development environment
1.10 test-driving a c++ application
1.11 web 2.0: going social
1.12 software technologies
1.13 future of c++: tr1,the new c++ standard and the open source boost libraries
1.14 keeping up-to-date with information technologies
1.15 wrap-up

chapter 2 introduction to c++ programming
2.1 introduction
2.2 first program in c++: printing a line of text
2.3 modifying our first c++ program
2.4 another c++ program: adding integers
2.5 memory concepts
2.6 arithmetic
2.7 decision making: equality and relational operators
2.8 wrap-up

chapter 3 introduction to classes,objects and strings
3.1 introduction
3.2 defining a class with a member function
3.3 defining a member function with a parameter
3.4 data members,set functions and get functions
3.5 initializing objects with constructors
3.6 placing a class in a separate file for reusability
3.7 separating interface from implementation
3.8 validating data with set functions
3.9 wrap-up

chapter 4 control statements: part 1
4.1 introduction
4.2 algorithms
4.3 pseudocode
4.4 control structures
4.5 if selection statement
4.6 if��else double-selection statement
4.7 while repetition statement
4.8 formulating algorithms: counter-controlled repetition
4.9 formulating algorithms: sentinel-controlled repetition
4.10 formulating algorithms: nested control statements
4.11 assignment operators
4.12 increment and decrement operators
4.13 wrap-up

chapter 5 control statements: part 2
5.1 introduction
5.2 essentials of counter-controlled repetition
5.3 for repetition statement
5.4 examples using the for statement
5.5 do��while repetition statement
5.6 switch multiple-selection statement
5.7 break and continue statements
5.8 logical operators
5.9 confusing the equality ��==) and assignment ��=) operators
5.10 structured programming summary
5.11 wrap-up

chapter 6 functions and an introduction to recursion
6.1 introduction
6.2 program components in c++
6.3 math library functions
6.4 function definitions with multiple parameters
6.5 function prototypes and argument coercion
6.6 c++ standard library headers
6.7 case study: random number generation
6.8 case study: game of chance; introducing enum
6.9 storage classes
6.10 scope rules
6.11 function call stack and activation records
6.12 functions with empty parameter lists
6.13 inline functions
6.14 references and reference parameters
6.15 default arguments
6.16 unary scope resolution operator
6.17 function overloading
6.18 function templates
6.19 recursion
6.20 example using recursion: fibonacci series
6.21 recursion vs. iteration
6.22 wrap-up

chapter 7 arrays and vectors
7.1 introduction
7.2 arrays
7.3 declaring arrays
7.4 examples using arrays
7.5 passing arrays to functions
7.6 case study: class gradebook using an array to store grades
7.7 searching arrays with linear search
7.8 sorting arrays with insertion sort
7.9 multidimensional arrays
7.10 case study: class gradebook using a two-dimensional array
7.11introduction to c++ standard library class template vector
7.12 wrap-up

chapter 8 pointers
8.1 introduction
8.2 pointer variable declarations and initialization
8.3 pointer operators
8.4 pass-by-reference with pointers
8.5 using const with pointers
8.6 selection sort using pass-by-reference
8.7 sizeof operator
8.8 pointer expressions and pointer arithmetic
8.9 relationship between pointers and arrays
8.10 pointer-based string processing
8.11 arrays of pointers
8.12 function pointers
8.13 wrap-up

chapter 9 classes: a deeper look, part 1
9.1 introduction
9.2 time class case study
9.3 class scope and accessing class members
9.4 separating interface from implementation
9.5 access functions and utility functions
9.6 time class case study: constructors with default arguments
9.7 destructors
9.8 when construct