Visual C++ 2008 : How to Program

by Deitel, Paul

• ISBN13: 9780136151579
• ISBN10: 0136151574
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-12-31
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

The Deitels'groundbreaking How to Program series offers unparalleled breadth and depth of programming concepts for programmers of all levels. The books in this series feature hundreds of complete, working programs with thousands of lines of code.KEYTOPICS:Focuses on native C++ and presents examples of .NET managed code programming with C++/CLI, where appropriate. Takes an easy-to-follow, carefully developed early classes and objects approach provides comprehensive coverage of object-oriented programming. Teaches the fundamentals of software engineering and object-oriented design with the UML 2.0 using an optional automated teller machine (ATM) case study, with additional integrated case studies throughout the text.For anyone interested in learning how to program Visual C++.

Author Biography

Paul J. Deitel, CEO and Chief Technical Officer of Deitel & Associates, Inc., is a graduate of MIT’s Sloan School of Management, where he studied Information Technology. He holds the Java Certified Programmer and Java Certified Developer certifications, and has been designated by Sun Microsystems as a Java Champion. Through Deitel & Associates, Inc., he has delivered Java, C, C++, C# and Visual Basic courses to industry clients, including IBM, Sun Microsystems, Dell, Lucent Technologies, Fidelity, NASA at the Kennedy Space Center, the National Severe Storm Laboratory, White Sands Missile Range, Rogue Wave Software, Boeing, Stratus, Cambridge Technology Partners, Open Environment Corporation, One Wave, Hyperion Software, Adra Systems, Entergy, CableData Systems, Nortel Networks, Puma, iRobot, Invensys and many more. He has also lectured on Java and C++ for the Boston Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery. He and his father, Dr. Harvey M. Deitel, are the world’s best-selling programming language textbook authors.

Dr. Harvey M. Deitel, Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer of Deitel & Associates, Inc., has 45 years of academic and industry experience in the computer field. Dr. Deitel earned B.S. and M.S. degrees from the MIT and a Ph.D. from Boston University. He has 20 years of college teaching experience, including earning tenure and serving as the Chairman of the Computer Science Department at Boston College before founding Deitel & Associates, Inc., with his son, Paul J. Deitel. He and Paul are the co-authors of several dozen books and multimedia packages and they are writing many more. With translations published in Japanese, German, Russian, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Korean, French, Polish, Italian, Portuguese, Greek, Urdu and Turkish, the Deitels’ texts have earned international recognition. Dr. Deitel has delivered hundreds of professional seminars to major corporations, academic institutions, government organizations and the military.

Table of Contents

Introduction to Computers, the Internet and Visual C++

Introduction

What Is a Computer?

Computer Organization

Early Operating Systems

Personal Computing, Distributed Computing and Client/Server Computing

The Internet and the World Wide Web

Hardware Trends

Microsofts Windows Operating System

Machine Languages, Assembly Languages and High-Level Languages

Visual C++

C++ Standard Library

Java, C# and Visual Basic

Other High-Level Languages

Microsofts .NET

The .NET Framework and the Common Language Runtime

Key Software Trend: Object Technology

Typical Visual C++ Development Environment

Test-Driving a Visual C++ Application

Software Technologies

Future of Visual C++: Open Source Boost Libraries, TR1 and C++0x

(Only Required Section of the Case Study) Software Engineering Case Study: Introduction to Object Technology and the UML

Wrap-Up

Dive Into Visual C++ 2008 Express

Introduction

Overview of the Visual Studio 2008 IDE

Menu Bar and Toolbar

Navigating the Visual Studio 2008 IDE

Solution Explorer

Properties Window

Using Help

Wrap-Up

Web Resources

Toolbox

Introduction to Visual C++ Programming

Introduction

First Program in Visual C++: Printing a Line of Text

Modifying Our First Visual C++ Program

Another Visual C++ Program: Adding Integers

Memory Concepts

Arithmetic

Decision Making: Equality and Relational Operators

(Optional) Software Engineering Case Study: Examining the ATM Requirements Specification

Wrap-Up

Introduction to Classes and Objects

Introduction

Classes, Objects, Member Functions and Data Members

Overview of the Chapter Examples

Defining a Class with a Member Function

Defining a Member Function with a Parameter

Data Members, set Functions and get Functions

Initializing Objects with Constructors

Placing a Class in a Separate File for Reusability

Separating Interface from Implementation

Validating Data with set Functions

Defining a Managed Class with Member Functions in C++/CLI

Instance Variables and Properties in C++/CLI

(Optional) Software Engineering Case Study: Identifying the Classes in the ATM Requirements Specification

Wrap-Up

Control Statements: Part 1

Introduction

Algorithms

Pseudocode

Control Structures

If Selection Statement

Ifelse Double-Selection Statement

While Repetition Statement

Formulating Algorithms: Counter-Controlled Repetition

Formulating Algorithms: Sentinel-Controlled Repetition

Formulating Algorithms: Nested Control Statements

Assignment Operators

Increment and Decrement Operators

(Optional) Software Engineering Case Study: Identifying Class Attributes in the ATM System

Wrap-Up

Control Statements: Part 2

Introduction

Essentials of Counter-Controlled Repetition

For Repetition Statement

Examples Using the for Statement

Dowhile Repetition Statement

Switch Multiple-Selection Statement

Break and continue Statements

Logical Operators

Confusing the Equality (==) and Assignment (=) Operators

Structured Programming Summary

(Optional) Software Engineering Case Study: Identifying Objects States and Activities in the ATM System

Wrap-Up

Functions and an Introduction to Recursion

Introduction

Program Components in Visual C++

Math Library Functions

Function Definitions with Multiple Parameters

Function Prototypes and Argument C

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