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This course teaches you how to solve problems, both with and without code, with an emphasis on correctness, design, and style.
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What Will You Learn?
- This course teaches you how to solve problems, both with and without code, with an emphasis on correctness, design, and style.
Course Content
Introduction to computer science
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Intro to Computer & Programs + Computational thinking (1)
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Flowcharts & Pseudo code (2)
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Binary representation + ASCII/Unicode (1)
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practice / challenges session (1)
Basic Elements of C++
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Quick look At C++ “Hello World!” Program
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Basics of a C++ Program (Comments-Special Symbols-Reserved Words
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Data Types + string Type and Variables (2)
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Arithmetic Operators, Operator Precedence, and Expressions (1)
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Type Conversion (Casting)
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Variables, Assignment Statements, input/output (1)
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practice / challenges session (1)
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Increment and Decrement Operators
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Creating a C++ Program + practice (1)
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I/O Streams and Standard I/O Devices (1)
Control Structures I (Selection)
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Control Structures, Relational Operators
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Logical (Boolean) Operators and Logical Expressions (1)
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Selection: if and if…else
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One-Way Selection
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Two-Way Selection
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Compound (Block of) Statements
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⦁ Multiple Selections: Nested if
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⦁ Short-Circuit Evaluation
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⦁ Conditional Operator (? :) (2)
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⦁ switch Structures + practice (1)
Control Structures II (Repetition)
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⦁ while Looping
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⦁ do…while Looping
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⦁ for Looping
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⦁ break and continue Statements
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⦁ Nested Control Structures (2)
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⦁ practice / challenges session (1)
Functions
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⦁ Predefined Functions
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⦁ User-Defined Functions
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⦁ Void Functions
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⦁ Value-Returning Functions
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⦁ Functions with Default Parameters
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⦁ Reference Variables as Parameters
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⦁ Value and Reference Parameters and Memory Allocation
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⦁ Reference Parameters and Value-Returning Functions
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⦁ Scope of an Identifier
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⦁ Global Variables, Named Constants, and Side Effects
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⦁ Static Variables
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⦁ Function Overloading: An Introduction (4)
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⦁ practice / challenges session (1)
⦁ Arrays
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⦁ one dimensional array
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⦁ two dimensional array
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⦁ Multidimensional Arrays
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⦁ Searching an Array for a Specific Item
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⦁ C-Strings (Character Arrays) (2)
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⦁ practice / challenges session (1)
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⦁ Records (Struct) (1)
⦁ Pointers
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⦁ Pointer Data Type and Pointer Variables
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⦁ Address of Operator (&)
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⦁ Dereferencing Operator (*)
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⦁ Structs, and Pointer Variables
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⦁ Initializing Pointer Variables
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⦁ Dynamic Variables
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⦁ Operations on Pointer Variables
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⦁ Dynamic Arrays
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⦁ Shallow versus Deep Copy and Pointers (4)
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⦁ practice / challenges session (1)
⦁ Additional topics
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⦁ Enumeration Type
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⦁ Namespaces (1)
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⦁ Additional string Operations (1)
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⦁ Recursion / debugging skill (1)
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⦁ practice / challenges session (1)
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⦁ problem solving (1)
Bonus
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⦁ 1 week workshop for final project
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⦁ tricky interview question shared among all sessions
