C++ Learning Guide¶

Introduction¶

This folder contains materials for systematically learning C++ programming from the ground up. You can progress step by step from basic syntax to modern C++.

Target Audience: Beginners to intermediate programmers

Learning Roadmap¶

[Beginner]          [Basics]            [Intermediate]      [Advanced]
  │                   │                   │                   │
  ▼                   ▼                   ▼                   ▼
Environment ───▶ Functions ───────▶ Classes Basics ──▶ Exception Handling
  │                   │                   │                   │
  ▼                   ▼                   ▼                   ▼
Variables ──────▶ Arrays/Strings ──▶ Classes Advanced ▶ Smart Pointers
  │                   │                   │                   │
  ▼                   ▼                   ▼                   ▼
Control Flow ───▶ Pointers/Refs ───▶ Inheritance ──────▶ Modern C++
                                          │
                                          ▼
                                    STL ─────▶ Templates

Prerequisites¶

Basic computer usage
Terminal/command prompt experience (recommended)

File List¶

Filename	Difficulty	Topics
01_Environment_Setup.md	⭐	Development environment, Hello World
02_Variables_and_Types.md	⭐	Basic types, constants, type casting
03_Operators_and_Control_Flow.md	⭐	Operators, if/switch, loops
04_Functions.md	⭐⭐	Function definition, overloading, default values
05_Arrays_and_Strings.md	⭐⭐	Arrays, C strings, string class
06_Pointers_and_References.md	⭐⭐	Pointers, references, dynamic memory
07_Classes_Basics.md	⭐⭐⭐	Classes, constructors, destructors
08_Classes_Advanced.md	⭐⭐⭐	Operator overloading, copy/move
09_Inheritance_and_Polymorphism.md	⭐⭐⭐	Inheritance, virtual functions, abstract classes
10_STL_Containers.md	⭐⭐⭐	vector, map, set
11_STL_Algorithms_Iterators.md	⭐⭐⭐	algorithm, iterator
12_Templates.md	⭐⭐⭐	Function/class templates
13_Exceptions_and_File_IO.md	⭐⭐⭐⭐	try/catch, fstream
14_Smart_Pointers_Memory.md	⭐⭐⭐⭐	unique_ptr, shared_ptr
15_Modern_CPP.md	⭐⭐⭐⭐	C++11/14/17/20 features
16_Multithreading_Concurrency.md	⭐⭐⭐⭐	std::thread, mutex, async/future
17_CPP20_Advanced.md	⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐	Concepts, Ranges, Coroutines
18_Design_Patterns.md	⭐⭐⭐⭐	Singleton, Factory, Observer, CRTP
19_Project_Student_Management.md	⭐⭐⭐	STL, File I/O, Smart Pointers, Exception Handling

Recommended Learning Path¶

Beginner (First Steps in Programming)¶

Environment Setup → Variables and Types → Operators and Control Flow

Basics (Core Syntax)¶

Functions → Arrays and Strings → Pointers and References

Intermediate (OOP/STL)¶

Classes Basics → Classes Advanced → Inheritance and Polymorphism
STL Containers → STL Algorithms and Iterators → Templates

Advanced (Expert Level)¶

Exception Handling and File I/O → Smart Pointers and Memory → Modern C++

In-Depth (Expert)¶

Multithreading and Concurrency → C++20 Advanced → Design Patterns

Projects¶

Student Management System (comprehensive STL + File I/O project)

Practice Environment¶

# Check compiler version
g++ --version

# Compile with C++17 standard
g++ -std=c++17 -Wall -Wextra program.cpp -o program

# Run
./program

Recommended Tools¶

Compiler: g++ (GCC), clang++
IDE: VS Code + C/C++ extension, CLion, Visual Studio
Build System: CMake (for large projects)

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