Course Description

This course introduces the C++ language for use on Real Time and embedded applications. The course covers object oriented programming and the C++ language, highlighting areas of concern for Real Time and embedded development. The course also covers the application of C++ to Real Time systems including interrupt handling, memory issues, and performance issues. The course will allow students to avoid dangerous performance and correctness problems unknown to most C++ developers, including many experienced programmers.

During labs, students will solve exercises by writing programs that will illustrate the covered principles. Approximately 40% of the course is practical work.

  • The core C++ syntax and semantics.
  • Object Oriented Advantages, and Principles
  • How to write safe, efficient C++ code
  • Memory and performance issues associated with C++
  • How to access memory & program interrupts in C++

The course is designed for Real Time engineers who are embarking on a project using C++ for the first time. It is also targeted at developers currently reluctant to move to C++ from C as they believe it poses too great an overhead. This course will clearly demonstrate both the strengths and weaknesses of C++ versus C.

Prerequisites

  • Delegates should have a working knowledge of C, and some knowledge of Embedded/Real Time programming.
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Course Outline

A Course Introduction

  • Course Prerequisites
  • Course Objectives
  • Course Delivery
  • Course Practical
  • Course Structure


An Overview of OO Programming and C++

  • Review of OOP principles
  • Behavior, state, identity, inheritance, polymorphism, abstraction
  • History and evolution of C++
  • Key features of C++
  • C++ as a better and safer C, C++ vs. C, C++ in Real Time systems


The Class Approach

  • Grouping of data and functionality
  • Syntax of a class declaration
  • Syntax of use
  • Public and private
  • Abstract Data Types
  • Program structure


Providing Class Functionality

  • Member functions
  • Function overloading
  • Default arguments
  • Ambiguities
  • Anonymous arguments
  • Resolving scope conflicts
  • The Scope resolution operator
  • The this pointer


Object birth and death

  • Life of an object
  • Constructors
  • operator new
  • Death of an object
  • Destructors
  • operator delete
  • Dynamic arrays


Efficiency, Integrity and Performance Issues

  • Enumerations
  • Const declarations
  • Const member functions
  • Const member data
  • Inline function mechanism
  • Reference variables
  • Composite Classes
  • An opportunity for reuse
  • Embedded / Real Time considerations


Scoping and initialization

  • Order of construction
  • Member Initialization lists
  • Use of fundamental classes


Associative Classes

  • Delegating class functionality
  • Dynamic associations
  • Custody and lifetime
  • Constant associations

Operator Overloading

  • Operator functions
  • Unary operators
  • Binary operators
  • Global operators
  • Member operators
  • Subscript operators
  • Input operators
  • Output operators
  • Guidelines
  • Embedded / Real Time considerations


Class Properties

  • Static data members
  • Static member functions
  • Nested types
  • Forward declarations
  • Friend classes


Templates and Container Classes

  • Organizing collections of objects
  • Template classes
  • vector
  • list
  • Iterators
  • Template functions
  • Algorithms
  • Using the Standard Library
  • Embedded / Real Time considerations


Copying and Conversions

  • The copy assignment operator
  • Copy constructors
  • Conversions to a class object
  • Conversions from a class object
  • Embedded / Real Time considerations


Inheritance

  • Extension of existing classes
  • Notation, syntax, terminology
  • Protected members
  • Scoping and initialization
  • Multiple inheritance
  • Abstract base classes
  • Guidelines


Polymorphism

  • Modified class behavior
  • Virtual functions
  • virtual destructors
  • Late binding
  • Inside the virtual function mechanism
  • Pure virtual functions
  • Use of pointers to base type
  • Guidelines
  • Real Time considerations