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C++ Programming: Classes and Data
  • Level Professional
  • Duration 11 hours
  • Course by University of London
  • Offered by

About

This course is the second of five courses aiming to help you to become confident working in the object-oriented paradigm in the C++ language. This specialisation is for individuals who want to learn about objected oriented programming. It's an all-in-one package that will take you from the very fundamentals of C++, all the way to building a crypto-currency exchange platform. During the five courses, you will work with the instructor on a single project: a crypto-currency exchange platform. Whilst building the project, you will learn about a range of programming techniques from basic control flow and input/output through to file parsing, object-oriented techniques and user interaction on the console. In this second course, you will start learning about C++ classes. You will learn about header files, class member functions, and select appropriate data types to represent a dataset in a C++ program. Upon completing the course, you will be able to: * Select appropriate data types to represent a dataset in a C++ program * Describe how a class can be used to combine multiple pieces of data into one unit * Write a class with functions

Modules

1.0 Introduction to the course

    • 1 Videos
    • 3 Readings
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1 Videos

  • Introduction to the second course in the specialisation

3 Readings

  • Course syllabus
  • Getting ready for this course
  • Reading material for this course

1.1 Coding workshop: looking at the data and modelling it

    • 6 Videos
    • 3 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
    • 1 Lab
    • 7 Assignment
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7 Assignment

  • C++ types quiz
  • Quiz on floating point representations
  • The order book quiz
  • Representing data with variables quiz
  • Modelling other data quiz
  • Enum to represent bid/ask quiz
  • Multiple order book entries quiz

1 Discussions

  • Share your findings

1 Labs

  • Programming exercise: looking at the data and modelling it

6 Videos

  • C++ is strongly typed
  • The order book data set
  • Representing numerical order book data with variables
  • Modelling the other data
  • Using an enum to represent the bid/ask
  • Representing multiple order book entries: vector

3 Readings

  • How are floating points represented
  • CSV order book data
  • How to back-up your Visual Studio Code work

1.2 Concept workshop: basic data types – numbers and strings

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • Short task and discussion

1 Videos

  • Concept workshop: basic data types – numbers and strings

1.3 Coding workshop: modelling the OrderBookEntry as a class

    • 6 Videos
    • 6 Assignment
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6 Assignment

  • Introduction to classes quiz
  • The OrderBookEntry class quiz
  • Passing data into objects quiz
  • Constructor initialisation quiz
  • Vector of objects quiz
  • Iterate over a vector quiz

6 Videos

  • Introduction to classes
  • Defining our first class: OrderBookEntry
  • Constructors: passing initialisation data into objects
  • Constructor initialisation list
  • Create a vector of objects
  • Three ways to iterate over a vector

1.4 Concept workshop: classes and data

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Working with simple classes quiz

1 Videos

  • Syntax for working with simple classes, and putting objects into a vector

1.5 Weekly assessment (week 1)

    • 1 Readings
    • 1 PeerReview
    • 1 Lab
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1 Peer Review

  • Implement and use the OrderBookEntry class

1 Labs

  • Programming worksheet: modelling an order book entry as a class

1 Readings

  • End of week 1

1.6 Coding workshop: using header files and making a class with functions

    • 6 Videos
    • 1 Discussion
    • 1 Lab
    • 6 Assignment
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6 Assignment

  • Header and cpp quiz
  • Main Cpp file quiz
  • Merkelmain class quiz
  • The init function quiz
  • Limiting exposure quiz
  • Load orderBook function quiz

1 Discussions

  • Share your MerkelMain class

1 Labs

  • Lesson worksheet: using header files and making a class with functions

6 Videos

  • Convert OrderBookEntry to header and cpp
  • Use the OrderBookEntry header in the main cpp and compile
  • Create the Merkelmain class
  • Implement the init function
  • Limiting exposure
  • Load orderBook function

1.7 Concept workshop: classes and functions

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Discussion
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Classes summary quiz

1 Discussions

  • Short task and discussion

1 Videos

  • Classes with functions, headers and cpp

Lesson 1.8 Weekly assessment (week 2)

    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • End-of-course quiz

1.9 Summary

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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1 Videos

  • End of course summary

1 Readings

  • Getting ready for the next course

Auto Summary

Enhance your C++ programming skills with "C++ Programming: Classes and Data," an intermediate course designed for those diving into object-oriented programming. Guided by an expert instructor, you'll explore C++ classes, header files, and class member functions, while working on an exciting project to build a crypto-currency exchange platform. This 660-minute course is part of a five-course series offered by Coursera, available through Starter and Professional subscription plans. Ideal for IT and computer science professionals aiming to master C++ from fundamentals to advanced techniques.

Dr Matthew Yee-King
Instructor

Dr Matthew Yee-King