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I: INTRODUCING C++.
Hour 1: Getting Started.
Hour 2: The Parts of a C++ Program.
Hour 3: Variables and Constants.
Hour 4: Expressions and Statements.
Hour 5: Functions.
Hour 6: Program Flow.
II: CLASSES.
Hour 7: Basic Classes.
Hour 8: More About Classes.
III: MEMORY MANAGEMENT.
Hour 9: Pointers.
Hour 10: Advanced Pointers.
Hour 11: References.
Hour 12: Advanced References and Pointers.
IV: POWER TOOLS.
Hour 13: Advanced Functions.
Hour 14: Operator Overloading.
Hour 15: Arrays.
V: INHERITANCE AND POLYMORPHISM.
Hour 16: Inheritance.
Hour 17: Polymorphism and Derived Classes.
Hour 18: Advanced Polymorphism.
Hour 19: Linked Lists.
VI: SPECIAL TOPICS.
Hour 20: Special Classes, Functions, and Pointers.
Hour 21: The Preprocessor.
Hour 22: Object-Oriented Analysis and Design.
Hour 23: Templates.
Hour 24: Exceptions, Error Handling, and More.
VII: APPENDICES.
Appendix A: Binary and Hexadecimal.
Appendix B: Glossary.
Index.
Jesse Liberty is the author of the international best seller Teach Yourself C++ In 21 Days, as well as Teach Yourself C++ In 24 Hours and other books on C++ and object-oriented programming. He writes a regular monthly column for C++ Report, the premier magazine on the C++ language. He is president of Liberty Associates, Inc., which provides on-site training in object-oriented software development, as well as mentoring, consulting, and contract programming.
David B. Horvath, CCP is a Senior Consultant in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area. He has been in the field for over fifteen years and is also a part-time Adjunct Professor at local colleges teaching topics that include C++ Programming, UNIX, and Database Techniques. He completed his M.S. degree in Organizational Dynamics at the University of Pennsylvania in 1998 (and is probably taking more classes as this book is being published). He has provided seminars and workshops to professional societies and corporations on an international basis. David is the author of UNIX for the Mainframer (Prentice-Hall/PTR), co-author of SAMS Teach Yourself C++ for Linux in 21 Days, contributing author to UNIX Unleashed Second Edition (with cover credit), Red Hat Linux Unleashed Second and Third Editions, Red Hat Linux 6 Unleashed, Red Hat Linux 7 Unleashed, Using UNIX Second Edition (Que), UNIX Unleashed Third Edition, Learn Shell Programming in 24 Hours, Linux Unleashed Fourth Edition, Linux Programming Unleashed Second Edition, and has written numerous magazine articles.