Beginning C++ Programming – From Beginner to Beyond
About Course
Learn C++ from beginner to beyond with this comprehensive course. This free course covers all the fundamentals of Modern C++ (C++14 and C++17), including:
- Looping with while, do/while for, range-based for statements and recursion
- Performing calculations and displaying results
- Functions
- Pointers
- Using existing classes and creating objects
- Creating your own classes
- Using Basic Standard Template Library classes such as Vector
- Constructors and Destructors
- Copy and Move semantics including Copy constructors, Move constructors, and copy and move assignment
- How to overload operators
- Using inheritance and class hierarchies
- Using Polymorphic functions and dynamic binding
- Using smart pointers
- Using stream I/O
- An introduction to the C++ STL
- An introduction to Exception Handling
- And much more.
Taught by an experienced instructor with over 2 decades of C++ experience, this course provides a solid foundation in modern C++ programming. You will learn how to write your own programs, debug code, and understand the concepts behind this powerful language. This course is completely free of cost and available on platforms like Udemy, Udacity, Coursera, MasterClass, NearPeer, and more. Enroll today and start your journey to becoming a C++ programmer.
What Will You Learn?
- Learn to program with one of the most powerful programming languages that exists today, C++.
- Obtain the key concepts of programming that will also apply to other programming languages
- Learn Modern C++ rather than an obsolete version of C++ that most other courses teach
- Learn C++ features from basic to more advanced such as inheritance and polymorphic functions
- Learn C++ using a proven curriculum that covers more material than most C++ university courses
- Learn C++ from an experienced university full professor who has been using and teaching C++ for more than 25 years
- Includes Quizzes, Live Coding Exercises, Challenge Coding Exercises and Assignments
- New Section: Learn to use Visual Studio Code with C++
- New Section: Learn all about using C++ Lambda Expressions
Course Content
01 – Introduction
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001 About the Course.mp4
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002 Why Learn C++.mp4
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003 Modern C++ and the C++ Standard.mp4
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004 How does all this work.mp4
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005 FAQ — Please Read!.html
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external-links.txt
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02 – Installation and Setup
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001 Installation and Setup Overview.mp4
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002 Installing the C++ Compiler on Windows.mp4
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003 Installing CodeLite on Windows.mp4
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004 Configuring CodeLite on Windows.mp4
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005 Installing the C++ Compiler on Mac OSX.mp4
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006 Installing CodeLite on Mac OSX.mp4
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007 Configuring CodeLite on Mac OSX.mp4
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008 Using the Command-Line interface.mp4
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009 Installing CodeLite on Ubuntu Linux.mp4
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010 Configuring CodeLite on Ubuntu Linux.mp4
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011 Creating a Default CodeLite Project Template (All Versions).mp4
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012 Using the Command-Line Interface on Windows.mp4
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013 Using the Command-Line Interface on Mac OSX.mp4
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014 Using the Command-Line Interface on Linux (Ubuntu).mp4
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015 Using a Web-based C++ Compiler.mp4
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016 Using the Included Source Code Course Resources.mp4
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external-links.txt
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03 – Curriculum Overview
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001 Curriculum Overview.mp4
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002 Overview of the Section Challenge Exercises.mp4
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003 Overview of the Section Quizzes.mp4
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04 – Getting Started
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001 Section Overview.mp4
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002 An Overview of the CodeLite Interface.mp4
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003 Writing our first program.mp4
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004 Building our first program.mp4
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005 What are Compiler Errors.mp4
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006 What are Compiler Warnings.mp4
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007 What are Linker Errors.mp4
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008 What are Runtime Errors.mp4
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009 What are Logic Errors.mp4
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010 Section Challenge.mp4
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011 Section Challenge – Solution.mp4
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012 Section 4 Quiz.html
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05 – Structure of a C++ Program
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001 Section Overview.mp4
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002 Overview of the Structure of a C++ Program.mp4
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003 #include Preprocessor Directive.mp4
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004 Comments.mp4
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005 The main() function.mp4
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006 Namespaces.mp4
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007 Basic Input and Output (IO) using cin and cout.mp4
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008 Using cout and the insertion operator to say Hi to Frank.html
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009 Using cout and the insertion operator.html
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010 Using cin and the extraction operator.html
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011 Section 5 Quiz.html
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06 – Variables and Constants
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001 Section Overview.mp4
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002 What is a variable.mp4
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003 Declaring and Initializing Variables.mp4
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004 Declaring and Initializing Variables.html
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005 Global Variables.mp4
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006 C++ Built-in Primitive Types.mp4
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007 What is the Size of a Variable (sizeof).mp4
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008 What is a Constant.mp4
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009 Declaring and Using Constants.mp4
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010 Section Challenge.mp4
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011 Section Challenge – Solution.mp4
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012 Section 06 Quiz.html
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07 – Arrays and Vectors
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001 Section Overview.mp4
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002 What is an Array.mp4
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003 Declaring and Initializing Arrays.mp4
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004 Accessing and Modifying Array Elements.mp4
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005 Declaring, Initializing and Accessing an Array.html
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006 Multidimensional Arrays.mp4
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007 Declaring and Initializing Vectors.mp4
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008 Accessing and Modifying Vector Elements.mp4
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009 Declaring, Initializing and Accessing Vectors.html
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010 Section Challenge.mp4
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011 Section Challenge – Solution.mp4
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012 Section 07 Quiz.html
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08 – Statements and Operators
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001 Section Overview.mp4
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002 Expressions and Statements.mp4
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003 Using Operators.mp4
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004 The Assignment Operator.mp4
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005 Arithmetic Operators.mp4
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006 Using the Assignment Operator.html
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007 Using the Arithmetic Operators.html
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008 Increment and Decrement Operators.mp4
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009 Mixed Expressions and Conversions.mp4
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010 Testing for Equality.mp4
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011 Relational Operators.mp4
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012 Logical Operators.mp4
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013 Compound Assignment Operators.mp4
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014 Operator Precedence.mp4
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015 Logical Operators and Operator Precedence – Can you work.html
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016 Section Challenge.mp4
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017 Section Challenge – Solution.mp4
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018 Section 08 Quiz.html
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09 – Controlling Program Flow
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001 Section Overview.mp4
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002 if Statement.mp4
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003 If Statement – Can you Drive.html
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004 if else Statement.mp4
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005 If-Else Statement – Can you Drive.html
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006 Nested if Statements.mp4
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007 Nested If Statements – Can you Drive.html
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008 switch-case Statement.mp4
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009 Switch Statement – Day of the Week.html
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010 Conditional Operator.mp4
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011 Looping.mp4
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012 for Loop.mp4
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013 For loop – Sum of Odd Integers.html
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014 range-based for Loop.mp4
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015 Using the range-based for loop.html
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016 while Loop.mp4
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017 While loop exercise.html
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018 do while Loop.mp4
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019 Do-while loop exercise.html
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020 continue and break.mp4
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021 Infinite Loops.mp4
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022 Nested Loops.mp4
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023 Nested Loops – Sum of the Product of all Pairs of Vector Elements.html
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024 Section Challenge.mp4
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025 Section Challenge – Solution Part 1.mp4
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026 Section Challenge – Solution Part 2.mp4
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027 Section 09 Quiz.html
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10 – Characters and Strings
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001 Section Overview.mp4
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002 Character Functions.mp4
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003 C-Style Strings.mp4
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004 Working with C-style Strings.mp4
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005 Using C-style Strings.html
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006 C++ Strings.mp4
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007 Working with C++ Strings.mp4
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008 Using C++ Strings – Exercise 1.html
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009 Using C++ Strings – Exercise 2.html
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010 Section Challenge.mp4
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011 Section Challenge – Solution.mp4
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012 Section 10 Quiz.html
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11 – Functions
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001 Section Overview.mp4
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002 What is a Function.mp4
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003 Using Functions from the cmath Library.html
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004 Function Definition.mp4
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005 Function Prototypes.mp4
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006 Function Parameters and the return Statement.mp4
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007 Functions and Prototypes – Converting Temperatures.html
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008 Default Argument Values.mp4
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009 Using Default Argument Values – Grocery List.html
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010 Overloading Functions.mp4
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011 Overloading Functions – Calculating Area.html
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012 Passing Arrays to Functions.mp4
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013 Passing Arrays to Functions – Print a Guest List.html
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014 Pass by Reference.mp4
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015 Using Pass by Reference – Print a Guest List.html
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016 Scope Rules.mp4
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017 How do Function Calls Work.mp4
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018 inline Functions.mp4
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019 Recursive Functions.mp4
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020 Implementing a Recursive Function – Sum of Digits.html
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021 Implementing a Recursive Function – Save a Penny.html
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022 Section Challenge.mp4
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023 Section Challenge-Solution.mp4
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024 Section 11 Quiz.html
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external-links.txt
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12 – Pointers and References
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001 Section Overview.mp4
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002 What is a Pointer.mp4
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003 Declaring Pointers.mp4
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004 Accessing the Pointer Address and Storing Address in a Pointer.mp4
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005 Dereferencing a Pointer.mp4
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006 Dynamic Memory Allocation.mp4
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007 The Relationship Between Arrays and Pointers.mp4
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008 Pointer Arithmetic.mp4
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009 Swap Values using Pointers.html
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010 Const and Pointers.mp4
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011 Passing Pointers to Functions.mp4
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012 Returning a Pointer from a Function.mp4
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013 Passing a Pointer to a Function.html
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014 Find the Maximum Element in an Array using Pointers.html
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015 Reverse an Array using Pointers (Challenging!).html
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016 Reverse a stdstring using Pointers (Challenging!).html
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017 Potential Pointer Pitfalls.mp4
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018 What is a Reference.mp4
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019 L-values and R-values.mp4
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020 Using the CodeLite IDE Debugger.mp4
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021 Section Recap.mp4
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022 Section Challenge.mp4
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023 Section Challenge – Solution.mp4
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024 Section 12 Quiz.html
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13 – OOP – Classes and Objects
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001 Section Overview.mp4
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002 What is Object-Oriented Programming.mp4
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003 What are Classes and Objects.mp4
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004 Declaring a Class and Creating Objects.mp4
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005 Accessing Class Members.mp4
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006 Creating and Accessing Objects.html
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007 public and private.mp4
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008 Implementing Member Methods.mp4
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009 Adding public methods that access private class attributes.html
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010 Add more public methods to an existing class.html
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011 Constructors and Destructors.mp4
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012 The Default Constructor.mp4
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013 Add a Default Constructor to an Existing Class.html
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014 Overloading Constructors.mp4
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015 Add an Overloaded Constructor to an Existing Class.html
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016 Constructor Initialization lists.mp4
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017 Delegating Constructors.mp4
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018 Constructor Parameters and Default Values.mp4
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019 Copy Constructor.mp4
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020 Add a Copy Constructor to an Existing Class.html
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021 Shallow Copying with the Copy Constructor.mp4
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022 Deep Copying with the Copy Constructor.mp4
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023 Move Constructors.mp4
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024 The ‘this’ Pointer.mp4
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025 Using const with Classes.mp4
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026 Static Class Members.mp4
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027 Structs vs Classes.mp4
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028 Friends of a class.mp4
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029 Section Challenge.mp4
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030 Section Challenge – Solution.mp4
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031 Section 13 Quiz.html
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14 – Operator Overloading
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001 Section Overview.mp4
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002 What is Operator Overloading.mp4
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003 Overloading the Assignment Operator (copy).mp4
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004 Overloading the Assignment Operator (move).mp4
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005 Overloading Operators as Member Functions.mp4
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006 Operator Overloading as Member Functions.html
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007 Overloading Operators as Global Functions.mp4
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008 Operator Overloading as Non-member Functions.html
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009 Overloading the Stream Insertion and Extraction Operators.mp4
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010 Operator Overloading the Stream Insertion Operator.html
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011 Section Challenge.mp4
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012 Section Challenge – Solution 1.mp4
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013 Section Challenge – Solution 2.mp4
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014 Section 14 Quiz.html
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15 – Inheritance
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001 Section Overview.mp4
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002 What is Inheritance.mp4
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003 Terminology and Notation.mp4
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004 Inheritance vs. Composition.mp4
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005 Deriving Classes from Existing Classes.mp4
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006 Protected Members and Class Access.mp4
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007 Constructors and Destructors.mp4
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008 Passing Arguments to Base Class Constructors.mp4
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009 CopyMove Constructors and Operator = with Derived Classes.mp4
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010 Redefining Base Class Methods.mp4
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011 Multiple Inheritance.mp4
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012 The Updated Accounts Example.mp4
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013 Section Challenge.mp4
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014 Section Challenge – Solution.mp4
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015 Section 15 Quiz.html
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16 – Polymorphism
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001 Section Overview.mp4
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002 What is Polymorphism.mp4
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003 Using a Base Class Pointer.mp4
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004 Virtual Functions.mp4
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005 Virtual Destructors.mp4
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006 Using the Override Specifier.mp4
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007 Inheritance – Roar Lion, Roar!.html
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008 Inheritance – Bark Dog, Bark!.html
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009 Using the Final Specifier.mp4
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010 Using Base Class References.mp4
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011 Pure Virtual Functions and Abstract Classes.mp4
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012 Abstract Classes as Interfaces.mp4
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013 Section Challenge.mp4
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014 Section Challenge – Solution Part 1.mp4
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015 Section Challenge – Solution Part 2.mp4
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016 Section Challenge – Final Solution.mp4
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017 Section 16 Quiz.html
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17 – Smart Pointers
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001 Section Overview.mp4
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002 Some Issues with Raw Pointers.mp4
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003 What is a Smart Pointer Ownership and RAII.mp4
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004 Unique Pointers.mp4
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005 Shared Pointers.mp4
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006 Weak Pointers.mp4
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007 Custom Deleters.mp4
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008 Section Challenge 1.mp4
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009 Section Challenge 1 – Solution.mp4
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010 Section 17 Quiz.html
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18 – Exception Handling
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001 Section Overview.mp4
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002 Basic Concepts and a Simple Example Dividing by Zero.mp4
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003 Throwing an Exception from a Function.mp4
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004 Handling Multiple Exceptions.mp4
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005 Stack Unwinding and How it Works.mp4
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006 Creating User-Defined Exception Classes.mp4
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007 Class Level Exceptions.mp4
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008 The C++ stdexception Class Hierarchy.mp4
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009 Section Challenge.mp4
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010 Section Challenge – Solution.mp4
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011 Section 18 Quiz.html
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19 – IO and Streams
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001 Section Overview.mp4
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002 Files, Streams and IO.mp4
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003 Stream Manipulators.mp4
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004 Stream Manipulators – boolean.mp4
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005 Stream Manipulators – integers.mp4
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006 Stream Manipulators – floating point.mp4
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007 Stream Manipulators – align and fill.mp4
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008 Section Challenge 1.mp4
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009 Section Challenge 1 – Solution.mp4
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010 Reading from a Text File.mp4
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011 Reading from a Text File – Live Demo – Part 1.mp4
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012 Reading from a Text File – Live Demo – Part 2.mp4
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013 Reading a text file.html
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014 Section Challenge 2.mp4
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015 Section Challenge 2 – Solution.mp4
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016 Section Challenge 3.mp4
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017 Section Challenge 3 – Solution.mp4
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018 Writing to a Text File.mp4
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019 Writing to a Text File – Live Demo.mp4
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020 Section Challenge 4.mp4
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021 Section Challenge 4 – Solution.mp4
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022 Using String Streams.mp4
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023 File locations with some Popular IDEs.mp4
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024 Section 19 Quiz.html
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20 – The Standard Template Library (STL)
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001 Section Overview.mp4
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002 What is the STL.mp4
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003 Generic Programming with Macros.mp4
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004 Generic Programming with Function Templates.mp4
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005 Generic Programming with Class Templates.mp4
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006 Creating a Generic Array Template Class.mp4
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007 Introduction to STL Containers.mp4
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008 Introduction to STL Iterators.mp4
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009 Introduction to Iterators – Demo.mp4
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010 Introduction to STL Algorithms.mp4
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011 Introduction to Algorithms – Demo.mp4
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012 Sequence Container – Array.mp4
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013 Sequence Containers – Vector.mp4
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014 Sequence Containers – Deque.mp4
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015 Section Challenge 1.mp4
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016 Section Challenge 1 – Solution.mp4
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017 Sequence Containers – List and Forward List.mp4
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018 Section Challenge 2.mp4
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019 Section Challenge 2 – Solution.mp4
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020 Associative Containers – Sets.mp4
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021 Associative Containers – Maps.mp4
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022 Section Challenge 3.mp4
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023 Section Challenge 3 – Solution.mp4
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024 Container Adaptors – Stack.mp4
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025 Container Adaptors – Queue.mp4
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026 Section Challenge 4.mp4
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027 Section Challenge 4 – Solution.mp4
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028 Container Adaptors – Priority Queue.mp4
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029 Section 20 Quiz.html
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21 – Lambda Expressions
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001 Section Overview.mp4
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002 Motivation.mp4
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003 Structure of a Lambda Expression.mp4
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004 Stateless Lambda Expressions.mp4
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005 Stateless Lambda Expressions Demo – Part 1.mp4
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006 Stateless Lambda Expressions Demo – Part 2.mp4
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007 Stateful Lambda Expressions.mp4
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008 Stateful Lambda Expressions Demo – Part1.mp4
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009 Stateful Lambda Expressions Demo – Part2.mp4
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010 Lambdas and the STL.mp4
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011 Section 21 Quiz.html
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22 – Bonus Section – Using Visual Studio Code
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001 Section Overview.mp4
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002 Installing VSCode on Windows.mp4
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003 Building and Running C++ Programs with VSCode on Windows.mp4
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004 Debugging C++ Programs with VSCode on Windows.mp4
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005 Using the Course Source Code with VSCode on Windows.mp4
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006 Installing VSCode on Mac OSX.mp4
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007 Building and Running C++ Programs with VSCode on Mac OSX.mp4
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008 Debugging C++ Programs with VSCode on Mac.mp4
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009 Using the Course Source Code with VSCode on Mac.mp4
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010 Installing VSCode on Linux.mp4
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011 Building and Running C++ Programs with VSCode on Linux.mp4
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012 Debugging C++ Programs with VSCode on Linux.mp4
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013 Using the Course Source Code with VSCode on Linux.mp4
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external-links.txt
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23 – Bonus Section – Enumerations
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001 Section Overview.mp4
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002 Motivation.mp4
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003 The Structure of an Enumeration.mp4
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004 Unscoped Enumerations.mp4
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005 Scoped Enumerations.mp4
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24 – ARCHIVED – OLD INSTALLATION VIDEOS
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001 Installation and Setup Overview.mp4
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002 Installing the C++ Compiler on Windows.mp4
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003 Installing CodeLite on Windows.mp4
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004 Configuring CodeLite on Windows.mp4
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005 Installing the C++ Compiler on Mac OSX.mp4
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006 Installing CodeLite on Mac OSX.mp4
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007 Configuring CodeLite on Mac OSX.mp4
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008 Installing CodeLite on Ubuntu Linux.mp4
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009 Configuring CodeLite on Ubuntu Linux.mp4
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010 Creating a Default CodeLite Project Template (All Versions).mp4
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011 Using the Included Source Code Course Resources.mp4
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external-links.txt
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25 – Extra Information – Source code, and other stuff
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001 Source Code for all Sections.html
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001 Bonus – Course Slides and Free Programming EBook.mp4
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