C++ Quick Start

The purpose of this document is to give a good starting point to learn C++. It will focus on basic features of the language, using modern good practices. References to more advanced features may be given.

It is inspired by other tutorials focusing on “Modern C++” (at least C++14…). Here are a few references:

• Videos of Kate Gregory like Stop teaching C

• LearnCpp.com

• C++ reference and his examples.

• Microsoft documentation

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Contents

• 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. What is C++?
  • 1.2. To follow along
  • 1.3. Changelog
• 2. First C++ programs
  • 2.1. Hello world
  • 2.2. Compilation
  • 2.3. Basic syntax
• 3. C++ Standard Library
  • 3.1. Containers
  • 3.2. Algorithms
  • 3.3. Memory management
• 4. Object-oriented programming
  • 4.1. Classes and objects
  • 4.2. Polymorphism
• 5. Templates
  • 5.1. Function templates
  • 5.2. Class and templates
• 6. To go further
  • 6.1. Topics
  • 6.2. Other materials
• PDF version