C++ Roadmap - Intermediate

Follow this step-by-step roadmap to master cpp at Intermediate level

1

Object-Oriented Programming

3 weeks

▹Classes & Objects
▹Constructors & Destructors
▹Encapsulation (Access Modifiers)
▹Inheritance (single, multilevel, multiple)
▹Polymorphism (overloading, overriding, virtual functions)
▹Abstraction (abstract classes, pure virtual functions)
▹Friend Functions & Classes
▹this Pointer
▹Mini-Project: Library Management System

2

Pointers & References

3 weeks

▹Introduction to Pointers
▹Pointer Arithmetic
▹Pointers & Arrays
▹Pointers & Functions
▹Reference Variables
▹Dynamic Memory Allocation (new, delete)
▹Smart Pointers (unique_ptr, shared_ptr, weak_ptr - C++11+)
▹Mini-Project: Pointer-based Calculator

3

File Handling

2 weeks

▹File Streams (ifstream, ofstream, fstream)
▹Reading & Writing Text Files
▹Binary File Handling
▹File Pointers (seekg, seekp)
▹Error Handling in Files
▹Mini-Project: File-based Contact Book

4

Exception Handling

1 week

▹try, catch, throw
▹C++ Exception Hierarchy
▹Multiple Catch Blocks
▹Custom Exceptions
▹Best Practices

5

STL (Standard Template Library)

3 weeks

▹Overview of STL
▹Containers (vector, list, deque, set, map, unordered_map)
▹Iterators
▹Algorithms (sort, find, binary_search, count)
▹Function Objects & Lambdas
▹Mini-Project: Contact Book with STL Map

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