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C++ Programming HOW-TO

Al Dev (Alavoor Vasudevan) alavoor[AT]yahoo.com

v42.9, 17 Sep 2002

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This document provides a comprehensive list of C++ URL pointers, links to C++ online textbooks, and programming tips on C++. This document also provides a C++ library which imitates Java-language, and which has various methods to avoid memory problems in C++. Using this library you can compile Java's source code under C++. This document serves as a "Home of C++ language". The information given here will help you to program properly in C++ language and applies to all the operating systems that is - Linux, MS DOS, BeOS, Apple Macintosh OS, Microsoft Windows 95/98/NT/2000, OS/2, IBM OSes (MVS, AS/400 etc..), VAX VMS, Novell Netware, all flavors of Unix like Solaris, HPUX, AIX, SCO, Sinix, BSD, etc.. and to all other operating systems which supplies C++ compilers (it means almost all the operating systems on this planet).

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1. Introduction

• 1.1 Program in C++ ? C++ vs. Java/PHP
• 1.2 Which one Ada95, C, C++, Java or PHP?
• 1.3 Problems facing the current C++ compilers

2. Recommended C++ Compilers

• 2.1 Compilers for MS Windows 2000/NT/95/98/ME/XP
• 2.2 Compilers for UNIX systems and clones

3. String Class Varieties

• 3.1 Multiple Inheritance - Sample Custom String class

4. Download String

• 4.1 How Can I trust Al Dev's String Class?

5. Usage of String class

• 5.1 Operators
• 5.2 Functions
• 5.3 Renaming the String class

6. String.h file

• 6.1 StringBuffer.h
• 6.2 StringTokenizer.h

7. The Standard C++ Library string class

• 7.1 string by example
• 7.2 Searching a string
• 7.3 A string tokenizer

8. File Class

9. Memory Allocation in C++

• 9.1 C++ Zap (Delete) function
• 9.2 Usage of my_malloc and my_free
• 9.3 Garbage Collector for C++
• 9.4 Anti-crash With const
• 9.5 Forget C

10. Pointers are problems

11. Debugging

• 11.1 Debug files

12. IDE's and editors for C++

• 12.1 IDE's
• 12.2 Editors
• 12.3 Other resources

13. C++ Online Textbooks and Docs

• 13.1 C++ Sites
• 13.2 C++ Tutorials
• 13.3 Useful links
• 13.4 C++ Quick-Reference
• 13.5 C++ Usenet Newsgroups
• 13.6 Java like API

14. C++ Coding Conventions

15. C++ Scripting Languages

• 15.1 PIKE & PHP (C/C++ Scripting Languages)
• 15.2 SoftIntegration Ch (C/C++ Scripting Language)
• 15.3 PHP (C++ Scripting Language)

16. Templates

17. STL References

• 17.1 Overview of the STL
• 17.2 Header Files
• 17.3 The Container Classes Interface
• 17.4 Vectors
• 17.5 Iterators and the STL
• 17.6 Lists
• 17.7 Sets
• 17.8 Maps
• 17.9 STL Algorithms

18. Threads in C++

• 18.1 Threads Tutorial
• 18.2 Designing a Thread Class in C++

19. C++ Utilities

• 19.1 Memory Tools

20. Other Formats of this Document

• 20.1 Acrobat PDF format
• 20.2 Convert linuxdoc to Docbook format
• 20.3 Convert to MS WinHelp format
• 20.4 Reading various formats

21. Translations To Other Languages

22. Copyright

23. Appendix A String Program Files

24. Appendix B C++ v/s Java

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