Projects & Demos

• Start Here: Get your software installed.

• Get Visual Studio 2017 Community Edition installed on your computer.
• Setting up Visual Studio for C++ Desktop Applications
  • To add C++ windows forms projects into VS, download this project follow these directions.
  • Note: In VS2017 the "Export template" menu item is under 'Project'.

• Review Lesson
  See CS120 & 121 pages for other samples
  

• Review of  .Net Data Types
• Review of C++ Data Types (Slides) (Chapter 4 in Murach)
• Simple data entry with variables
• Data Types & casting
• If & switch
• Counted & Logic loops
• For Each loops & controls collection
• File I/O and exception handling
• Working with custom methods and custom classes
• Hybrid Demo for Binary File IO

• EXAM 1

• Covers Everything up to this point.   CLR Version only!

• Lesson 7
  How to work with pointers, arrays, & iterators (Allain Chapters 12 & 13- first 4-5 pages)

Data Structures I: Ways to Group Related Data

Unmanaged/Native Code Version Using Alex Allain book

• Pointers (Chapt. 13)
  • Simple pointer
  • Pointers & heap objects
• Smart Pointers (uses <memory.h>
  • std::unique_ptr (automatic destruction of objects)
• Arrays (Chapt. 10)
  • Part 1: Create & iterate an array
  • Part 2: Pointers & Arrays
  • Part 3: Pass array to functions (includes sorting)

• Lesson 8
  How to work with collections (Murach Chapter 8, Allain chapter 7)

Native Code version (Chapters 7 & 11 in Allain)

• Structs Abstract Data types (ADT) created by the programmer.
  • Payroll example
• Enumerations
  • Income example

Managed Code (Murach Chapt. 8)

• GUI Version
• Structs (collection of user-defined variables)
• Enumerations (Named constants)

• EXAM 2

• Covers Lessons 7 & 8

• Lesson 9
  How to work with specialized structures (Murach Chapter 8).
  • Linked lists Chapter 15 in Allain)

Native Code version (Chapters 7 & 11 in Allain)

• Templates (Generic types)
  • Custom Template
• Standard Template Library (STL)
  • Some thoughts
• Vectors (Chapt. 18: dynamic arrays)
  • Vector demo (adding/deleting/sorting)
  • Short example (Allian Book)
• STL Algorithms & Iterators (Chapt. 18: some useful functions)
  • Using iterators and collections
  • More on the sort function
• Linked Lists (Chapt. 15)
  • Model & sample code
  • STL List
  • Array vs Linked List : which one?
• Binary Trees (Chapt. 17)
  • Binary Tree Diagram (pdf)
• Maps (P.267) (Like SortedLists use a binary tree)
  • Student Grades Map
• Queues
  • Ron's Cookie Store

Managed Code (Murach Chapt. 8)

• Generic Typed Collections (System::Collections::Generic)
  • Lists (like vectors)
    • In 'N Out Demo
  • SortedLists 1 (add items with the DataGridView control)
  • SortedLists 2 (With confirm delete & exit & File IO)
    • Planning Steps
  • SortedLists 3 (3-tier version)
• Working with Stacks
  • Console Version
  • Simple Demo GUI
• Working with Queues GUI
  • Console Version

• EXAM 3

• Covers Lessons 7, 8 & 9

• Lesson 10
  • Relational Databases
  • MS Access & SQL (More...)

• ADO Objects

  • ADO Model

  • SQL DB Table Layout

• Access

  • Access DB C++/CLI in code  demo

• SQL (Local DB)

  • 1- C# version: Creating your first SQL DB project using Wizards

  • 2- ADO in Code (C#)

  • 3- C++/CLI version: ADO in code version

• MS Access & ADO videos Using Wizards
  • 1-Creating Datasources with the grid.
  • 2-Customizing Mr. Grid
  • 3-Searching Records (exact match on Last Name)
  • 4-Searching records by a pattern
  • 5-Status Bar Messages
  • 6-Confirm Delete
  • Get the completed project I used for these videos
• SQL Videos & Walkthroughs
  • 1- Create local database video  
    • Walkthrough Article
  • 2- Add a datasource
    video (To see the DataSources in VS2015 use View|Other Windows | Data Sources)

• Extras
  • Windows Universal Apps

• Universal Windows Apps (C++/CX)
• Windows Universal Navigation Demo
• Windows Navigation for Classic Desktop app
• Hello World demo