CppBasicDemos Repository

Quick Status

Code functions correctly

no known defects

Demonstration code

yes

Documentation

yes

Test cases

none planned

Static library

none planned

Build requires

C++17 option

Planned design changes

- Revise DemComp & DemInherit
- Add GraphWalk demo

Basic demos for C++ Tooling

Basic demos for C++ syntax:

PointersAndReferencesDemo
Basic syntax and use of pointers and C++ references.
LambdaCapture
Lambdas are a short-cut syntax for creating functors.
CallableObjects-SimpleDemo
Callable objects are any C++ construct with invocation syntax, e.g., function, function pointer, functor, and lambda.
StorageSizes
Evalulates sizes of the C++ fundamental types in CppBasicDemos > TypeTests > StorageSizes
CastTests
Demonstrates each of the modern cast types in CppBasicDemos > TypeTests > CastTests

Basic Demos for C++ classes:

Equiv
Construction syntax that is context dependent and may be confusing for those new to C++
ClassLayout
Class Layout in memory - illustrates that inheritance and composition create nested instances.

Instance Layout
DemComp
Illustrates basic composition syntax and use of constructor initializers.
DemInherit
Inheritance demos illustrate the importance of specifying base and component initialization using constructor initializer sequences.
DemInit
Initialization syntax demos.

Basic Demos for C++ libraries:

iostreams
std::iostreams - console, files, filebuf, and stringstream demos.
STL containers
Simple operations for each of the STL containers.
TreeWalk
TreeWalk - demonstrate tree walks with recursion, stacks, and queues.
GraphWalk
GraphWalk - demonstrate graph walks with recursion, stacks, and queues. This requires tracking visited nodes.

This C++ code was built with Visual Studio Community Edition - 2019 and tested on Windows 10.