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What Is C++?

This C++ tutorial is designed for learners at all levels, offering a practical approach to understanding C++ programming, which is a middle-level language developed by Bjarne Stroustrup. It covers the benefits of learning C++, its features, applications, and provides examples, including a simple 'Hello, World!' program. The tutorial is aimed at software developers, students, and educators, and assumes familiarity with basic programming concepts.

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What Is C++?

This C++ tutorial is designed for learners at all levels, offering a practical approach to understanding C++ programming, which is a middle-level language developed by Bjarne Stroustrup. It covers the benefits of learning C++, its features, applications, and provides examples, including a simple 'Hello, World!' program. The tutorial is aimed at software developers, students, and educators, and assumes familiarity with basic programming concepts.

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This C++ tutorial has been written by experienced C++ programmers, which

helps beginners to advanced programmers while learning C++ in simple and


easy steps. This tutorial uses a simple and practical approach to describe the
concepts of C++to software engineers.

What is C++?
C++ is a middle-level programming language developed by Bjarne
Stroustrup starting in 1979 at Bell Labs. C++ runs on a variety of platforms,
such as Windows, Mac OS, and the various versions of UNIX. C++ is an
extension of the C programming language with object-oriented programming
concepts. Or, we can say, "C++ is a superset of C programming with
additional implementation of object-oriented concepts".

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Why to Learn C++


C++ is an important programming language for students and working
professionals to become great software developers. I will list down some of
the key advantages of learning C++:

 C++ is very close to hardware, so you get a chance to work at a low level,
which gives you a lot of control in terms of memory management, better
performance, and finally, robust software development.
 C++ programming gives you a clear understanding of object-oriented
programming. You will understand low level implementation of
polymorphism when you implement virtual tables and virtual table pointers,
or dynamic type identification.
 C++ is one of the evergreen programming languages and is loved by
millions of software developers. If you are a great C++ programmer, then
you will never sit without work, and more importantly, you will get highly
paid for your work.
 C++ is the most widely used programming language in application and
system programming. So you can choose your area of interest in software
development.
 C++ really teaches you the difference between compiler, linker, and loader,
different data types, storage classes, variable types, their scopes, etc.

There are 1000s of good reasons to learn C++ programming. But one thing
is for sure: to learn any programming language, not only C++, you just need
to code and code and finally code until you become an expert.
Hello, World! Program Using C++
Just to give you a little excitement about C++ programming, I'm going to
give you a small conventional C++ Hello World program, You can try it by
clicking on "Edit & Run".

Below is the code to print "Hello World" on the screen −

Open Compiler
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

// main() is where program execution begins.


int main() {
cout << "Hello, World!"; // prints Hello, World!
return 0;
}

C++ Online Compiler


We provided an easy, user-friendly, and fast C++ online compiler, where you
can write, save, run, and share your C++ programs. Click on this link to open
it: C++ Online Compiler.

Try to click the icon to run the following C++ code to print
conventional "Hello, World!" using C++ programming.

Open Compiler
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main() {
cout << "Hello, World!"; // prints Hello, World!
return 0;
}

There are many C++ compilers available that you can use to compile and
run the above-mentioned program:
 Apple C++. Xcode
 Bloodshed Dev-C++
 Clang C++
 Cygwin (GNU C++)
 Mentor Graphics
 MINGW - "Minimalist GNU for Windows"
 GNU CC source
 IBM C++
 Intel C++
 Microsoft Visual C++
 Oracle C++
 HP C++

Features of C++
The following are the features of C++ programming language −

 C language compatibility: C++ provides backward compatibility with C; it


supports all features of C language.
 Object-oriented programming: C++ supports the concepts of OOPs such
as objects & classes, encapsulation, data binding, inheritance,
and polymorphism.
 Compiled language: C++ is a compiler language where the complete code
is converted into machine language, which makes it a faster programming
language.
 Standard template library: C++ provides many data structures and
algorithms-related library collections, such as template libraries for contains,
iterators, algorithms, etc.
 Dynamic memory management: C++ provides two
operators new and delete that help to allocate and deallocate memory
blocks dynamically.
 Exception handling: C++ provides try, catch, and throw blocks for
exceptional handling, which were not available in C programming.

Applications of C++ Programming


As mentioned before, C++ is one of the most widely used programming
languages. It has its presence in almost every area of software development.
I'm going to list a few of them here:

 Application Software Development - C++ programming has been used


in developing almost all the major Operating Systems like Windows, Mac OSX
and Linux. Apart from the operating systems, the core part of many
browsers, like Mozilla Firefox and Chrome have been written using C++. C+
+ also has been used in developing the most popular database system
called MySQL.
 Programming Languages Development - C++ has been used
extensively in developing new programming languages
like C#, Java, JavaScript, Perl, UNIX's C Shell, PHP, Python, and Verilog, etc.
 Computation Programming - C++ is the best friend of scientists because
of its fast speed and computational efficiencies.
 Games Development - C++ is extremely fast, which allows programmers
to do procedural programming for CPU-intensive functions and provides
greater control over hardware, because of which it has been widely used in
the development of gaming engines.
 Embedded System - C++ is being heavily used in developing medical and
engineering applications like software for MRI machines, high-end CAD/CAM
systems, etc.

This list goes on. There are various areas where software developers are
happily using C++ to provide great software. I highly recommend you learn
C++ and contribute great software to the community.

Learn C++ By Examples


Practicing C++ examples is the best way to learn C++ programming. All
chapters of our C++ tutorial have the related examples with explanation.
You can simply go through those examples to understand the concept better.

Jobs or Careers in C++


C++ is a versatile and widely used programming language. Here is the list of
some job roles that you can get after learning C++ programming:

 Software Engineer
 Game Developer
 Systems Programmer
 Embedded System Developer
 Robotics Engineer
 Database Developer
 Graphics Programmer

Here is the list of the companies hiring C++ developers:

 Microsoft
 Amazon
 Facebook
 IBM
 Adobe
 Apple
 Google

Target Audience - Who should Learn C++?


This C++ tutorial has been prepared for the beginners to help them
understand the basics to advanced concepts of the C++ programming
language. This tutorial is useful for software and game developers,
embedded system developers, system programmers, students, and
educators/trainers. After completing this tutorial, you will have a great level
of expertise in C++ programming, from which you can take yourself to the
next level.

Prerequisites to Learn C++


Before you start practicing with various types of examples given in this C++
tutorial, we are making the assumption that you are already aware of the
basics of computer programming and computer programming language. You
should also be familiar with −

 C++ Compiler
 IDE
 Text Editor

C++ Practice
After completing the C++ tutorial, you can go through these sections to
practice the concepts that you have learned:

 C++ Interview Questions


 C++ Online Quiz
 C++ Online Test
 C++ Mock Test

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