This course is a fast-paced introduction to the C and C++ programming languages, with an emphasis on good programming practices and how to be an effective programmer in these languages
FREE
This course includes
Hours of videos
305 years, 6 months
Units & Quizzes
11
Unlimited Lifetime access
Access on mobile app
Certificate of Completion
Topics include object-oriented programming, memory management, advantages of C and C++, optimization, and others. Students are given weekly coding assignments and a final project to hone their skills. Recommended for programmers with some background and experience in other languages.
This course is offered during the Independent Activities Period (IAP), which is a special 4-week term at MIT that runs from the first week of January until the end of the month.
Course Currilcum
- Introduction to C: Welcome to the Memory Jungle Unlimited
- Subtleties of C: Data Structures and Floating-Point Arithmetic Unlimited
- Assembly Unlimited
- Secure Programming in C Unlimited
- Style and Structure: Transition from C to C++ Unlimited
- Object-Oriented C++: Abstraction, Inheritance, STL Unlimited
- Design Patterns: Higher-Level Program Design Unlimited
- Introduction to Projects: Unit Testing, Third-Party Libraries, Code Review Unlimited
- Project Environments: Iterators, N-Body Problem, Setup Unlimited
- Visualization: OpenGL, Makefiles, Large Projects Unlimited
- Course Recap, Interviews, Advanced Topics: Grab Bag & Perspective Unlimited
