🚀 C++ 7-Days Bootcamp

A comprehensive 7-day C++ bootcamp designed to take you from basics to intermediate-level Object-Oriented Programming concepts. This repository contains all the code examples, hands-on exercises, and resources covered during the bootcamp.

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📋 Table of Contents

• About
• Prerequisites
• Getting Started
• Project Structure
• Daily Curriculum
• Extras
• Certification Task
• Contributing
• License

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📖 About

This bootcamp is organized by ACES (Association of Computer Engineering Students) and covers fundamental to intermediate C++ concepts including:

• Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) principles
• C++ language fundamentals
• Functions, Arrays, and Pointers
• Classes and Objects
• Inheritance and Polymorphism
• Operator Overloading and File I/O
• Templates and Exception Handling

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✅ Prerequisites

Before starting this bootcamp, ensure you have:

• Basic understanding of programming concepts
• A C++ compiler installed (g++, clang++, or MSVC)
• An IDE or text editor (VS Code, Code::Blocks, CLion, etc.)
• Git installed for version control

Recommended Setup

# Check if g++ is installed
g++ --version

# If not installed (Ubuntu/Debian)
sudo apt-get install g++

# If not installed (macOS)
brew install gcc

# If not installed (Windows)
# Install MinGW or use Visual Studio

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🚀 Getting Started

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/adhikareeprayush/CPP-7-Days-Bootcamp.git
   cd CPP-7-Days-Bootcamp

2. Navigate to a day's folder

   cd day1_intro_oop_basics

3. Compile and run a C++ file

   g++ -o output hello_world.cpp
   ./output

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📁 Project Structure

CPP-7-Days-Bootcamp/
├── README.md                          # Main documentation
├── day1_intro_oop_basics/             # Day 1: Introduction & OOP Basics
│   ├── hello_world.cpp
│   └── compare_c_vs_cpp.cpp
├── day2_language_fundamentals/        # Day 2: C++ Fundamentals
│   ├── basic_calculator.cpp
│   ├── io_manipulators_demo.cpp
│   └── main_with_arguments.cpp
├── day3_functions_arrays/             # Day 3: Functions & Arrays
│   ├── array_function.cpp
│   ├── array_pointer.cpp
│   ├── calculate_area.cpp
│   ├── default_message.cpp
│   ├── multiply_overload.cpp
│   ├── pass_by_val_vs_ref.cpp
│   ├── pointers.cpp
│   ├── power.cpp
│   ├── square_cube.cpp
│   ├── strings.cpp
│   └── problems/
│       ├── array_sorting.cpp
│       ├── max_array.cpp
│       └── min_array.cpp
├── day4_classes_objects/              # Day 4: Classes & Objects
│   ├── README.md
│   ├── class.cpp
│   ├── constructors.cpp
│   ├── count.cpp
│   ├── descructors.cpp
│   └── person.cpp
├── day5_inheritance_polymorphism/     # Day 5: Inheritance & Polymorphism
│   ├── README.md
│   ├── access.cpp
│   ├── inheritance.cpp
│   ├── invocation_constructor.cpp
│   ├── polymorphism.cpp
│   └── practice1-3.cpp
├── day6_operator_overloading_file/    # Day 6: Operator Overloading & File I/O
│   ├── README.md
│   ├── add.cpp
│   ├── coordinates.cpp
│   ├── file.cpp
│   ├── friend_function_overloading.cpp
│   └── friend.cpp
└── day7_templates_exception_handling/ # Day 7: Templates & Exception Handling
    └── README.md

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📚 Daily Curriculum

🟢 Day 1 – Introduction to OOP & C++ Basics

Objectives:

• Understand why OOP is needed.
• Get introduced to C++ syntax and structure.

Topics:

• Problems with Procedure-Oriented Programming
• What is OOP? Core concepts: Class, Object, Encapsulation, Abstraction, Inheritance, Polymorphism
• Advantages of OOP
• Overview of C++: History, Features, Use Cases
• First C++ Program (iostream, main(), cout, cin)
• Compile and run in any IDE or terminal

Hands-On:

• Write and run a basic C++ program
• Compare simple C vs. C++ code structure

Day 1/2 Slides:

• Click Here

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🟢 Day 2 – C++ Language Fundamentals

Objectives:

• Learn C++ syntax and data types
• Understand control flow

Topics:

• Keywords, Identifiers, Data Types
• Variables, Constants (const)
• Operators and Expressions
• Conditional Statements (if, switch)
• Loops (for, while, do-while)
• cin and cout, endl, manipulators

Hands-On:

• Create a calculator using conditionals and loops
• Use I/O manipulators for formatting output

Day 1/2 Slides:

• Click Here

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🟢 Day 3 – Functions & Arrays

Objectives:

• Learn about modular programming
• Understand arrays and basics of pointers

Topics:

• Function syntax, declaration/definition
• Function Overloading
• Default Arguments
• Pass by Value vs Reference
• Arrays: 1D, basics of 2D
• Intro to Pointers and Strings

Hands-On:

• Write overloaded functions (e.g., add(int, int) and add(double, double))
• Pass arrays to functions
• Reverse a string using pointer arithmetic

Day 3 Slides:

• Click Here

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🟢 Day 4 – Classes and Objects

Objectives:

• Understand class-based programming
• Work with constructors and destructors

Topics:

• Defining Classes and Objects
• Access Specifiers (private, public, protected)
• Member Functions
• Constructors (default, parameterized)
• Destructors
• this pointer
• Static members

Hands-On:

• Class Student with multiple constructors
• Use static data for count of created objects

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🟢 Day 5 – Inheritance & Polymorphism

Objectives:

• Implement and explore inheritance
• Use virtual functions

Topics:

• Inheritance: single, multilevel
• Base and Derived class relationships
• Constructor invocation order
• Polymorphism basics
• Virtual functions
• Abstract classes (pure virtual functions)

Hands-On:

• Base class Person, derived class Teacher
• Virtual function example with base class pointer

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🟢 Day 6 – Operator Overloading & File I/O

Objectives:

• Understand operator overloading
• Learn how to handle basic file operations

Topics:

• Operator Overloading: +, == as member functions
• Friend function for overloading
• File I/O: fstream, ifstream, ofstream
• Opening, writing, reading from text file

Hands-On:

• Overload + for a Complex number class
• Create a student record manager that writes/reads from file

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🟢 Day 7 – Templates & Exception Handling

Objectives:

• Write reusable code with templates
• Handle errors with exceptions

Topics:

• Function Templates
• Class Templates (intro only)
• Try-Catch-Throw Exception Model
• Catching multiple exceptions
• throw and rethrow

Hands-On:

• Template for swapping two values
• Exception handling for division by zero

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✏️ Extras (as time permits or bonus handouts)

• new / delete – dynamic memory basics
• STL Introduction: vector, stack, map (quick demo)
• Mini Project Suggestion: Student Report Card Generator or Inventory Management

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Certification Task

• Code Push: Raise Pull Request for the code till day 7 to this repo
• Format:
  • BCT: Raise PR in BCT folder, Rename your folder on your name For eg. prayush
  • BEI: Raise PR in BEI folder, Rename your folder on your name For eg. prayush
• Mini Project Submission:
  • Submit the mini project in the same repo by raising another PR.
  • Create project folder inside your folder and put the project there.

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🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you'd like to contribute:

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a new branch (git checkout -b feature/improvement)
3. Make your changes
4. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add new feature')
5. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/improvement)
6. Create a Pull Request

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📝 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

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👨‍💻 Author

Prayush Adhikari

• GitHub: @adhikareeprayush

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