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For 2023 (and 2024 ...) - we are now fully retired from IT training.
We have made many, many friends over 25 years of teaching about Python, Tcl, Perl, PHP, Lua, Java, C and C++ - and MySQL, Linux and Solaris/SunOS too. Our training notes are now very much out of date, but due to upward compatability most of our examples remain operational and even relevant ad you are welcome to make us if them "as seen" and at your own risk.

Lisa and I (Graham) now live in what was our training centre in Melksham - happy to meet with former delegates here - but do check ahead before coming round. We are far from inactive - rather, enjoying the times that we are retired but still healthy enough in mind and body to be active!

I am also active in many other area and still look after a lot of web sites - you can find an index ((here))
Hello World in C++ - a first program, with the process explained

"Hello World" programs - traditionally (a good tradition) te first example on a proogramming course in any language - just output the words "Hello World" or similar text and do little else. They show learners / students / delegates the mechanism of working with a language in te simplest possible example - how to enter the code, how to turn the code into something that can be run, and how to actually run it.

Here's a "hello world" program in C++ - this text being entered into a file with an extenstion ".c++" or ".cpp" using your "favourite text editor". Use gedit, use notepad or notepad++, use emacs, nano or vi. (This text is know as the souce code)

  #include <iostream>
  using namespace std;
  int main() {
     cout << "Welcome - and enjoy your C++ course" << endl;
  }


In C++, having entered the file of text you need to convert it into an "executable program" - a file of instructions for that the processor of your computer understands rather than the English-like (!) language of C++. This process is known as "compiling" and on Unix / inux / OSX systems the easiest way is often the "make" utility:

  WomanWithCat:harwell grahamellis$ make hw
  c++ hw.cpp -o hw
  WomanWithCat:harwell grahamellis$


The resultant file - called hw in our example - can then be run as follows:

  WomanWithCat:harwell grahamellis$ ./hw
  Welcome - and enjoy your C++ course
  WomanWithCat:harwell grahamellis$


An exercise such as this may appear trivial, but it lets delegates who are using our systems (or who are new to the tools on thei own systems) get a first bite at using the elements and pasting them together - and those who are used to scripting or pseudo-scripting languages to come to terms with the need for an extra compile stage for C or C++.

Source code at [here].
(written 2015-10-30)

 
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  [4562] Left shift operator on an output stream object - C++ - (2015-10-30)


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