Introduction to C++ Programming and Graphics

✍ Scribed by C. Pozrikidis

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 383
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book offers a venue for rapidly learning the language of C++ by concisely revealing its grammar, syntax and main features, and by explaining the key ideas behind object oriented programming (OOP) with emphasis on scientific computing. The book reviews elemental concepts of computers and computing, describes the primary features of C++, illustrates the use of pointers and user-defined functions, analyzes the construction of classes, and discusses graphics programming based on VOGLE and OpenGL. In short, the book is a basic, concise introduction to C++ programming for everyone from students to scientists and engineers seeking a quick grasp of key topics.

✦ Table of Contents

0387689923......Page 1
Introduction to C++ Programming and Graphics......Page 2
Preface......Page 6
Contents......Page 10
1 Computers and Computing......Page 13
2 General Features of C++......Page 36
3 Programming in C++......Page 59
4 User-Defined Functions......Page 103
5 Pointers......Page 139
6 Classes and Objects......Page 161
7 Graphics Programming with VOGLE......Page 209
8 Graphics Programming with GLUT, GLUI, and GTK+......Page 264
9 Using Matlab......Page 299
Unix Primer......Page 326