AP Computer Science Workshop

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The AP CS C++ Idiom

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• C++

• Classes and Objects
  Declaring Classes (with Line example)
  Constructing and Using Objects (more Line examples)
  
  Example: Palindrome Program
  Defining Member Functions (more Line examples)
  
  Example: Fraction.h and Fraction.cpp

• Details and the AP CS Idiom
• Constructors and Initialization Lists, Copy and Conversion Constructors
• Accessors vs Modifiers
• Const, const, const, const, ...
• Pass-by-value, Pass-by-reference, Pass-by-const-ref
• Helper Member Functions (i.e., Avoiding Friends)

Example: Fraction.h and Fraction.cpp
• Preconditions and Postconditions
• Marine Biology Case Study and Teacher's Guide

• Some More Info about Basic C++

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Alyce Brady, Kalamazoo College