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Object-Oriented Programming: Operator Overloading and Project Logistics

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CS-112(i): Object oriented programming

L'objectif de ce cours est de développer des compétences de base en programmation. L'accent sera mis sur l'approche orientée-objet laquelle renforce la réutilisabilité, la maintenabilité et la fiabilité des programmes. Des fondamentaux d'algorithmique sero ...

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This lecture covers the logistics of an upcoming project and introduces the concept of operator overloading in C++. The instructor begins by discussing the project, which involves simulating a complex system related to tumor treatment through glucose inhibition. Students will create a graphical application that simulates a laboratory environment with hamsters, where they can manipulate variables and observe the effects of different substances on tumor cells. The project aims to teach students about object-oriented programming concepts, including classes, methods, and operator overloading. The instructor emphasizes the importance of understanding constructors and how to properly initialize class attributes. The lecture also includes practical examples of operator overloading, demonstrating how to define custom behaviors for operators in user-defined classes. Students are encouraged to engage with the course materials and utilize provided resources, including a forum for questions and discussions. The session concludes with reminders about project deadlines and the importance of collaboration in group work.

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Instructor

Jamila Sam

Jamila Sam is currently senior researcher and lecturer at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland).

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Theoretical computer science

Programming language theory: High-level programming languages

Related concepts (31)

Object-oriented programming

Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) is a programming paradigm based on the concept of "objects", which can contain data and code. The data is in the form of fields (often known as attributes or properties), and the code is in the form of procedures (often known as methods). A common feature of objects is that procedures (or methods) are attached to them and can access and modify the object's data fields. In this brand of OOP, there is usually a special name such as or used to refer to the current object.

Functional programming

In computer science, functional programming is a programming paradigm where programs are constructed by applying and composing functions. It is a declarative programming paradigm in which function definitions are trees of expressions that map values to other values, rather than a sequence of imperative statements which update the running state of the program. In functional programming, functions are treated as first-class citizens, meaning that they can be bound to names (including local identifiers), passed as arguments, and returned from other functions, just as any other data type can.

Procedural programming

Procedural programming is a programming paradigm, derived from imperative programming, based on the concept of the procedure call. Procedures (a type of routine or subroutine) simply contain a series of computational steps to be carried out. Any given procedure might be called at any point during a program's execution, including by other procedures or itself. The first major procedural programming languages appeared circa 1957–1964, including Fortran, ALGOL, COBOL, PL/I and BASIC. Pascal and C were published circa 1970–1972.

Operators in C and C++

This is a list of operators in the C and C++ programming languages. All the operators (except typeof) listed exist in C++; the column "Included in C", states whether an operator is also present in C. Note that C does not support operator overloading. When not overloaded, for the operators &&, ||, and , (the comma operator), there is a sequence point after the evaluation of the first operand. C++ also contains the type conversion operators const_cast, static_cast, dynamic_cast, and reinterpret_cast.

Operator (computer programming)

In computer programming, operators are constructs defined within programming languages which behave generally like functions, but which differ syntactically or semantically. Common simple examples include arithmetic (e.g. addition with +), comparison (e.g. "greater than" with >), and logical operations (e.g. AND, also written && in some languages). More involved examples include assignment (usually = or :=), field access in a record or object (usually .), and the scope resolution operator (often :: or .).

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