Resources

During the course you may find the following internet based resources useful. Please note that the University has an extremely fast internet connection and you may be better off downloading non-html files during one of the sessions and saving them to disk rather then downloading them at home.

Local Example Programs

Example C programs to get you started (some of these have errors in them for you to spot)

Free Compilers

You may like to try some of the following free compilers. Note: they can be a little tricky for beginners to set up!

Borland C++

Borland C++ - version 2.01 is available from the following location:

http://community.borland.com/museum/

LCC-Win32

This is a whole developement environment given away for free, it is available from:

http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~lcc-win32/

DJGPP

Another developement environment that is available for free

http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/

Other Resource Sites

aplus.net has an excellent resources site that you may find useful:

The C Resource Page http://www.aplus.net/docs/facts/an-a-plus-c++-resources-directory.htm

C Resources

Hypertext C FAQ, USA.
Hypertext C FAQ, Finland
The comp.lang.c newgroup with its FAQ archive.
The comp.lang.c.moderated newgroup.
Infrequently Asked Questions, by Peter Seebach.
Yahoo catalogue of C and C++.
Information sources include:
- The lysator library.
- The Association of C and C++ Users.
- Learn C/C++ today page maintained by Vinit Carpenter
- Technology Watch: C Archive
- Cera C language resource page.
- C Information supplied by Warwick University.
- Netlib scientific computing repository.
- Archive of the C Users Journal.
- C Programming Resources.
- The C Side by Derek Harper.
- *c:c++ resources by E.J. Inglis-Arkell.
Coding standards include:
- NASA Development Coding Standards and Style Guide.
- Recommended C Style and Coding Standards by L.W. Cannon et al.
- C Style and Coding Standards at Los Alamos National Labs.
C language courses/references include:
- C Programming Reference Guide by Martin Leslie.
- Introductory C Programming by Steve Summit.
- ANSI C for Programmers on Unix Systems and the course homepage by Tim Love, University of Cambridge.
- C Programming at the Central Institute of Technology, New Zealand.
- The ANSI C Standard Library (local copy) and selected help on-line by Ross Richardson, University of Tasmania.
- The C Programmers pages by Rutger van Bergen.
- Dinkum C Library Reference
- A Tutorial on Pointers and Arrays in C by Ted Jensen.
- Programming in C by Dave Marshall, University of Cardiff.
- C Programming by Steve Holmes, University of Strathclyde.
- ANSI C Programming and some exercises by Phil Willis, University of Bath.
- C Lessons by Chris Sawtell
- Introduction to C Programming by Marshall Brian.
- Introduction to Programming in C at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
- Phil's C Course by Phil Ottewell.
- C Language Tutorial by Gordon Dodrill.
- C and Unix notes by Jon Campbell.
- C Programming Language Information by J Blustein.
- The Ground Cero Guide To C by Henrik Sorensen.
- C Tutorials stored at RAL.
- C Programmer's Page
- Introduction a la programmation en ANSI-C by H Faber, (French).
Other bits and pieces:
- WebIndent for formatting your C/C++ code in various styles by Saveen Reddy.
- The International Obfuscated C Code Contest some prime examples of how to write very confusing C code.
- The SNIPPETS collection of C/C++ code by Bob Stout.

C++ Resources

Hypertext C++ FAQ by Marshall Cline, America.
The comp.lang.c++ newgroup with its FAQ archive.
Hypertext C++ Standard FAQ.
Gnu C++ compiler FAQ
Hypertext Available C++ Libraries FAQ.
Yahoo catalogue of C and C++.
January 1996 Working Paper.
Public Review Comment Period for C++ (ANSI draft standard) (UK Mirror).
Cetus Object Orientation
Information sources include:
- C++ Resources by Chris Oldcorn.
- The Association of C and C++ Users.
- C++ Resources by Bruce Eckel.
- Learn C/C++ today page maintained by Vinit Carpenter
- C++ information supplied by Warwick University.
- C++ archive at Darmstadt.
- Cera C++ language resource page.
- Quadralay C++ Archive.
- Software Engineering Resources by Robert Mudge.
- Scott Meyers - Effective C++ and More Effective C++.
- Netlib scientific computing repository.
- *c:c++ resources by E.J. Inglis-Arkell.
- EMS Professional shareware lists:
The C++ Virtual Library that contains links to:
- C++ and Object Oriented information.
- Learning C++.
- C++ packages.
Analysis and Design methods and tools include:
- Rational Software Corporation which is developing the Booch and Rumbaugh Unified Method of Notation.
- Graphical Designer from Advanced Software Technologies, Inc.
C++ language courses/references include:
- C++ course and advanced C++ course in the this department.
- The GNA C++ course at MIT.
- Crash Course in C++ for C Programmers by Bruce Eckel.
- Introduction to Object Oriented Programming using C++ by Peter Müller.
- C++ Annotations at the state University of Groningen, the Netherlands.
- Object Oriented Programming with C++ by Aaron Naiman.
- Introduction to MFC Programming with Visual C++ by Marshall Brain.
- The Dinkum C++ Library Reference.
- Understanding C++: An Accelerated Introduction by Marshall Brian and Kevin Campbell.
- Other Interface Technology on-line courses.
- From the Ground Up: A Guide to C++
- PowerPoint OOP/C++ course slides by Joseph Gil.
- C++ From Scratch: Intro to C++ Programming (Commercial).
C++ articles include:
- Exception Handling: A False Sense of Security by Tom Cargill.
- C++ Critique by Ian Joyner
C++ examples include:
- Examples from O'Reilly Nutshell book "C++ The Core Language".
Standard Template Library (STL) reference sources include:
- Hewlett Packard reference STL implementation from ftp://butler.hpl.hp.com/stl or ftp://ftp.cs.rpi.edu.pub/stl.
- The Standard Template Library.
- The Standard Template Library Tutorial by Johannes Weidl.
- The STL Made Simple by Bruce Eckel.
- The Dinkum Standard Template Library Reference.
- STL - Standard Template Library.
- STL Newbie guide.
- STL Web Site.
- STL Tutorial.
- Safe STL.
- Programming with the Standard Template Library.