The bubble sort is one of the simplest sorts you can write, from a developer’s perspective. Unfortunately, it is one of the slowest to run from the computer’s perspective. A Bubble Sort works on the following idea. Given a list of values, start at the top value, and look at the next value. If the…
C++ gives you a lot of ways to do math, built into the language directly. Unfortunately, it can get complex – so we’re going to focus on the simple stuff. The order of operation in C++ is the same as in algebra, so that is easy to remember. + is addition – is subtraction *…
Identifiers An identifier is a name of a variable or function in C++. The same basic rules you had in Python exist in C++. Can’t be a reserved word/keyword Case sensitive (name, Name, and NAME are all different things) Can only be used in one context Must start with a letter May have letters, numbers,…
Understanding the Problem It’s easy to assume you understand the problem/what is needed, but that is a false belief in many cases. To get a better idea, look at answering the following questions: Planning a Solution To Build the solution, you need to Plan the Solution: Building from the Plan Building from the plan is…
Process Framework This is the general framework which is used to define how a project will be built and deployed. Umbrella Activities Under the Framework activities are a number of umbrella activities to help manage and control progress, quality, change, and risk. Often people will use tools, or assume that a tool is what solves…
As software’s importance has grown, the software community has continually attempted to develop technologies that will make it easier, faster, and less expensive to to build and support high-quality computer programs. Because of the complexity of the multitude of domains in both how and where software is developed, the odds of finding a unifying method…
Let’s take the simple example from before, and work on getting inputs from a user: In the example, we specifically set the radius, however we want to get that information from the user. With Python, we had a single command, however in C++ getting an input will consist of two steps. First we need to…
Let’s walk through the steps to create a simple C++ program that will calculate a circle’s area using the formula area = pi x r2 First we’ll set up our preprocessor directives, and an empty main function. Next we will need to define variables that will be used by the program. In C/C++ we must…
