Not only can you use templates for a primitive data type within functions, but also within classes. Consider the following example: The methods are similar to a non-template class, however, each method is a template itself, so you have to adjust a few things. For example, you have to specify template<typename T> before each method….
Templates are like a way to simplify making overloaded functions, by allowing for a function with generic data types to be written, to have the compiler change at compile time. The Generic Version of this would look like: Think of something like where you want to determine the max value of two variables. Well, you…
In addition to the standard tags that you often find people using, there are several optional tags which can be used to help organize the data. Browsers and/or libraries will sometimes use these additional tags to help organize your information and make it more user accessible, especially when dealing with large amounts of information. <thead>…
A table actually isn’t a single tag, but is made up of several tags working together. Some of these tags are required, however, most are optional. Now tables are a bit unique because of the number of optional tags you can define, and how that will help you design and improve the usability of the…
Tables were starting to be used years ago, and unfortunately, they started to be used for bad things (web page layout). This caused a lot of people to shun tables, and try to find ways to avoid using tables, even when it was the right set of tags to use. This is unfortunately just as…
We’ve talked about Constructors in C++ already. One of the special methods, along with Destructors, that C++ offers. There is a third, special method which C++ offers. That is called a Copy Constructor. The Copy Constructor is a special type of constructor, which is intended for use when you duplicate an object. Some people will…
We’ve looked at Constructors in C++ to create an object, and building an object with new. However, what happens when we no longer need that object? That’s where a destructor is called. It is built into all objects, and if you don’t define one, a default one will be called for you. The destructor’s job…
this, is a special keyword and pointer. It points to the very object is it in… you may think of it as self-referencing to it’s own object. This is important in case a class method has a parameter name with the same name as a class property. If the keyword this is not used, then…
