Week 9 - Defining Types (Enums, Typedef, and Structs)

Learning objectives

Upon finishing this learning module, you should be able to:

  • Use enums and typedefs to improve code readability and safety
  • Use structs to represent heterogeneous collections of data

Suggested Schedule

Day 1

  • Enums, Typedef & Namespaces
  • Do Enum CPPLab

Day 2

  • Structs
  • Do Struct CPPLab

Day 3

  • Structs and arrays
  • Intro final assignment

Day 4

  • Holiday!

Activity Outline

This week we are hitting some topics that are not covered in the regular part of the book. It is more important than usual that you check out the code samples from the files area in elearn

Enums & Typedef

Read learncpp.com's enum page and the book's online enum supplement

Read leancpp.com's Typedef page

This video adds a couple important points about enums and typedef's—watch it after reading the pages listed above:

Do Enums CPPLab

Structs

Read learncpp.com's struct page

These videos cover structs and introduce some concepts that are not covered in the reading. This first one should be enough to prepare you for the CPPLab.

Do Structs CPPLab

This video demonstrates managing more complex data by combining structs and arrays. It will help get you ready for the last assignment.

Assignment

Start working on the last major assignment. You have longer to work on it, but this assignment does require a bit of work to get set up and going, so be sure to start early.