Bonus Week at a Glance
You have finished learning C in 21 days. By now you should
feel comfortable with the C programming language.
Additionally, you should feel comfortable creating your own
programs.Where You’re Going ..........................................................................................
Most people who learn C also want to understand other pro-
gramming languages. This bonus week covers three addition-
al programming languages—C++, Java, and C#. Although the
next few days don’t provide comprehensive coverage, they
will give you an understanding of what these languages are.
They will also give you enough information to be able to
build fully functioning small-scale projects using these lan-
guages.
During the next few days, you will find that C++, Java, and
C# are very similar to C. You’ll also learn a little on how they
differ from C. Bonus Day 1, “Object-Oriented Programming
Languages,” gives you an overview of object-oriented pro-
gramming as well as a high-level perspective on C++, Java,
and C#. Most important, you’ll learn the key constructs for
doing object-oriented programming.
Bonus Days 2 and 3 will cover C++. C++ is the most popular
object-oriented language and is very similar to C. In fact,
C++ is a superset of C. Odds are that the compiler on which
you learned to program C also compiles C++ programs.
You’ll learn more about C++ in the next few days.BONUS WEEK BD1
BD2
BD3
BD4
BD5
BD6
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