Lecture 3 | Programming Abstractions (Stanford)

Lecture 3 by Julie Zelenski for the Programming Abstractions Course (CS106B) in the Stanford Computer Science Department.

Julie goes over C++ libraries and explains what they are and how they are useful. She continues to introduce C++ basics, including strings, various operators on strings and comparing two strings and takes special note that C++ is an 'industrial language' and does not guarantee anything and that the programmer has to be more attentive to finding his/her own bugs.

Complete Playlist for the Course:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=FE6E58F856038C69

CS 106B Course Website:
http://cs106b.stanford.edu

Stanford Center for Professional Development:
http://scpd.stanford.edu/

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http://www.stanford.edu/

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[Pontifican]

I don't understand why they teach their own custom functions from the CIS106 library. why not teach standard functions commonly used like rand(); and srand():. What good is information on their custom library opposed to the standard library functions which perform the same tasks and are widely used and recognized.

[aznkidd07]

They should use standardized libraries. ;/

[krishcool12]

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[dyer85]

@ProvokeLaughter If you can acquire the libs and header files they use, you could follow along more easily. If your goal is learning C++, it's better to learn its standard library first; your source code is portable and the library's behavior is defined by the ISO standard.

What's important, in this course, is learning the basic programming concepts, which you can apply to any language. I'm not a fan of C++, but working through the exercises and assignments can be helpful.

[ProvokeLaughter]

i am rly new to c++, and am partly confused... so if she is not using standard libraries am i not supposed to watch the lectures 'cuz it'd be misleading or 'cuz i won't have the "private" libraries and her way of writing codes in my exam..?

[pufixas]

@imh3r3now1

She said this is not C++ class...

[jamebozo]

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[Spieldamelenium]

:) May I hang out with you Online?, other than that... I'm still rather new to programming.