1. COP 3330 Object-oriented Programming in C++
Introduction
Spring 2019

2. Welcome to COP 3330 Course Website:
Almost Everything about the course can be found here
Syllabus, announcements, schedules, slides, assignments, resource…..
Make sure you check the course website periodically
Canvas: assignment submission, grades, quizzes (maybe)
Please read the class syllabus, policies, and lecture schedule; ask now if you have questions
No recitations the first week!
FSU first day attendance policy

3. Instructor Peixiang Zhao
Associate professor at
Office: LOV 262
zhao at cs dot fsu dot edu
Webpage:
Office hours: Tuesday 2pm – 4pm, or by appointment
me whenever you have questions. I’d love to hear from all of you!
Tell me about the things you are working on, or anything you find interesting 

4. TAs 2.5 TAs (who?) will be assigned to us this semester
Recitations (5 sections)
Start from 2nd week
Assignments
Quizzes
Grading exams
…..
More information will be provided shortly 

5. You
Why programming? Why C++? What are my expectations from this class?
Am I eligible? Am I ready?
Prerequisite: C- or better in COP 3014 (or equivalent classes)
How to get a CS account? (Resource page)
Is COP 3330 hard and challenging?
How to ace this class?
How to pass this class?
How to fail this class?
Please read carefully the course policy and the academic honor policy in FSU
What’s next after COP 3330?

6. Why Programming? Why programming is important?
A new way of thinking and communication
A human creative skill acquired by experience
Leverage computers/machines to solve problems
Science & art
Interesting and challenging opportunities to disrupt our life
Decent jobs and bright futures ……

7. Why C++? Popularity
TIOBE Index, January 2019

8. Why C++? Companies

9. Why C++? Browsers

10. Why C++? Software

11. Why C++? Games (Almost Universally)

12. Why C++? Machines
The F-35 Lightning II (Joint Strike Fighter) relies extensively on C++
The Spirit rover was operational for over 6 years when the mission was only planned to run for around 3 months

13. Why C++? When performance becomes the number one principle
When you want to fully control your software/systems
When you want to clearly know how computer resources are used ……
n. When your boss asks you to do so …
So in the right hands its speed and ability to cheaply use resources should be able to surpass other languages!

14. Why NOT C++? God damn hard! Poor readability and portability
“The problem that I have with them today is that... C++ is too complicated.” by Donald Knuth
“It does a lot of things half well and it’s just a garbage
heap of ideas that are mutually exclusive.” by Ken Thompson
Poor readability and portability
Lack full-featured standard libraries
Lack of reflection, garbage collection, verbose error messages (particular from template metaprogramming) ……

15. Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie, creators of the C language
A Brief C++ History
K&R created C in 1972
Fast, simple, cross-platform 
No objects or classes 
Difficult to write code that work
generically
Tedious when write large programs
In 1983, C++ was created by Bjarne Stroustrup
Allow the programmer full control if they want it
Don’t sacrifice performance except as a last resort
Only add features if they solve an actual problem
Enforce safety at compile time whenever possible ……
Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie, creators of the C language

16. A Brief C++ History C++ C++98 C++03 C++11 C++14 C++17 C++20
1979
1983
1998
2003
2011
2014
2017
2020
C with Classes
You are here

17. Programming Tools Recommendation
Unix/Linux, g++/gcc, make
Our default platform for assignment evaluation (linprog.cs.fsu.edu)
Tmux, vim, YouCompleteMe (Emacs, Atom, Sublime Text 3)…
Gdb, valgrind, git, ……
Windows: Visual Studio
QtCreator
JebBrains Clion ……

18. Our First C++ Program: hello.cpp
#include <iostream>
int main() {
std::cout << "Hello world!" << std::endl;
return 0; }
Talk is cheap. Show me the code. --- Linus Torvalds

19. Logistics

20. Questions