# C++ Basic Programming – TA Team Initiative Welcome to the **C++ Basic Programming Course Repository** — a comprehensive, community-driven learning resource. This project is more than a collection of materials — it’s a living documentation of how our teaching team collaborates, mentors, and builds a hands-on learning experience for students. --- ## Purpose and Vision Our mission is to ensure that every student not only understands C++ concepts but can also **apply them confidently through coding, problem-solving, and projects.** We believe that **learning to code** should be an active, guided process — not a passive one. To achieve that, we combine theory from lectures with practice, mentorship, and structured documentation. --- ## What This Repository Contains | Section | Description | | ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **/overview/** | Conceptual overviews for each lecture week — theory summaries, examples, and key takeaways. | | **/workshops/** | Hands-on guided activities for each topic, designed to help students learn by doing. | | **/assignments/** | Weekly assignments that reinforce lecture material and build problem-solving skills. | All sections are written in **Markdown**, making them easy to read, modify, and publish (e.g., on GitHub Pages or Quartz). --- ## Our Teaching Model Our approach combines **theoretical coverage, active practice, and close mentorship**: 1. **Weekly Lectures** - Delivered by the professor. - Introduce core programming concepts in C++. 2. **Workshops** - Designed and run by TAs. - Translate concepts into hands-on coding experiences. - Encourage collaboration and experimentation. 3. **Assignments** - Weekly exercises that challenge students to apply what they’ve learned. - Reviewed and discussed with mentors. 4. **Mentorship** - Each TA mentors a small group of students. - Provides personalized support, code reviews, and guidance. - Builds a feedback loop between students, TAs, and the professor. --- ## Why We Document This We’re documenting everything we do for three major reasons: 1. **Comprehensiveness for Learners** Provide a high-quality, public resource for current students and self-learners outside the university. 2. **Pedagogical Transparency** Allow educators and future TA teams to see and improve upon our structure, methods, and materials. 3. **Continuity and Growth** Leave behind a foundation that future teaching teams or other institutions can build upon, adapt, and evolve. --- ## Course Topics Overview | Week | Topic | Description | Overview | Workshop | Assignment | | ---- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | 1 | **Algorithmic Thinking & Problem-Solving** | Develop foundational skills in algorithm design: representing problems with flowcharts and pseudocode, and reasoning about step-by-step solutions. | [Overview](src/content/01-topics/01-problem-solving/0-Overview.md) | - | [Assignment](src/content/01-topics/01-problem-solving/2-Assignment.md) | | 2 | **Introduction to C++ & Basic Programming Constructs & Data Types** | Get started with C++: setting up the IDE, basic syntax, compiling and linking, and simple programs. Understand fundamental data types, expressions and operations | [Overview](src/content/01-topics/02-basics-and-data-types/0-Overview.md) | [Workshop](src/content/01-topics/02-basics-and-data-types/1-Workshop.md) | [Assignment](src/content/01-topics/02-basics-and-data-types/2-Assignment.md) | | 3 | **Control Structures** | Move into control flow with logical operators, `if/else`, `switch`, loops, iteration and avoiding infinite loops. | [Overview](src/content/01-topics/03-conditions-loops/0-Overview.md) | [Workshop](src/content/01-topics/03-conditions-loops/1-Workshop.md) | [Assignment](src/content/01-topics/03-conditions-loops/2-Assignment.md) | | 4 | **Functions & Modular Design** | Learn how to design and call functions in C++, including `void` vs return-type, parameter passing, overloading, and thinking in modular pieces. | [Overview](src/content/01-topics/04-function-1/0-Overview.md) | [Workshop](src/content/01-topics/04-function-1/1-Workshop.md) | [Assignment](src/content/01-topics/04-function-1/2-Assignment.md) | | 5 | **Arrays, Strings & Multidimensional Data** | Explore static arrays, C++ strings and multidimensional data structures. Incorporate memory-thinking in simple data manipulations. | | | | | 6 | **Advanced Functions & Recursion** | Deepen function usage with recursion, higher-level thinking about how functions call themselves, and problem-solving patterns that leverage recursion. | | | | | 7 | **Pointers & Dynamic Memory** | Dive into pointers, dynamic memory allocation/deallocation (e.g., `new`, `delete`), pointer arithmetic, and how memory model impacts correct usage of arrays/strings. | | | | | 8 | **File I/O, Structs & A Very Brief Introduction to Object-Oriented Concepts** | Work with file input/output streams, define and use `struct`s, and get a first glance at OOP mindset | | | | | 9 | **Mini Project** | Integrate the learned topics into a hands-on project: design, implement, test a moderately sized application showcasing applied algorithms, data structures and modular code. | | | | | 10 | **Final Project & Wrap-up** | Launch the final project with full guidelines: design documentation, coding standards, testing, and presentation. Wrap up with reflections and next steps in C++ or software development. | | | | --- ## Long-Term Goals - Create a **sustainable, evolving educational model** that balances theory and practice. - Encourage **open-source education** — anyone can learn from or contribute to our materials. - Serve as a **baseline for future educators** in teaching programming effectively. --- ## The Team - **Professor**: [Dr. Saeed Reza Kheradpisheh](https://github.com/SRKH) - **Head Teaching Assistant:**[ Mehrdad Shirvani](https://github.com/MehrdadShirvani) - **Teaching Assistants (Alphabetical by Last Name):** - [Aeen Bolandian](https://github.com/aeen-bolandian/) - [Ali Ghaedrahmat](https://github.com/aliGhaedrahmat/) - [Aryan Ghasemi](https://github.com/aryanGh-imp) - [Mahdi Hoseinpoor](https://github.com/MahdiHoseinpoor) - [Mohammad Hossein Jaafari](https://github.com/MMDHosain) - [Raha Rokni](https://github.com/raharokni) - [Partow Roshani](https://github.com/PartowRoshani) - [Soroush Saberi](https://github.com/Soroushsbr) - [MohammadFazel Sadeghizad](https://github.com/Sadeghizad) - [Sadra Seyedtabaei](https://github.com/Sadra3st) ## Contributing We welcome contributions — whether you’re a TA, a student, or an educator from another institution. If you’d like to: - Improve explanations or examples - Add new workshop exercises - Suggest assignment ideas - Translate materials Please open a **pull request** or contact us. --- ## Tech Stack If this repository includes interactive code or materials, consider mentioning: - **Markdown** for documentation - **C++** for code examples - **GitHub Pages / Quartz** for deploying the website - **VS Code** for coding environment --- ## License All materials are shared under the **Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA)** license. You’re free to learn, adapt, and build upon our content — just credit the authors and share alike. --- > — _C++ SBU CS TA Team, 2025_