{"title":"Course Setup","description":"","content":"C++ has a reputation for being hard, and to be fair, some of that reputation is earned.\n\nThe language is large. It gives you a lot of low-level control. And yes, the error messages can feel intimidating at first.\n\nBut C++ is also the language behind game engines, browsers, databases, trading systems, embedded systems, and large parts of the operating systems we use every day. It is powerful, fast, and absolutely worth learning.\n\nThis course takes you from your first line of C++ to the features experienced C++ engineers actually use in real projects.\n\nYou don’t need any prior C++ experience. You also don’t need to install a compiler. Everything is set up so you can start writing and running code right away.\n\nBy the end, you’ll be able to read real C++ code with confidence and understand what is happening instead of getting lost in syntax.\n\nThe lessons are short and focused. The fundamentals are best followed in order. Once you are past the basics, the rest of the course becomes more modular, so you can jump into the topics you care about most.\n\n---\n\n# What You'll Learn\n\nThe course is divided into four broad parts. Each part builds on the previous one.\n\n\n| Group | What's Inside |\n|-------|---------------|\n| C++ basics | Syntax, variables, control flow, functions, arrays, strings |\n| Memory and OOP | Pointers and references, enums and structs, classes, inheritance, polymorphism, abstraction |\n| Advanced features | Operator overloading, templates, exception handling, memory management, the STL |\n| Tooling and modern C++ | File I/O, namespaces, preprocessor, concurrency, modern C++ features, build systems, best practices |\n\n\nC++ is one of those languages where rushing the basics can cost you later.\n\nPointers, references, and memory management are not side topics. They are the foundation for understanding how real C++ code works.\n\nThe course is ordered carefully so you build a strong grip on these ideas before moving into templates, the STL, concurrency, and modern C++ features.\n\n---\n\n# The E-Commerce Domain\n\nC++ tutorials often use examples that feel far removed from real software: an `Animal` class with `Dog` and `Cat`, a `Shape` class with `Circle` and `Square`, factorials, or the Fibonacci sequence.\n\nThis course takes a more practical approach.\n\nEvery example is built around a small online store: products with names and prices, stock counts, shopping carts, orders moving through statuses like placed, shipped, and delivered, plus customers, reviews, and ratings.\n\nThat consistency matters. The `Product` struct you create in the basics keeps coming back as the course progresses. First as a simple struct, then as a class with methods, then with inheritance, then as a template parameter, and later inside STL containers.\n\nYou are not learning a brand-new example in every lesson. You are watching the same familiar domain grow as your C++ skills grow.\n\nYou don’t need any e-commerce background. If you have ever bought something online, you already understand the context. No SKUs, no payment processors, no jargon.\n\n---\n\n# How This Course Works\n\nThis course is interactive.\n\nEvery C++ code block on the site has a **Run** button. When you click it, your code is compiled and executed right in the browser, and the output appears below the editor.\n\nYou can edit the code, change a value, add a line, break it on purpose, and run it again to see what happens.\n\nThe full C++ standard library is available, so you can use things like ``, ``, ``, ``, ``, and more without any setup.\n\nYou don’t need to install a toolchain to get started. No compiler. No IDE. No CMake. No Makefiles.\n\nLater, if you want to set up C++ on your own machine, lesson 6 of the introduction section walks you through installing a compiler. Every example in this course can be copied and compiled locally without changes.\n\n---\n\n# Try It: A Quick Test\n\nRun this before you start. If you see the expected output, your browser and the runner are working together and the rest of the course will run the same way.\n\n\n```cpp\n#include \n\nint main() {\n std::cout << \"Hello from the C++ course!\" << std::endl;\n return 0;\n}\n```\n\n\nIf that worked, setup is done. If you got an error or nothing happened, refresh the page. If it still won't run, let us know in the comments or through the feedback button.","pageType":"cpp"}

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