Learning to Program in C++

Review

We started out this chapter by considering the problem of keeping track of all the "stuff" that we accumulate in our homes. This happens to make a good project to illustrate the use of the C++ tools that we've already covered, as well as to introduce a few new tools along the way. It also has the fortunate characteristic that the finished program might actually be useful.

Once we selected a project, the next step was to figure out exactly what the program should do.^[15] In this case, we wanted to be able to keep track of the type of object, date of acquisition, price, and description for every item in the home, as well as any additional information needed for specific types of objects. An example is the CD, for which the additional information ...