C++: A Dialog Programming with the C++ Standard Library

Chapter 11. The Home Inventory Project

Now that we have enough tools to start working on a somewhat more realistic project, what sort of project should that be? I've spent some time thinking that question over and have come up with what I think is a good way to hone our skills as well as advance them: a “home inventory program” to keep track of the myriad objects, technically known as “stuff”, that we have lying around in our houses or apartments. When you consider that insurance companies are a lot happier and quicker to pay after a loss if you have an up-to-date list of your possessions, with any luck this program may actually be useful as well as instructive! Of course before we start, we need to define some terms and establish some objectives ...