Summary

In this hour you saw how to bring together many of the elements of C++ syntax and apply them to object-oriented analysis, design, and programming. The development cycle is not a linear progression from clean analysis through design and culminating in programming; rather, it is, in fact, cyclical. The first phase is typically analysis of the problem, with the results of that analysis forming the basis for the preliminary design.

After a preliminary design is complete, programming can begin; but the lessons learned during the programming phase are fed back into the analysis and design. As programming progresses, testing and then debugging begin. The cycle continues, never really ending, although discrete points are reached. There comes ...

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