GSI Lectures on C++ for experimental physicists

Spring 2005, Thursday 10:00-12:00, discussion room DVEE, SB 2.239b

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Feedback

The first set of sessions ended at 16/06. If you have feedback to improve the lectures or further topics for futures sessions please add them to page CppFeedback or mail to KilianSchwarz.

Topics

The lecture series introduces C++ on a level needed to use C++ based frameworks or toolkits for experimental high energy and nuclear physics like ROOT, Geant4, VMC or Go4. The main topics are:

• General introduction to C++ for programmer. No introduction to programming! Knowledge of at least one programming language is highly recommended.
• Root introduction and advanced techniques. Prerequisite is the knowledge of C++.
• Introduction to simulation packages: Virtual Monte Carlo, Geant4. Prerequisite is the knowledge of C++.
• ...

The lecture program in detail will evolve and can be influenced by the needs of the participants. Feel free to propose topics at TopicList.

Sessions

• 24/03, C++ Basics I, PeterMalzacher, example code: hello_v0, hello_v1, hello_v2, intercepts, HowOldAreYou

• 31/03, C++ Basics II, PeterMalzacher

• 07/04, Example: A Desk Calculator, PeterMalzacher, example code: calculator_v0, calculator_v1

• 14/04, Classes I, PeterMalzacher

• 21/04, Introduction to Root I: Using the C++ Interpreter CINT and Basic Classes (pdf) (ppt), JoernAdamczewski
  • hsimple: hsimple.C
  • plothistos: plothistos.C,
  • convertfile: convertfile.C, convertfile.h, main.cxx, Makefile
  • input file for exercise: input.dat

• 28/04, Inheritance, Memory Management, PeterMalzacher, example code: Noisy

• 05/05, public holiday
• 12/05, Introduction to STL, AnarManafov (ppt)
• 19/05, Full day hands-on session: Design&Implementation of an OO Calculator.
• 26/05, public holiday
• 02/06, Discussion on previous Calculator hands-on session, PeterMalzacher
• 09/06, Introduction to Root part II: TCollection, TTree, adding own classes, (pdf) (ppt), JoernAdamczewski
  • collections: collection.C
  • tree (need Event.h and libEvent.so from $ROOTSYS/test): tree4.C

• 16/06, Full day hands-on session: OO Calculator continued.

Exercises

• DeskCalculator

Links

C++ Forum at GSI

Teacher

JoernAdamczewski, Mohammad Al-Turany, Denis Bertini, HansEssel, Xiaomei Li, PeterMalzacher, AnarManafov, RobertManteufel, KilianSchwarz

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