Course Overview
Welcome to “Introduction to Inheritance and Polymorphism in C++,” a course designed to help you master two fundamental concepts of object-oriented programming. Whether you’re new to C++ or looking to deepen your understanding, this course provides the essential knowledge you need to create flexible and maintainable code.
We’ll begin with the basics of inheritance, explaining how it allows one class to derive properties and behaviors from another. You’ll learn about different types of inheritance, including single, multiple, multilevel, hierarchical, and hybrid inheritance, as well as how access control affects inheritance in C++.
The course then explores polymorphism, explaining how it enables objects to be treated as instances of their parent class. You’ll understand the differences between compile-time polymorphism (function and operator overloading) and run-time polymorphism (using virtual functions). We’ll dive into real-world examples to illustrate these concepts in action.
With hands-on code examples, you’ll see how to implement single inheritance, compile-time polymorphism through function and operator overloading, and more.
