This textbook aims at familiarizing the software developers with the concept of object Oriented Programming. This textbook covers the basic features of C++ in a simple and effective way. The line by line explanations of each program. A unique feature of the textbook, enables the students with no previous programming experience to gain a through and practical understanding of C++. the chapters are arranged in pedagogical sequence that makes it very effective in learning the features and capabilities of the software. Table of Contents: br>Chapter 1: Introduction to C++ br>Chapter 2: getting started with C++ br>Chapter 3: control statements br>Chapter 4: functions and arrays br>Chapter 5: strings, pointers, and structures br>Chapter 6: Union, enumeration, and pre-processor br>Chapter 7: Data structure br>Chapter 8: classes and objects br>Chapter 9: constructors, destructor, and operator overloading br>Chapter 10: inheritance br>Chapter 11: virtual functions and polymorphism br>Chapter 12: The C++ console I/br>o operations br>Chapter 13: exception handling br>Chapter 14: The file I/br>o system index.