Inheritance and Polymorphism in C++

This lesson is designed to enhance your object-oriented programming skills by focusing on two concepts: inheritance and polymorphism. We'll cover the key concepts and then put them to practice with a couple of demo projects towards the end of the lesson.

Learning Objectives

• Learn about base classes and derived classes and how they are related
• Understand how different base classes can be used to control how derived classes inherit data and behaviors from their base classes
• Understand the fundamentals of polymorphism
• Learn about enumerated types in C++

Intended Audience

• Beginner coders, new to C++
• Developers looking to upskill by adding C++ to their CV
• College students and anyone studying C++

Prerequisites

To get the most out of this lesson, you should have a basic understanding of the fundamentals of C++.