INFN Course on C++, Root and GEANT 4

13 Dec 2010, 08:00 → 14 Dec 2010, 19:00 Europe/Rome

INFN - Laboratori Nazionali del Sud

Giuseppe Cirrone (LNS)

Registration is closed as the maximum number of participants have been reached. Please send an e-mail to cirrone@lns.infn.it to ask if extra registration is still possible This is a two-days course on C++ programming and object oriented techniques (basic level) at Laboratori Nazionali del Sud of INFN on December 13th and 14th 2010. The course will be devoted to the theoretical and practical aspects of basic principles of C++ programming. Half a day will focus on the introduction of two C++ based scientific tools: the ROOT analysis framework and the Geant4 Monte Carlo simulation toolkit. All participants must have a laptop with an installed C++ compiler. Windows users are requested to install, on his own, Dev-C++ BEFORE beginning of the course.

Click here to download a PDF version of the Timetable C++_Course_Timetable.pdf

Monday, 13 December

09:30 → 11:30 Introduction to C, Prof. Corrado Santoro

Basics of C programming
Concepts of "object" and "class";
Model of Object Oriented programming;
C++ syntax;
Definition of "Class";
Methods and attributes;
Visibility;
Constructors and distractors
Examples of usage

slides 01-_Richiami_di_C.pdf

slides 02-_Costrutti_if_e_while.pdf

slides 03-_Dichiarazione_di_funzioni.pdf

slides 04-_Costrutti_di_while_e_operazioni_embedded.pdf

11:30 → 12:00 Coffee Break

12:00 → 13:30 C++ Introduction and first elements, Prof. Corrado Santoro

slides 05-_Introduzione_al_C++.pdf

slides 06-_Encapsulation_e_Inheritance.pdf

13:30 → 15:00 Lunch

15:00 → 16:30 Advanced elements of C++, Prof. Corrado Santoro

Objects and pointers;
Ereditariety and virtual inheritance;
Abstract classes;
Examples of usage

16:30 → 17:00 Break

17:00 → 18:00 Advanced elements of C++: practical exercises, Prof. Corrado Santoro

Tuesday, 14 December

09:00 → 09:45 Advanced elements of C++, Dr. Pablo Cirrone / Prof. Corrado Santoro

Leftover of the previous day (exercises, questions, etc.)
Brief introduction to the concept of design patterns
Singleton

slides Singleton-Lecture.pdf Singleton-Lecture.ppt

09:45 → 11:00 Basic elements of a Monte Carlo simulation toolkit: Geant4, Dr. Luciano Pandola

Introduction to Geant4
Geant4 scope
Geant4 classes

slides Geant4-lecture.pdf Geant4-lecture.ppt

11:00 → 11:30 Break

11:30 → 13:30 Basic elements of a Monte Carlo simulation toolkit: Geant4, Dr. Pablo Cirrone

Leftover from the previous session
Conceptual steps to construct a Gean4 application
An application main() program
GUIs and visualization
Geant4 applications and capabilities
Discussion

13:30 → 15:00 Lunch

15:00 → 16:30 Basic elements of ROOT, Dr. Luciano Pandola

Introduction to ROOT
GUI, histograms, files, trees
Named and unnamed scripts
Use of ROOT in external programs

slides ROOT-lecture.pdf ROOT-lecture.ppt

16:30 → 17:00 Break

17:00 → 18:30 Basic elements of ROOT, Dr. Luciano Pandola

Leftover from the previous session
Usage of customized user classes in ROOT
Discussion