Programming in D: The Ultimate Guide for Software Engineers

Gain insights into D programming by exploring variables, loops, and advanced topics such as functions and unit testing. Discover how to build applications using this versatile language.

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154 Lessons

15h

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Gain insights into D programming by exploring variables, loops, and advanced topics such as functions and unit testing. Discover how to build applications using this versatile language.

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This course includes

343 Playgrounds

15 Challenges

19 Quizzes

This course includes

343 Playgrounds

15 Challenges

19 Quizzes

Course Overview

While D has been around for a while, it’s just now starting to see a surge in popularity. D is a multi-paradigm system programming language that combines a wide range of powerful programming concepts. Because D is a re-engineering of C++, many C++ developers have switched to learning D. In this course, you will start by building a simple "hello world" program. You will then proceed to cover the concepts related to variables, loops, conditional statements, and arrays in order to build up your fundamentals. ...Show More

Course Content

Getting Started With D

Get familiar with D programming basics, key functions, error fixes, and code compilation.

The Hello World Program writeln and write Challenge: Fix the Code Solution: Fix the Code Compilation of D Code Quiz

Variables and User Input

Unpack the core of variables, user input, data types, and type inference in D programming.

Fundamental Types Assigning Values to Variables auto and typeof Challenge: Output Variable Values in a Statement Solution: Output Variable Values in a Statement Standard Input and Output Streams Reading from the Standard Input Quiz

Arithmetic and Logical Operations on Data Types

Break apart arithmetic and logical operations on integers and floating-point types.

Logical Expressions Challenge: Fix the Code Solution: Fix the Code Integers Basic Arithmetic Operations on Integers Advanced Arithmetic Operations on Integers Challenge: Find Remainder and Quotient of an Integer Solution: Find Remainder and Quotient of an Integer Detecting Overflow and Truncation in Integers Floating Point Types Overflow and Truncation in Floating Point Types Floating Point Types Usage and Limitations Challenge: Find Twice and One Fifth of a Floating Point Value Solution: Find Twice and One Fifth of a Floating Point Value Quiz

Conditional Statements and Loops

Grasp the fundamentals of conditional statements, loops, and lazy operators in D programming.

if Statement Chaining if-else Statements Challenge: Fix the Code Solution: Fix the Code Ternary Operator ?:Lazy Operators while Loop Name Scopes for Loop Challenge: Print a Parallelogram Pattern Solution: Print a parallelogram pattern do-while Loop Quiz

Arrays, Characters and Strings

Deepen your knowledge of arrays, characters, strings, their manipulations, and related challenges.

File Handling in D

6 Lessons

Tackle file handling in D, including streams redirection, File struct, and practical challenges.

Literals and enum

6 Lessons

Master the steps to use literals, fix code challenges, and leverage enums in D.

Formatted Output and Input

11 Lessons

Learn how to use formatted input and output, format specifiers, and solve practical challenges.

foreach Loop and switch-case Statement

8 Lessons

Grasp the fundamentals of D's foreach loop, switch-case statements, and practical coding challenges.

10.

Functions

6 Lessons

Master the steps to create, utilize, and enhance code quality through functions.

11.

Immutability

5 Lessons

Grasp the fundamentals of immutability, its application in parameters, and its impact on slices.

12.

Value Types and Reference Types

5 Lessons

Deepen your knowledge of value and reference types, their properties, and distinctions.

13.

Function Parameters

10 Lessons

Simplify complex topics on function parameters, qualifiers, swapping, and lvalues/rvalues.

14.

Program Environment

5 Lessons

Build on the program execution, parameter handling, and environment interactions in D programming.

15.

Exceptions and scope

8 Lessons

Break down exceptions, throw, try-catch, finally, scope statements, and kinds of errors in D.

16.

assert and enforce Statements

8 Lessons

Solve challenges with assert and enforce statements to ensure code correctness and stability.

17.

Unit Testing

7 Lessons

Break apart the causes of bugs, unit testing, TDD, and testing for exceptions in D.

18.

Contract Programming

6 Lessons

Apply your skills to enforce contracts using in, out blocks, and expression-based checks.

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