Programming in D: The Ultimate Guide for Software Engineers

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... See More

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Hands-on coding environments

You don’t get better at swimming by watching others. Coding is no different. Practice as you learn with live code environments inside your browser.

Faster than videos

Videos are holding you back. The average video tutorial is spoken at 150 words per minute, while you can read at 250. That‘s why our courses are text-based.

No set-up required

Start learning immediately instead of fiddling with SDKs and IDEs. It‘s all on the cloud.

Progress you can show

Built in assessments let you test your skills. Completion certificates let you show them off.

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1. Getting Started With D

The Hello World Program

writeln and write

Challenge: Fix the Code

Solution: Fix the Code

Compilation of D Code

Quiz

2. Variables and User Input

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

3. Arithmetic and Logical Operations on Data 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

4. Conditional Statements and Loops

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

5. Arrays, Characters and Strings

Arrays

An Array Example

Array Initialization and Basic Array Operations

Associative Arrays

Challenge: Sort and Reverse Elements of an Array

Solution: Sort and Reverse Elements of an Array

Slices and Other Array Features

Slices: Termination of Sharing

Operations on All Elements

Multi-dimensional Arrays

Challenge: Halve the Elements of the Array

Solution: Halve the Elements of the Array

Characters: Introduction

Characters: Types and Literals

Characters: The std.uni Module

Characters: D's Unicode Problems and Support

Strings

String Length, Literals and Comparison

Challenge: Print Part of a String

Solution: Print Part of a String

Quiz

6. File Handling in D

Redirecting the Standard Input and Output Streams

Files

std.stdio.File struct

Challenge: Write the Contents of a File to Another File

Solution: Write the Contents of a File to Another File

Quiz

7. Literals and enum

Integer and Floating Point Literals

Challenge: Fix the Code

Solution: Fix the Code

Character and string Literals

enum

Quiz

8. Formatted Output and Input

Formatted Output

Format Specifiers: Format_Character

Format Specifiers: Width, Separator, Precision and Flags

Format Specifiers: Formatted Element Output

Format Specifiers: Positional Parameters and Format

Challenge: Convert a Floating Point Value into a Percentage Value

Solution: Convert a Floating Point Value into a Percentage Value

Formatted Input

Challenge: Print the Number of the Month from a Given Date

Solution: Print the Number of the Month from a Given Date

Quiz

9. foreach Loop and switch-case Statement

foreach Loop

foreach Loop Properties

Challenge: Swap Keys with Values of an Associative Array

Solution: Swap Keys with Values of an Associative Array

switch and case

Challenge: Build a Calculator Application

Solution: Build a Calculator Application

Quiz

10. Functions

Introduction

How Functions Work?

Improved Code Quality

Challenge: displayMenu() Function

Solution: displayMenu() Function

Quiz

11. Immutability

Immutability

Immutable Parameters

Should a Parameter be const or immutable?

Immutability of the Slice Versus the Elements

Quiz

12. Value Types and Reference Types

Value Types

Reference Variables

Reference Types

Value Types vs Reference Types

Quiz

13. Function Parameters

Function Parameters

Referenced Variables As Parameters

Parameter Qualifiers: in, out, const and immutable

Parameter Qualifiers: ref, auto ref and inout

Parameter Qualifiers: lazy, scope and shared

Function Parameters: Summary

Challenge: Fix the Code

Solution: Fix the Code

Lvalues and Rvalues

Quiz

14. Program Environment

The Return Value of main( )

Parameters of main( )

Command-Line Options and the std.getopt Module

Environment Variables and Starting Other Programs

Quiz

15. Exceptions and scope

Exceptions

The throw Statement

The try-catch Statement to Catch Exceptions

The finally Block

Exception Properties

Kinds of Errors

scope

Quiz

16. assert and enforce Statements

Types of assert

Properties of assert

enforce and the Use of assert-enforce

Challenge: Fix the Code

Solution: Fix the Code

Challenge: Fix the Code

Solution: Fix the Code

Quiz

17. Unit Testing

Cause and Discovery of the Bugs

Unit Testing

Testing for Exceptions

Test-Driven Development

Challenge: Make the Unit Test Pass

Solution: Make the Unit Test Pass

Quiz

18. Contract Programming

in Blocks for Preconditions

out Blocks and Expression-based Contracts

in Blocks Versus enforce Checks

Challenge: Maintain Total Points

Solution: Maintain Total Points for Two Football Teams

Quiz