A few tips please...

I'm completely new to C++ programming, I have to take a module in it at university. I have been given this project to do, I understand what I want the program to do but I am at a loss where to start - If someone could give me a few pointers about where to start I'd really appreciate it, I don't want the code done or anything, I need to do it myself but I just need a few guidelines to follow.

Thanks

Here is the project:

Write a database application which will hold the data of students

For each student, you should store the following information:

· Student No

· Student Name

· Student Surname

· List of courses student is registered


Each student will be sorted according to the student number in the linked list. You should be able to add new students to the system as well as deleting them.

At the beginning of the program, print a menu on the screen to select desired user action. The menu will be:

1. Insert Student

2. Delete Student

3. Register a Student to a Lecture

4. List all students

5. List details of a single student

6. Exit

To delete a student from the list, ask the user for student number and delete the student from the linked list. Don’t forget to update the links to preserve correct ordering of the students.

When registering a student to a lecture, you should first get the student number from the user and then make the necessary changes only in that student’s record.

When listing all students, only print student number, name, surname as well as the memory location of the student object and the memory location of the next student object

When listing details of a single student, get the student number from the user and print student’s number, name, surname and list of courses the student is registered to.

This seems pretty advanced for an intro course. Store your student info in a struct or class. Use a linked list per the instructions.

yes classes sounds good!

You could use a switch statement for the menu...and then just write the functions for each part ?

You have two choices from :
1. OOP
2. Old fashion

1. OOP: in the first one you should creat a class of Student and it has the 3 or 4 variables that you have..
in the second step,
in the main you creat a dinamic array which will be having these students that you will be inserting...

You will be needing to creat a functions to add student : Structor,
then dellet a student : but in this one you better be carfull to find the student that you need to dellete ... you look for the number fisit .... if x == Student.Number
{
dellet that object from the array that you have ...
use for loop to make this StudentArray[i] = StudentArray[ i+1]
//to the end of the array
}
you can use decoder to put the student number
Student.SNumber = i++ /* i : integer and intially it has the number 0; */