Reactor Core

C++Beginnerabout 8 hours16 lessons

Write the control software for Helios-1, a small fusion research reactor, as one growing C++ program. You start with a silent console and finish with a core gauge, fuel rods, coolant loops, alarms and a shift report, all driven by code you wrote. The control board shows your output, your data and, when something is wrong, the compiler's error with its line number.

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Blueprint · Reactor Core

Pass lesson 1 to power it up

warming up the scene…

Control consoleCore gaugePower balanceOperator deskInterlocksWarm-up rampFuel rodsCoolant loopsTelemetry decoderSensor bankEvent tallyAnalysisControl rodsReactor stateAlarmsShift reportRun builds your program (2 to 4 s) · Output / Scene data tabs · Hover a fuel rod for its level · Everything animates from your numbers

Learning path

Each lesson adds one working part to your build.

Chapter 1

First steps

Make the control room talk, store readings with the right types, do the arithmetic and read what the operator types.

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Chapter 2

Decisions and repetition

Let the program decide, repeat work with loops, hold many values in a vector and package logic into functions.

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Chapter 3

Working with data

Take text apart, group readings into structs, count with maps and let the standard algorithms do the heavy lifting.

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Chapter 4

Objects and safety nets

Model the reactor with classes and enums, survive bad data with exceptions, then run a whole shift.

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