Easily creating your own exception classes

In this recipe, you will learn how to easily create your own exception types. This is an important lesson to learn as, although C++ exceptions are easy to create yourself, some guidelines should be followed to ensure this is done safely.

Getting ready

Before beginning, please ensure that all of the technical requirements are met, including installing Ubuntu 18.04 or higher and running the following in a Terminal window:

> sudo apt-get install build-essential git cmake

This will ensure your operating system has the proper tools to compile and execute the examples in this recipe. Once this is complete, open a new Terminal. We will use this Terminal to download, compile, and run our...