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• Develop programming skills
• Introduce principles of software development
• Develop an understanding of good professional practice in software engineering

Teaching Details

This module should consist of approximately 100 hours of student effort. This will consist of 3 taught lectures per week and 4 hours for computing labs when help will be available.

Note that you will be given exercises for each aspect of the programming which you are advised to attempt before coming to the help sessions. This will enable you to gain the optimum usage of the help sessions.

One of the aims of this module is to gain experience on the use of UNIX workstations.

The Linux workstations which will be used for this course will be located in room 2.50.

There are 2 laboratory slots indicated on the timetable - you can attend both. In this lab a helper will be available to assist with your work.

You will also need to use the labs at other times. If you cannot gain access to the Linux labs becuase other classes are using them, you can use other Unix workstations or you can use a PC and use eXceed to make it access a Unix machine.

	Information is given here on using eXceed.
	Information is given here on using Unix Workstations directly.
	Information is given here on installing GCC Compiler on your PC at HOME.
	Information is given here on downloading the Cygwin Application - This combines the GCC compiler with a Unix like window which runs as an application on Windows PCs
	A link to downloading the gcc compiler for Mac is given here
	To ftp Cygwin application from Department - Dial into Department and access through browser ftp://www.cee.hw.ac.uk/pub/cygnus

You will be examined on this work as part of the MSc exam in April and you will have to submit an assignment at the end of the course. This assignment will be a larger programming exercise combining the individual elements of programming you have already been taught into a larger project. This assignment will be issued mid term, at the end of the taught programming part of the course and the beginning of the software engineering principles.

C++ Programming Resources

Software engineering ressources

Recommended Text

There is no specific recommended text. People tend to have different ideas about what they want from a text book, therefore I would recommend that you look in the bookshop and see what you think of the books. Any book on C++ programming, which starts from the very basics, should cover the C++ programming required for the course. Note that some books may aasume that you have programmed in C before.

If you have NEVER programmed before, I personally would choose books such as:

Steve Oualline, "Practical C++ Programming", O'Reilly Associates

John Hubbard, "Programming with C++", Schaums Outline Series

NOTE: Full detailed notes will be provided at the lectures.

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