Foundations of Informatics B 2010/2011

Academic Year 2010/2011

Learning outcomes

The course will provide students with knowledge in Object Oriented Programming and skills in designing small/medium size software applications and implementing them in Java and C++.

Course contents

Functions and procedures:

binding, scope rules and environments
parameter passing
function call and run-time model

Algorithms and data structures (basics)

static and dynamic allocation
computational complexity

Elements of Object-Oriented Design and Programming

from algoriths to systems
basic concepts of OOP: objects, classes, interfaces
reuse, extenstion and composition
dynamics and exceptions
event-based architectures
GUI programming
Libraries for I/O and File System access and management

Readings/Bibliography

The course notes are the basic reference for the course. Among the various textbooks which can be useful for deeping the course topics:

The C Programming Language, Kernighan & Ritchie, Prentice Hall.
Object Oriented Design and Patterns, Horstmann, John Wiley & Sons.

Teaching methods

The course is organized in a set of lessons, balancing both theory and practice with the assistance of teacher and tutor.

Assessment methods

Written examination (programming exercises and questions)
Oral examination (presentation and discussion of projects developed by the students and questions on the course topics)

Teaching tools

The course notes - presented during the lessons - are available for downloading at the official web site of the course. Part of the lessons takes place in a laboratory where students develop exercises and projects (applications).

Links to further information

http://www.lia.deis.unibo.it/~aro

Office hours

See the website of Andrea Roli

See the website of Stefano Benedettini

47478 - Foundations of Informatics B

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