Programming 3

<body> <table> <tr> <td>  <p class="c1"><a href="http://www.gu.edu.au/" target="_top">Griffith University</a></p> <p class="c1"><a href="http://www.gu.edu.au/ict/" target="_top">ICT Home</a></p> <hr /> <p class="c1"><a href="foundation.shtml" target="_top">Foundation API</a></p> <p class="c1"><a href="http://www.cppreference.com/" target="main">C/C++ Reference</a></p> <p class="c1"><a href="appkit.shtml" target="_top">AppKit API</a><br /> <a href="http://doc.trolltech.com/4.3/" target="main">Qt API</a> </p> <hr /> <p class="c1"><a href="index.shtml" target="_top">P3 Home</a></p> <p class="c1"><a href="news.shtml" target="_top">Notice Board</a></p> <p class="c1"> <a href="modules.shtml" target="_top">Course Content</a> <br /> <a href="downloads.shtml" target="_top">Downloads</a> <br /> <a href="resources.shtml" target="_top">Resources</a> </p> <p class="c1"><a href="about.shtml" target="_top">About P3</a><br /> <a href="faq.shtml" target="_top">FAQ</a></p> <p class="c1"><a href="policies.shtml" target="_top">Policies</a><br /> <a href="team.shtml" target="_top">Team</a></p> <p class="c1"><a href="assessment.shtml" target="_top">Assessment</a></p> <p class="c1"><a href="virgil.shtml" target="_top">Virgil Main</a></p> <p class="c1"><a href="forum.shtml" target="_top">Virgil Forum</a></p> <p class="c1"><a href="https://learning.griffith.edu.au/bin/common/course.pl?course_id=_55550_1" target="_top">P3 via Learning@Griffith</a></p> <hr />  </td> <td>  <h1>Programming 3 Nathan (Semester 1, 2008)</h1> <h2>Welcome to Advanced Programming</h2> <p>Now that you have passed through the preliminary (confusion/chaos, code cut/paste hacking) and intermediate (using pre-tested building blocks of code without much knowledge of internal workings) stages of software development, it is time to move on to the advanced level:</p> <ul> <li>expand your programming language proficiency,</li> <li>understanding advanced algorithms and data structures,</li> <li>building your own (better than generic) blocks,</li> <li>doing more than one thing at a time,</li> <li>possibly moving on to the Internet; and</li> <li>most importantly: understanding it all both in detail and in the big picture.</li> </ul> <p>Oh, and by the way, 'advanced' is by far not the last stage ...</p> <p>More detail on the purpose and rationale of Programming 3 can be found in the <a href="about.shtml" target="_top">About the Course</a> section.</p> <h2>Assumptions</h2> <p>It is assumed that you have a fair knowledge of Java programming and preliminary knowledge of generic GUI design. Formal prerequisites for this course are listed in the <a href="about.shtml" target="_top">About the Course</a> section.</p> <h2>Important</h2> <p> <strong>Labs start in week 1</strong>. </p> <p>Students must keep an eye on the <a href="news.shtml" target="_top">Noticeboard</a> section. This section contains important information and news about the course and may be updated frequently. The <a href="forum.shtml" target="_top">Forum</a> is a good place to ask for help or answer other students' questions! </p> <p>All assignments must be developed using <a href="cgi-bin/man.cgi?svn">Subversion</a>. In addition to your programs and documentation, you need to hand in a complete <a href="cgi-bin/man.cgi?svn">Subversion</a> repository of your assignments (see the instructions on the <a href="assessment.shtml" target="_top">assessment page</a> and the individual assignment pages)! </p> <h2>Acknowledgements</h2> <p>Some of the original teaching material for this course comes from Ovidiu Noran and Daniel Powell. Thanks also go to Don Abel / Jo Orr, Geoff Dromey, Andrew Rock, Terry Rout, Rodney Topor, and Joel Fenwick for additional material included in this web page! </p> <hr /> <p><em>Last Changed: $Date: 2008/03/04 01:17:55 $ by <a href="http://www.cit.griffith.edu.au/~rhexel/" target="_top">René Hexel</a></em></p>  </td> </tr> </table>  <p><a href="http://validator.w3.org/check/referer"><img border="0" src="images/valid-xhtml10.png" alt="Valid XHTML 1.0!" height="31" width="88" /></a></p>  </body>