PROGRAMMING PARADIGMS

Jason Atkin and Graham HuttonUniversity of Nottingham

Exercise

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Write down all the languages you have written a program in.

Background

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In programming and algorithms, you learned the basics of imperative programming in C:

❚ Variables and assignments;

❚ Basic control structures;

❚ Basic data structures;

❚ Functions and parameters;

❚ Pointers and memory management.

Background

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In this module, you’ll learn the basics of:

Object-oriented programming

in Java

Functional programming

in Haskelland

Lectures in LT2

❚ Tuesdays, 09.00 – 10.00;

❚ Tuesdays, 10.00 – 11.00;

❚ Wednesdays, 10.00 – 11.00;

❚ Thursdays, 12.00 – 13.00.

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Labs in A32

❚ Mondays, 09.00 – 11.00.

Course Materials

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Everything you need is available on moodle:

See: tinyurl.com/G51PGP-2020

Textbook

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In addition to our course materials, there is also a recommended textbook for each paradigm:

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Assessment

❚ A series of short exercise sheets (10%);

❚ Two programming courseworks (15%);

❚ One 2.5-hour written examination (75%).

The exercise sheets and courseworkswill mainly be assessed in the labs.

Jason’s Views

Functional Demo

Object-Oriented Demo