Programming 2: Structures, 5 cr

Core content

• Dividing program code into manageable parts and other style issues.
  Modularity and use of classes.
  Basics of object-oriented programming.
• Recursion.
• STL (Standard Template Library).
  Basic containers (vector, set, map).
  Iterators.
• Values, references, and pointers.
  Dynamic memory management.
  Basics of dynamic data structures.
  Linked list.
  Smart pointers.

• Basics of programming graphical user interfaces.
  Most common GUI widgets.
  Basics of signal-slot mechanism.

• Version control (in single programmer's projects).
  

• Compiling compared to interpreting.

Complementary knowledge

• Basics of inheritance.
• STL algorithms.
  More STL containers (list, deque).
• Function pointers.
  Pointer arithmetics.
  Arrays.
• More GUI widgets.
  
• Remote repositories in version control.
  Compilation process (preprocessor, linking).