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| INFO0201-1 | Introduction to computer programming
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| Duration : | 20h Th, 40h Pr |
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| Lecturer : | Peter Schlagheck |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the second semester |
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Course contents :
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| This course gives an introduction to the art of programming in C/C++. After a general introduction into the working principle of a computer, the elementary components of the programming language C/C++ will be explained and their appplication will be demonstrated and discussed.
Topics of the course in detail:
- electronic logic based on transistors
- information in terms of bits and bytes
- the working principle of a computer
- syntax and elementary instructions of C/C++
- algorithmic tools
- functions
- file handling and compilation
- arrays and pointers |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| The principal objectives of the course are
- to learn how to realize small programs in order to solve numerical problems,
- to get used to the general techniques of programming (loops, functions, arrays, ...),
- to know how a computer works in principle, in order to judge what is practicable in programming (e.g. from the memory and CPU point of view),
-to prepare for the course "Numerical methods of physics". |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| 40 hours of practical sessions in front of a computer are provided for the course. They take place in the computer rooms 4/15 and 4/34 of the building B5a. Graded interrogations will be organized during the practical sessions. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| The course will be given face-to-face "ex cathedra" by a beamer presentation. The students that are registered for the course will be able to download the slides via myULg. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Recommended literature:
- T. Bastin: "Le Langage C/C++" (ULg, lecture notes)
- H.-P. Garnir: "Introduction à l'Informatique" (ULg, lecture notes)
-S. Lippmann, J. Lajoie & B.E. Moo: "C++ Primer" (Addison-Wesley, 2005)
-B. Stroustrup: "The C++ Programming Language" (Addison-Wesley, 1997) |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Evaluation will be done by the interrogations that are organized during the practical sessions (10% of the total grade) as well as by an exam which takes place within one session of 4 hours (8h30-12h30 or 14h-18h; 90% of the total grade). The latter consists of realizing a few programs on the computer (practical part, 70%) and of responding to a few questions on the subject (theoretical part, 30%). |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| Peter Schlagheck
Département de Physique
Université de Liège
IPNAS, building B15, office 0/125
Sart Tilman
4000 Liège
Phone: 04 366 9043
Email: Peter.Schlagheck@ulg.ac.be
http://www.pqs.ulg.ac.be |
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| Items online : |
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| Chapter 1 |
| Electronic logic |
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| Chapter 2 |
| Binarized information |
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| Chapter 3 |
| The working principle of a computer |
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| Chapter 4 |
| Elementary programming in C/C++ |
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| Chapter 5 |
| Algorithmic tools |
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| Chapter 7 |
| File handling and compilation |
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| Code::Blocks |
| Introduction to the Code::Blocks software |
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| C/C++ lecture notes |
| Lecture notes on the C/C++ programming language by Prof. Thierry Bastin |
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| TP geography: session 1 |
| variables, instructions, elementary operations, input/output |
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| TP geography: session 2 |
| branchings |
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| TP geography: session 3 |
| characters, assignment operators, switch clause |
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| TP geography: session 4 |
| loops |
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| TP geography: session 5 |
| error handling |
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| TP geography: session 6 |
| arrays and random numbers |
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| TP physics: session 1 |
| variables, instructions, elementary operations, input/output |
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| TP physics: session 2 |
| branchings, loops, mathematical functions |
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| TP physics: session 3 |
| arrays, random numbers, errors and debugging |
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| TP physics: session 3 |
| arrays, random numbers, functions, routines |
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| TP physics: session 4 |
| functions and procedures, reading and writing into files |
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| TP physics: session 6 |
| strings |
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| TP physics: session 7 |
| pointers, dynamical arrays |
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| TP physics: introductory session |
| Practical work: introductory session |
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