The unit is updated version of CSE3400 which provides students with modern software applications using C++. Topics include object-oriented design and programming, performance and efficiency issues, network and distributed programming including socket programming with C++, RPC, concurrency design and programming techniques with C++.

This unit has been updated as part of a 2009 review and comparison of data with current Handbook, Syllabus + and Callista data.

07/12/2017 - Unit disestablished at FEC 5/17 Item 7.3.

This is a third year unit in the Bachelor of Information Technology and Systems (BITS) major in Systems Development. It partially builds on the basic descriptive knowledge of FIT1002 Computer programming, CPE1004 Object oriented design and programming, and FIT2024 Software engineering practice gained by BITS students in their first and/or second year.

It provides students with more advanced software construction techniques to build applications in C++ using OO design and implementation, concurrency, and network programming techniques.

The Faculty of IT aims to produce graduates who are highly conversant with important concepts and programming techniques involved in the development of large software systems. Therefore, graduates are expected to have sound knowledge and good experience of OO design, concurrency, and network software construction. The unit will provide the students the opportunity to achieve knowledge and practical skills in building large software applications.

At the completion of this unit students will have -

A knowledge and understanding of:

• object-oriented design and programming with C++ for large software development;
• concurrent design and programming with programming languages which do not have built-in features to support concurrency like C++;
• how to develop high performance software with programming languages that do not support concurrency such as C++;
• network and distributed programming using C++.

Developed attitudes that enable them to:

• appreciate OO application design and implementation with C++;
• appreciate design and implementation techniques of concurrent applications with C++;
• appreciate design and implementation techniques of network applications with C++.

Gained practical skills in:

• object identification in software development;
• concurrent design with mutual exclusion, deadlock free software construction, live lock avoidance, and efficient task communications;
• programming with multithreading, semaphores, thread communication and synchronisation mechanism;
• network and distributed programming using OO programming, sockets and C++;
• developing high performance applications with C++ using OO programming together with concurrency and networking.

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The main topics covered in this unit are: Object-oriented design and programming in C++ which include object identification, data encapsulation, inheritance, and polymorphism; concurrent programming techniques which include principles of concurrency, safety and liveness design, multithreaded programming in C++; network and distributed software construction principles and techniques which include network software performance, client-server software construction, socket and RPC programming in C++; and study and compare C++ with Java and Ada in terms of large software constructions.

On-campus

Examination (3 hours): 50%; In-semester assessment: 50%

2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hrs laboratories/wk

FIT

One of FIT1002, CPE1001 or CSE1202 or equivalent

Students must have the following background: Fundamental programming, Introduction to OO design and programming, Operating system and networking

Phu Dung Le