Modern Programming Principles & Practice 1

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Parent Programme

Bachelor of Science in Computing (Level 7 NFQ)

NFQ Level & Reference

Level 6 / Ref: M2.4

Duration

12 Weeks X 3 Hours per week

MODULE TITLE

Modern Programming Principles & Practice 1

STAGE

Module Credit Units

ECTS: 5

Modern Programming Principles & Practice 1

Introduction to Programming

This Modern Programming Principles & Practice module builds on stage one and aims to extend learners' understanding of OOP principles and modern programming practices including structuring solutions, testing, debugging, logging and exception handling and basic package management.

Indicative Syllabus Content

Programming Principles & Practice

Class, Object and Instances
Attributes and Methods.
Basic OOP principles: Abstraction, Encapsulation, Polymorphism.

Principles of Object-Oriented Programming and Modern Programming Practices

Relationship between the classes, class hierarchies. Derived and Inherited classes.
Packages and interfaces
Collections and Data structures
Regular expressions

Solid Principles

Single Responsibility (SRP)
Open Closed Principle (OCP)
Liskov Substitution Principle (LSP)
Interface Segregation Principle (ISP)
Dependency Inversion Principle (DIP)

Programming Fundamentals

Environment
String and Text Handling
Dates and Times
Formatting and Parsing
Working with Numbers
Regular Expressions
Mapping classes to other classes
Guid and Enums

Logging, Testing and Debugging

Logging to various devices and storage mechanisms
Debugging Techniques (debugging tools, breakpoints, log analysis, binary search)
Writing Unit Tests
Automating Tests

Exceptions Handling

Definitions
Exception class hierarchy
Unhandled exceptions
Catching/Throwing exceptions
Finally clause
The call stack

Minimum Intended Learning Outcomes (MIMLOs)

Upon successful completion of this module, the learner should be able to:

MIMLO1

Demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge of Object -Oriented Programming principles.

MIMLO2

Transfer and apply theoretical concepts of Object- Oriented Programming to solve a range of context and problem domains.

MIMLO3

Demonstrate an understanding of logging, testing, debugging and exception handling to manage unexpected events and trace their execution during a program.

Assessment

MIMLOs

Assessment

Percentage

1, 2, 3

CA 1 & CA 2 – Assignment

Total 100%

Examination

All Assessments

Reassessment Opportunity

Where the combined marks of the assessment and examination do not reach the pass mark the learner will be required to repeat the element of assessment that they failed. Reassessment materials will be published on Moodle after the Examination Board Meeting and will be aligned to the MIMLOs and learners will be capped at 40% unless there are personal mitigating circumstances.

Aims & Objectives

This module will ensure learners meet the following objectives:

Establish practical development skills using Object-Oriented Programming.
Understand SOLID principles and how they serve as a set of foundational guidelines that impact the quality and maintainability of code.
Understand and apply basic OOP principles such as abstraction, encapsulation, and polymorphism and the use of interfaces.
Develop further technical competence in structuring solutions so they are easy to maintain, refactor and pass on to other developers.

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