Software Architecture and Distributed Programs (SODP): Curriculum / examination requirements

Class: RO133050dc3i

Teacher: Anders Børjesson, anbo@easj.dk

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Examination requirements from the Programming Course, 1st and 2nd semester

Unit testing

• MSDN Verifying Code by Using Unit Tests http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd264975(v=vs.120).aspx
  • MSDN Unit Test Basics http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd264975(v=vs.120).aspx
  • MSDN How to: Create a Unit Test Project http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh598957.aspx
  • MSDN Using Code Coverage to Determine How Much Code is being Tested http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd537628.aspx
• extremeprogramming.org Code the Unit Test First http://www.extremeprogramming.org/rules/testfirst.html
• Wikipedia Test Driven Development http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test-driven_development
• Unit testing (PowerPoint) http://laerer.rhs.dk/andersb/sodpcs/testing/UnitTesting.pptx

Exceptions

• MSDN Exceptions and Exception Handling (C# Programming Guide) http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms173160(v=vs.110).aspx
• Exceptions (PowerPoint) http://laerer.rhs.dk/andersb/sodpcs/exceptions/Exceptions.pptx
• Buckys Room Try, Catch, and Finally (video)
• Buckys Room Throwing Exceptions (video)

Contract based programming

• Contract based programming (PowerPoint) http://laerer.rhs.dk/andersb/sodpcs/exceptions/ContractBasedProgramming.pptx
• Code contracts (PowerPoint) http://laerer.rhs.dk/andersb/sodpcs/codecontracts/codeContracts.pptx

Concurrency

• Joseph Albahari Threading in C#, part 1 http://www.albahari.com/threading/
• Threads in C# (slides) http://laerer.rhs.dk/andersb/sodpcs/concurrency/threads.pptx
• Joseph Albahari Threading in C#, part 2
  • Synchronization essentials http://www.albahari.com/threading/part2.aspx#_Synchronization
  • Locking http://www.albahari.com/threading/part2.aspx#_Locking
• Synchronization: Threads + monitors (slides) http://laerer.rhs.dk/andersb/sodpcs/concurrency/threadsLockEtc.pptx
• Buckys Room Threading pt. 1 (video)

[Source and version control

• Wikipedia Revision Control http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revision_control
• Wikipedia Git (software) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git_(software)
• Version control using Git (slides) http://laerer.rhs.dk/andersb/sodpcs/versioncontrol/VersionControl.pptx
• GitExtensions Manual
  • Getting started
    • Installation http://git-extensions-documentation.readthedocs.org/en/latest/getting_started.html#installation
    • Create new repository http://git-extensions-documentation.readthedocs.org/en/latest/getting_started.html#create-new-repository
    • Clone GitHub Repository http://git-extensions-documentation.readthedocs.org/en/latest/getting_started.html#clone-repository
  • Browse Repository
    • View commit log http://git-extensions-documentation.readthedocs.org/en/latest/browse_repository.html#view-commit-log
  • Commit http://git-extensions-documentation.readthedocs.org/en/latest/commit.html
  • Checkout Branches http://git-extensions-documentation.readthedocs.org/en/latest/branches.html#checkout-branch
  • Merge Branches http://git-extensions-documentation.readthedocs.org/en/latest/branches.html#merge-branches
  • Integration
    • Visual Studio http://git-extensions-documentation.readthedocs.org/en/latest/integration.html#visual-studio
  • Remote feature http://git-extensions-documentation.readthedocs.org/en/latest/remote_feature.html]

Logging

• Logging (slides) ../../sodpcs/logging/LoggingMicrosoftEventLog.pptx
• Microsoft Support: How to write to an event log by using Visual C#

[Program documentation

• Program documentation (slides) http://laerer.rhs.dk/andersb/sodpcs/documentation/documentation.pptx
• Buckys Room Comments and Descriptions (video)]

Parallel architectures: Task + data parallelism

• MSDN Task Parallel Library (TPL) http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd460717(v=vs.110).aspx
  • Task Parallelism http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd537609(v=vs.110).aspx
  • Data Parallelism http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd537608(v=vs.110).aspx
• Slides http://laerer.rhs.dk/andersb/sodpcs/concurrency/taskParallelism.pptx
• Examples (class Parallel): Gaston Hillar, Professional Parallel Programming with C#, chapter 2
  http://www.wrox.com/WileyCDA/WroxTitle/Professional-Parallel-Programming-with-C-Master-Parallel-Extensions-with-NET-4.productCd-0470495995,descCd-DOWNLOAD.html

Data structure for concurrency

• Blocking Collection Overview http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd997371(v=vs.110).aspx
• Slides http://laerer.rhs.dk/andersb/sodpcs/concurrency/DataStructuresForConcurrency.pptx

[Profiling

• slides http://laerer.rhs.dk/andersb/sodpcs/profiling/profiling.pptx
• MSDN Beginners Guide to Profiling http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms182372.aspx]

Responsiveness: async + await

• MSDN Asynchronous Programming with Async and Await http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh191443.aspx
• Slides http://laerer.rhs.dk/andersb/sodpcs/concurrency/asynchronousProgramming.pptx

Interfaces, etc.

• Interfaces (slides) http://laerer.rhs.dk/andersb/sodpcs/types/interfaces.pptx
• MSDN Interfaces (C# Programming Guide) http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms173156.aspx
• Buckys Room Abstract (video)
• Buckys Room More on Inheritance and Interfaces (video)
• Buckys Room Overloading Methods and Enumerations (video)

Generics

• Generics (slides) http://laerer.rhs.dk/andersb/sodpcs/generics/generics.pptx
• MSDN Generics (C# Programming Guide) http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/512aeb7t.aspx
  • Benefits of Generics http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/b5bx6xee.aspx
  • Generic Type Parameters http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/0zk36dx2.aspx
  • Constraints on Type Parameters http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/d5x73970.aspx
  • Generic Classes http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/sz6zd40f.aspx
  • Generic Interfaces http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/kwtft8ak.aspx
  • Generic Methods http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/twcad0zb.aspx
  • Default Keyword http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/xwth0h0d.aspx

Types in programming languages

• Types in programming languages (slides) http://laerer.rhs.dk/andersb/sodpcs/types/types.pptx
• MSDN Types (C# Programming Guide) http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms173104.aspx
• Value types and Reference types (slides) http://laerer.rhs.dk/andersb/sodpcs/types/referenceTypesValueTypes.pptx
• MSDN Value Types and Reference Types http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/t63sy5hs.aspx
• MSDN Structs (C# Programming Guide) http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/saxz13w4.aspx
• MSDN Enumeration Types (C# Programming Guide) http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc138362.aspx
• Buckys Room Structs (video)

Collections: Algorithms and data structures

• Collections (slides) http://laerer.rhs.dk/andersb/sodpcs/collections/collections.pptx
• MSDN Collections (C# and Visual Basic) http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ybcx56wz.aspx
• QuickSort pseudo code + C# http://www.codecodex.com/wiki/Quicksort#Pseudocode | http://www.codecodex.com/wiki/Quicksort#C.23
• Wikipedia Divide and Conquer Algorithms http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divide_and_conquer_algorithms

Delegate types, lambda expressions, and events

• Delegates in C# (slides) http://laerer.rhs.dk/andersb/sodpcs/delegates/delegates.pptx
• MSDN (C# Programming Guide) http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms173171.aspx
  • Using Delegates http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms173172.aspx
  • Delegates with Names vs. Anonymous Methods http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms173172.aspx
  • How to: Declare, Instantiate and Use a Delegate http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms173175.aspx
  • How to: Combine Delegates (Multicast Delegates) http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms173175.aspx
• Understanding Predicates and Delegates in C#, 2010 http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/114931/Understanding-Predicate-Delegates-in-C
• Events in C# (slides) http://laerer.rhs.dk/andersb/sodpcs/events/events.pptx
• MSDN Events Tutorial http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa645739(v=vs.71).aspx

LINQ and extension methods

• LINQ (Slides) http://laerer.rhs.dk/andersb/sodpcs/linq/linq.pptx
• MSDN Getting Started with LINQ http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb397933.aspx
  • Introduction to LINQ Queries (C#) http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb397906.aspx
  • LINQ and Generic Types (C#) http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb546142.aspx
  • Basic LINQ Query Operations (C#) http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb397927.aspx
  • Data Transformation with LINQ (C#) http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb397914.aspx
  • Type Relationships in LINQ Query Operations (C#) http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb397924.aspx
  • Query Syntax and Method Syntax in LINQ (C#) http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb397947.aspx
  • C# Features That Support LINQ http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb397909.aspx
  • Walkthrough: Writing Queries in C# (LINQ) http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb397900.aspx
• Inside LINQ to Objects (slides) http://laerer.rhs.dk/andersb/sodpcs/linq/LINQinside.pptx
• MSDN Extension Methods (C# Programming Guide) http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us//library/bb383977.aspx
• DotNetPerls C# AsParallel http://www.dotnetperls.com/asparallel
• MSDN Understanding Speedup in PLINQ http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd997399(v=vs.110).aspx

Design patterns

• Design patterns (slides) http://laerer.rhs.dk/andersb/sodpcs/patterns/designPatterns.pptx
• codeproject.com Design patterns
  • Singleton http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/307233/Singleton-Pattern-Positive-and-Negative-Aspects
  • Composite (find the section "Composite") http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/3151/Illustrated-GOF-Design-Patterns-in-C-Part-II-Struc
  • Decorator http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/479635/UnderstandingplusandplusImplementingplusDecoratorp
  • Iterator http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/362986/Understanding-and-Implementing-the-Iterator-Patter
  • Observer http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/47948/The-Observer-Design-Pattern
  • Strategy http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/12194/Design-Your-Soccer-Engine-and-Learn-How-To-Apply#Applying Strategy Pattern
  • Template Method http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/12194/Design-Your-Soccer-Engine-and-Learn-How-To-Apply#Applying Strategy Pattern
• MSDN Implementing Singleton in C# http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff650316.aspx
• MSDN Exploring the Observer Design Pattern http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee817669.aspx
• MSDN Magazine Discover the Design Patterns You're Already Using in the .NET Framework (up to and including "Template Method Pattern") http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc188707.aspx
• Observer design pattern (slides) http://laerer.rhs.dk/andersb/sodpcs/patterns/observerDesignPattern.pptx
• Hieatt & Mee Repository http://martinfowler.com/eaaCatalog/repository.html

Refactoring

• Refactoring (slides) http://laerer.rhs.dk/andersb/sodpcs/refactoring/Refactoring.pptx
• SOLID design (slides) http://laerer.rhs.dk/andersb/sodpcs/refactoring/SOLIDdesign.pptx
• michas The S.O.L.I.D Object-Oriented Programming Principles
  http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/60845/The-S-O-L-I-D-Object-Oriented-Programming-OOP-Prin
• Woo Building an application using design patterns and principles in C#, part 1
  http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/572738/Building-an-application-using-design-patterns-and