CS350

PROGRAMMING
LANGUAGE
DESIGN Fall 22

Course Info.

Dr. Amal Khalifa

 TOPICS
 Why CS350?
 Course Goals
 Course plan
 Textbook
 Team-Base Learning
 Assessment and grading
 Policies

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 WHY CS350?
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 WHY CONCEPTS OF
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES??
 Fosters more careful programming
 Opens new avenues of expression
 Facilitates learning a new programming language
 Helps in choosing the appropriate language
 Encourages the appreciation of implementation difficulties
 Enhances the ability to design new languages

 More broadly, it is the study of human to

computer communication.

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 COURSE GOALS
 Survey of language design issues and their implications for translation
and run-time support.
 Overview of modern programming languages features including
abstract data and control structures, binding and scope rules,
subprograms, parameter passing mechanisms, Exception Handling, as
well as support for concurrency.
 Describe different paradigms of programming languages such as:
Object-oriented, functional, and Logic programming languages.

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 TEXT BOOK
Robert W. Sebesta, Concepts of
Programming Languages (12th
edition), Pearson Education
(2008).
ISBN 0-321-49362-1
E-book : check your RedShelf.

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 SOFTWARE
 C, C++, Fortran, and Ada gcc.gnu.org

 C# and F# microsoft.com Java

java.sun.com
 Scheme
www.plt-scheme.org/software/drscheme
 Python www.python.org

 Ruby www.ruby-lang.org

 JavaScript/PHP is included in virtually

all browsers;

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 ALL IN ONE!

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 COURSE
PLAN
BrightSpace.

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 TEAM-BASED LEARNING
To be
discussed
later!

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 ASSESSMENT AND GRADING
More deta
ils to
 RAP : 25% follow!!
 Individual : 30%
 Team: 50%
 peer-eval: 20%

 Team Projects : 25%

 Homework Assignments : 30%
A 90 – 100
 Module Tests : 20%
B 80 – 89
C 65 – 79
D 50 – 64
F Below 50

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 POLICIES
 Class attendance
 Stay at home in case you feel sick!
 Assigned seats
 QR code

 Active engagement, share knowledge from which both peers and

instructor can learn.
 Assignments should be done individually
 20% penalty for late assignments (up to 5 days past-due)

 Missed exam regulations

 Virtual office hours

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 Q&A DISCUSSION BOARD
 Use this forum to post any questions you
may have regarding the course material,
assignments, exams, etc.
 Expect a reply within 48 hrs. 
 Always check discussions threads to
avoid asking the same question.
 You can sign-up for notifications to be
receive an email when a reply is posted.

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ANY Q??