Class Programming Fundamentals

The Fundamentals of Programming course provides the first exposure to a programming language. Focused on learning a specific language, the course covers both the syntactic and semantic aspects of the language, as well as how the compiler interprets the code. Topics include the types of available variables and their storage in memory. Students develop skills in modular code organization and enhance their ability to reason through the implementation of efficient algorithms. The C programming language, chosen for the course, is syntactically simple and highly flexible, requiring the programmer to have a strong understanding of what they are doing. This solid foundation will ease the transition to other modern languages, which feature more advanced and complex programming paradigms.  

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Introduction to programming Programming in the contexto of developing software projects Basic notions of algorithm, program, abstraction, syntax semantics, compiler/interpreter Programming paradigms: imperative, functional, logic and object-oriented Introduction to C programming Compilation process Using a programming editor (IDE). C language syntax Structuring a program Data types Order of evaluation of operators, unary operators, conversion between data types Basic communication with the user Control structures (Simple selection, alternative and multiple, while, do...while, for) Arrays and matrices manipulation Functions and procedures Passing arguments by value or by reference to a value Memory pointers Memory pointers and arrays Dynamic Memory allocation Handling text files and binara files Types and structured data (static and dynamic) Error management

Theoretic classes are expository, always covering practical examples on the covered topics, in a way to provide full understanding of the topics. Practical classes enable students to exercise and test the topics.

Damas, L. Sebenta Universidade Lusófona Humanidades e Tecnologias. Linguagem C. 10a. Edição, LTC, 2007