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Aims & Objectives:

On completion of this unit of study the student will be able to:

• Design and develop complex concurrent programs using the .NET framework.
• Describe, identify and debug issues related to the development of concurrent programs.
• Create custom controls with the .NET framework. This includes custom drawn controls and design time support.
• Using the .NET framework in relation to advanced areas of interest covered. This includes cryptography, regular expressions, multi-language development, memory management and interoperability with the Window's API.

Teaching Methods:

Lectures (24 hrs), Tutorial (Lab) (12 hrs)

Assessment:

Assignments, Tests, Portfolio and Presentation

Content:

• Overview of Visual Basic .NET, C# and the .NET framework.
• Overview of programming fundamentals and good practice.
• .NET Delegates and Events.
• Developing concurrent programs.
• Issues with concurrent programs and their solutions.
• Debugging and debugging concurrent programs.
• Drawing with GDI+.
• Custom controls and Design time support.
• Cryptography.
• Calling the Windows API.
• Regular Expressions.
• Memory Management.
• Assemblies and the Global Assembly Cache.

Reading Materials:

Lea, D, Concurrent Programming in Java Design Principles and Patterns, 2nd edn, Addison-Wesley, 2000.