Course detail

Scripting Languages

FIT-ISJAcad. year: 2014/2015

Basic concepts: scripts and scripting, scripting versus programming, an overview of scripting languages, macro languages, scriptable objects and componentware, basics of Python and Perl, client-side and server-side web scripting, portability issues, Unix system hacking, scripting issues in other languages, scripting languages for graphical user interface programming.

Language of instruction

Czech, English

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. RNDr. Pavel Smrž, Ph.D.

Department

Department of Computer Graphics and Multimedia (UPGM)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will get acquainted with modern scripting languages, having successfully completed the course, students will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the nature of scripting and the role of scripting languages, the syntax and semantics of Python, write simple scripts to automate system administration tasks using appropriate languages and rapidly develop simple applications using appropriate tools.

The students will learn to work in a team. They will also improve their programming skills and their knowledge of modern development tools.

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Study evaluation is based on marks obtained for specified items. Minimimum number of marks to pass is 50.

  • Realized individual project

Course curriculum

    Syllabus of lectures:
    1. Introduction, a brief history of scripting languages, pros and cons, comparison of languages
    2. Basic statements, types, operators, functions, modules, classes, exception handling
    3. Regular expressions in Python and Perl
    4. Data structures, efficient implementation of search
    5. Standard libraries for high-level programming in Python
    6. Simple scripting for OS Unix, automating system administration
    7. Interfaces to system languages, using components implemented in C
    8. Text processing, sorting, character sets, language-specific features
    9. XML document processing, libraries for efficient storage and search
    10. Modern object oriented programming, comparison with C and Java
    11. Scripting languages for web application development, client-side and server-side programming
    12. GUI programming, Tkinter library for Python programming
    13. Other libraries for GUI development, platform-specific features, Python for Java - Jython

    Syllabus - others, projects and individual work of students:
    1. Projects consist in a general problem to be solved, mostly by writing a medium-sized script in Python. Electronic submission of assignments are required using IS FIT.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

To examine the topic of scripting languages and their applications. To understand complementarity of the class of languages to systems languages, their strengths and weaknesses. To conceive basics of regular expressions, text processing, client- and server-level scripting and GUI programming using Python.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

The evaluation includes mid-term test and an individual project. The mid-term test does not have a correction option.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Basic literature

Beazley, D.M.: Python - Podrobná referenční příručka pro programovací jazyk Python. Neocortex. Abelson, H.: Structure and interpretation of computer programs, Cambridge. MIT Press, 2002.

Recommended reading

Harms, D., Macdonald, K.: Začínáme programovat v jazyce Python. Computer Press, ISBN 80-7226-799-X. Lutz, M., Ascher, D.: Naučte se Python - Pohotová příručka. Grada, 2003, ISBN 80-247-0367-X.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme IT-BC-3 Bachelor's

    branch BIT , 0 year of study, summer semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. RNDr. Pavel Smrž, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  1. Introduction, a brief history of scripting languages, pros and cons, comparison of languages
  2. Basic statements, types, operators, functions, modules, classes, exception handling
  3. Regular expressions in Python and Perl
  4. Data structures, efficient implementation of search
  5. Standard libraries for high-level programming in Python
  6. Simple scripting for OS Unix, automating system administration
  7. Interfaces to system languages, using components implemented in C
  8. Text processing, sorting, character sets, language-specific features
  9. XML document processing, libraries for efficient storage and search
  10. Modern object oriented programming, comparison with C and Java
  11. Scripting languages for web application development, client-side and server-side programming
  12. GUI programming, Tkinter library for Python programming
  13. Other libraries for GUI development, platform-specific features, Python for Java - Jython

Project

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. RNDr. Pavel Smrž, Ph.D.