Course: Generative software development

Course team:

• Robert Glück, e-mail: glueck@di.ku.dk
• Jyrki Katajainen e-mail: jyrki@di.ku.dk, phone: 35 32 14 16 (course coordinator)
• Torben Mogensen, e-mail: torbenm@di.ku.dk
• Peter Sestoft, e-mail: sestoft@itu.dk

Course description:

The purpose of this course is to give a general introduction to generative techniques in software development so that the students can with confidence take part in other courses on related subjects (e.g. Scripting languages and domain-specific languages; Generic programming and library development). After a general introduction, the focus will be on generics in various programming languages. The course will provide several hands-on exercises ranging from simple examples to more extensive usage of generics.

Resources:

* Slides

• Jyrki 30.1.2006 [ps] [pdf]
• Peter 31.1.2006 [lectures] [exercises] [PersonStudent.java] [Try.java]
• Jyrki 1.2.2006 [pdf] [ps] [exercises] [find.cpp] [unittest.cpp] [foo.c++]
• Robert 2.2.2006 [exercises]
• Torben 3.2.2006 [Advanced Type Classes, Bastiaan Heeren, Utrecht University.] [Multi-stage Programming in MetaOCaml, Walid Taha, Rice University.] [exercises]

* Articles

• R. Garcia, J. Järvi, A. Lumsdaine, J. Siek, J. Willcock, A comparative study of language support for generic programming [Search via portal.acm.org]
• J. D. Herrington, Interview of Czarnecki [html]
• G.D. Reis and B. Stroustrup, Specifying C++ concepts [Bjarne's home page]
• J. Siek and A. Lumsdaine, Language requirements for large-scale generic libraries [Proc. of GPCE'05]
• Walid Taha, A Gentle Introduction to Multi-stage Programming [DSPG 2004]
• Hal Daume III, Yet Another Haskell Tutorial [PDF, PS or DVI]

* Briefs/Exercises

• Generative programming terms [glossary]
• Source file for the first brief [example glossary entry]
• Silicon Graphics, Inc.: Standard Template Library Programmer's Guide [online STL documentation]
• Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Generative Programming and Component Engineering [GPCE'05 home page]

* Course data

• Course description [html]
• First announcement [html]
• Performance Engineering Laboratory [home page]

Last modification: 29/3 2006