CS 4860 - C# and Program Language Design

2 lecture hours 2 lab hours 3 credits

Course Description
This course explores programming language design in the context of the C# programming language. Topics covered include C# fundamentals, multi-threaded programming techniques, LINQ, IEnumerable, IQueryable, expression trees, Rx, and IObservable. (prereq: CS 2852)

Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Have a better appreciation for the design of programming languages
Compare and contrast programming language concepts
Understand the tradeoffs of programming language features
Develop tools for learning and evaluating programming languages
Learn C# both as it compares to Java and as it compares with functional programming languages
Have experience writing one moderately sized program using Microsoft development environments

Prerequisites by Topic

Proficiency in a programming language
Basic threading

Course Topics

Programming language fundamentals
C# fundamentals
Multi-threaded programming
LINQ and IEnumerable
IQueryable and expression trees
Rx
IObservable

Laboratory Topics

C# fundamentals
Language design exploration
Events
LINQ
Asynchronous programming

Coordinator
Dr. Christopher Taylor

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CS 4860 - C# and Program Language Design