EECS 398-001: Programming Paradigms

Survey of programming language features and paradigms, with a focus on how to effectively use them. Introduces common features for structuring program execution, data, and resource management. Exploration of programming paradigms including imperative, functional, object-oriented, and declarative paradigms, as well as advanced techniques such as metaprogramming. Students will gain programming experience in large projects that incorporate these paradigms and techniques.

See the syllabus for all the details.

Notes

• This course is based off of EECS 490 as offered in Fall 2019 and earlier.
• The focus here is on how to effectively use programming languages and paradigms, while EECS 490 as offered in Winter 2020 and later is focused on programming-language design and implementation. The two courses are not replacements for one another; rather, they are complementary, and we recommend students take both to gain a comprehensive understanding of programming languages. Both courses are distinct from EECS 483, which is focused on compiler construction (e.g. in-depth discussion of lexing and parsing, intermediate forms, dataflow analysis, optimization, and so on). Students can take all three courses for credit.
• EECS 398 is not a survey of a bunch of different programming languages. It covers different language features and patterns, with the intent of giving you the background you need to learn and make effective use of new languages. But it does not give you direct experience with numerous languages.
• The prerequisite for this course is a C or better in EECS 281.
• This offering has been approved as the following:
  • ULCS credit for CS-LSA and CS-Eng
  • Advanced technical elective for DS-LSA and DS-Eng

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Day	Unit	#	Lecture Topic	Deadline	Readings
Mon 18 Jan	Foundations		No Class - MLK Day		Introduction, Basic Python, Basic Elements
Wed 20 Jan		1	Introduction
Mon 25 Jan		2	Basic Elements	HW1 due Fri 29 Jan 8pm ET	Names and Environments
Wed 27 Jan		3	Names and Environments
Mon 1 Feb		4	Control Flow	Project 1 due Mon 1 Feb 8pm ET	Control Flow, Value and Reference Semantics, Grammars
Wed 3 Feb		5	Grammars
Mon 8 Feb	Functional Programming	6	Scheme and Functions	HW2 due Fri 12 Feb 8pm ET	Functions, Introduction to Scheme, Recursion
Wed 10 Feb		7	Functions and Recursion
Mon 15 Feb		8	Higher-Order Functions	Project 2 due Fri 19 Feb 8pm ET	Higher-Order Functions, Lambda Functions
Wed 17 Feb		9	Lambdas
Mon 22 Feb		10	Continuations	HW3 due Fri 26 Feb 8pm ET	Continuations
Wed 24 Feb	Midterm		Break - No Class
Mon 1 Mar			Midterm Exam	Midterm exam Mon 1 Mar 1:30pm ET	Functional Data Abstraction
Wed 3 Mar	Data Abstraction	11	Functional Data Abstraction
Mon 8 Mar		12	Memory Management		Memory Management, Object-Oriented Programming
Wed 10 Mar		13	Object-Oriented Programming
Mon 15 Mar		14	Inheritance and Polymorphism	Project 3 due Mon 15 Mar 8pm ET	Inheritance and Polymorphism, Static Analysis, Dynamic Typing
Wed 17 Mar		15	Static and Dynamic Typing
Mon 22 Mar		16	Generics and Modules		Generics, Modules and Namespaces
Wed 24 Mar			Break - No Class
Mon 29 Mar	Declarative Programming	17	Logic Programming	Project 4 due Fri 2 Apr 8pm ET	Logic Programming
Wed 31 Mar		18	Logic Programming II
Mon 5 Apr		19	Logic, Constraints, and Dependencies		Constraints and Dependencies, Macros and Code Generation
Wed 7 Apr	Metaprogramming	20	Macros and Code Generation
Mon 12 Apr		21	Template Metaprogramming	HW4 due Mon 12 Apr 8pm ET	Template Metaprogramming, Example: Multidimensional Arrays
Wed 14 Apr		22	Template Metaprogramming II
Mon 19 Apr	Special Topics	23	Advanced C++	Project 5 due Wed 21 Apr 8pm ET
Wed 21 Apr		24	Parallel Computing
Tue 27 Apr	Final		Final Exam	Final exam Tue 27 Apr 4pm ET