| CODE | CIS1062 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Structured Design and Applied Operating Systems | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | Not Applicable | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 6 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Computer Information Systems | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The aim of this study-unit is to provide students with skills relating to good programming and good work behind modern operating systems. Practical Sessions are included. Standard Design Concepts: Aims of Modularity. Program Complexity Measures e.g. McCabe, Coupling and Cohesion and Bottom-up Design and Shared Modules. Functional Decomposition and JSP (Jackson Structured Programming or Michael Jackson program design method). Introduction to Object-Oriented Design using the Class-Responsibility-Collaborator (CRC) design technique. Linux and Unix: Fundamental concepts of modern operating systems like windows (NT, 2000, XP and Vista) and Unix and Unix-like operating sytems like Linux. Interfacing, structure of the operating system, concurrency management, networking and connectivity issues, application configuration, different processing models. Basic commands and advanced systems utilities and editors. Advanced Linux systems programming. Forking Algorithm. Textbooks: - King and Pardoe Program design using JSP: A Practical Introduction Macmillan. ISBN 0470202319. - Bell, Morrey and Pugh Software Engineering: A Programming Approach Prentice-Hall. ISBN0138325367. - Bell, Morrey and Pugh Essence of Program Design (The Essence of Computing Series) Prentice-Hall. ISBN133678067. - A M Lister & R D Eager Fundamentals of Operating Systems, Springer. Either - H Hahn A Student’s Guide to UNIX, McGraw-Hill Book. Or - UNIX Wizards UNIX Unleashed, SAMS Publ. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Leads to: CIS2031 | |||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | |||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Clyde Meli Anthony Spiteri Staines (Co-ord.) |
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