Declarative Programming

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2012:

120 hours

One of the following:

None

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Declarative programming languages provide elegant and powerful programming paradigms that every programmer should know. Topics covered include functional programming, logic programming, constraint programming; declarative programming techniques, including higher order programming and the exploitation of advanced type systems; declarative languages as a competitive advantage, and how they fit into an environment dominated by imperative languages.

On completion of this subject, students should be able to:

• Apply declarative programming techniques
• Write medium size programs in a declarative language
• Write programs in which different components use different languages; and
• Select appropriate languages for each component task in a project

• Project work during semester, expected to take about 36 hours (30%)
• A mid-semester test (10%)
• And a 2-hour end-of-semester written examination (60%)

To pass the subject, students must obtain at least:

• 50% overall
• 15/30 in project work
• And35/70 in the mid-semester test and end-of-semester written examination combined.

TBA

This subject potentially can be taken as a breadth subject component for the following courses:

• Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Commerce
• Bachelor of Environments
• Bachelor of Music

You should visit learn more about breadth subjects and read the breadth requirements for your degree, and should discuss your choice with your student adviser, before deciding on your subjects.

On completion of this subject students should have developed the following generic skills:

• Ability to undertake problem identification, formulation and solution
• Ability to utilise a systems approach to design and operational performance
• Intellectual curiosity and creativity, including understanding of the philosophical and methodological bases of research activity
• Openness to new ideas and unconventional critiques of received wisdom
• Capacity for independent critical thought, rational inquiry and self-directed learning