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In this course, you will learn:-
- Students will be able to write clean, legible programmes that make debugging considerably easier by the end of this course.
- Students will be able to utilise GDB to detect and correct faults in C programmes at the end of this course.
- Students will be able to utilise Eclipse to detect and fix faults in Java programmes by the end of the course.
Syllabus:-
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Course Breakdown
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Syntax highlighting
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Giving variables clear names
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Don't Repeat Yourself (The DRY Rule)
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Adding a for loop to remove repeated code
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Practice: Adding for loops to improve readability
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Adding a function to remove repeated code
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When and where to add comments to the program
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How to comment in common programming languages
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Making functions as short as possible
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Practice: Splitting a large function into multiple smaller functions
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Formatting code properly
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Putting similar blocks of code together
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Indentation and line length
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The golden rules of writing readable programs
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Compiling C programs
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Opening a terminal
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Installing GDB on Linux
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Installing LLDB On Mac
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Installing GDB on Windows
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Using onlinegdb.com
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The essential GDB commands
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Breakpoints and Watchpoints
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Extra GDB Commands
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Summary of all the GDB commands
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Practice: Using GDB to fix common errors in C
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Program 1
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Program 2
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Program 3
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Using JDB - An alternative to Eclipse
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Installing Eclipse on Mac and Windows
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Installing Eclipse on Linux
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Debugging our first program in Eclipse
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Adding breakpoints in Eclipse
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Adding watchpoints in Eclipse
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Exception Breakpoints
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Watching Expressions
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Display data collections whilst debugging
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A summary of debugging Java programs in Eclipse
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Practice: Using Eclipse to debug some simple Java programs
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Program 1
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Program 2
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Program 3
