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SUMMARY:Program Design: Building Applications out of Several Programs - Ni
 ck Maclaren (University of Cambridge)
DTSTART:20100511T131500Z
DTEND:20100511T160000Z
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DESCRIPTION:This course is part of the Scientific Computing series.\n\nThi
 s is an introduction to when and how to combine separate programs together
  to form an application\, and when and how to split a single program apart
 . It will concentrate on principles rather than details\, to help attendee
 s make the right decision and proceed in the right direction. It is aimed 
 at users with some programming experience who need to start or join a sign
 ificant programming project.\n\nDuration: One half day session\n\nSessions
 :\nDate 	Time 	Venue 	Trainer\nTue 11 May 	14:15 - 17:00 	Room AL.08 (CMS\
 , Wilberforce Road) 	N.M. Maclaren\n\nFormat: A presentation\, followed by
  questions and discussions.\n\nPrerequisites: Some experience with writing
  significant programs (a few hundred lines or more)\, preferably under som
 e variant of Unix.\n\nTopics covered:\n\n    * When and why to build appli
 cations out of multiple programs\n    * When and why to split programs\n  
   * Graphical interfaces and batch schedulers\n    * Techniques for linkin
 g programs together\n    * Passing data between programs\n    * Diagnostic
 s and handling errors\n    * Importing and exporting data
LOCATION:Room AL.08 (CMS\, Wilberforce Road)
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