Project applied programming

Brief description

The aim is to programme a sequencer for a virtual drum kit. The individual components of the drum kit (drums and cymbals) are available as audio files (WAV files). They must be mixed together appropriately using a text file.

Lecture contents

The practical course in applied programming provides an introduction to the following topics:

Version management systems
Platform-independent development and creation of software
debugging

The Sequnezer consists of the following blocks which are implemented independently after a theoretical explanation:

Reading and saving WAV files
Process text files line by line
Normalise audio

Learning outcomes & professional competences

After attending the course, students will be able to

use a version management system,
create platform- and compiler-independent build environments with CMake,
use GNU GCC Flag in a meaningful way,
find programming errors in C/C++ projects using static source code analysis,
find programming errors across languages using dynamic machine code analysis,
perform debugging with GDB (breakpoints),
read and save WAV files,
process text files.

Students will be able to

Debug programme code,
carry out software projects with DVCS,
gain experience in programming (C++).

Methodical realisation

Lectures as slide presentations
Exercises and demonstrations on the computer
practical exercises with Git, CMake, GNU G++, KDevelop in which students independently programme a sequencer