Introduction to Computer Programming II

An introductory course on the Matlab and Processing programming languages

To familiarise students with the Matlab and Processing high-level programming languages so that they become conversant with computational problem solving, data visualisation and creative coding.

1st Week Matlab: fundamentals, the programming environment, types of windows and their usage. Seeking help: the commands help and lookfor.
2nd Week Variables, accuracy, the format command, the commands who and whos. Reserved variable names.
3rd Week Array handling tools, initialization, basic operations, inversion.
4th Week Functional, complex and statistical operators. Handling of character strings.
5th Week Programme flow control, relational and logical operators, priorities. The commands if, switch, for.
6th Week 2-D graphics. Menu-driven presentation control. Multiple-trace graphics. Other commands.
7th Week 3-D graphics and presentation control tools.
8th Week Multimedia. Handling images and moving image sequences.
9th Week Processing: fundamentals the programming environment, types of windows and their usage.
10th Week Drawing simple geometric shapes, presentation control.
11th Week Drawing complex geometric shapes. Programme flow control fundamentals.
12th Week Interaction programming and associated tools.
13th Week Elements of object-oriented programming. Classes and objects. Constructors. Arrays and their incorporation to classes.

(in Greek)

D. Hanselman, B. Littlefield, Μάθετε το Matlab 7
STORMY ATTAWAY, MATLAB: ΜΙΑ ΠΡΑΚΤΙΚΗ ΕΙΣΑΓΩΓΗ ΣΤΟΝ ΠΡΟΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΙΣΜΟ ΚΑΙ ΤΗΝ ΕΠΙΛΥΣΗ ΠΡΟΒΛΗΜΑΤΩΝ

Lectures, Laboratory training and home assignments

Enhanced by multimedia content.
The learning process is supported by the asyncrhonous e-learning platform e-class.

Written examination paper.