Defensive Programming and Debugging

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Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe (PRACE)

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Defensive Programming and Debugging

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What is the course about?

Defensive Programming and Debugging

The course Defensive Programming and Debugging is an online class provided by Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe (PRACE) through Future Learn. It may be possible to receive a verified certification or use the course to prepare for a degree.

Find out how to write clean and robust code as a programmer. Explore techniques to minimise the number of bugs during development.

Course description

Learn how to identify and solve software bugs in your code
5 weeks

Want to improve your ability to identify and fix bugs in code?
On this course, you’ll discover how to reduce bugs during software development. You’ll learn with examples in both C and Fortran programming languages and understand how to catch bugs early using compiler features and writing tests for your code.
You’ll learn to find the bugs in your code using the best tools available including debuggers and code analysers. You’ll also look at parallel programs and explore tools for debugging parallel code at scale.
By the end of the course, you’ll feel confident writing high-quality and clean code.

Defensive programming: the use of good coding style, documentation strategies and good code testing
Preventing bugs: how to use compiler flags and static code checkers to identify bugs in an early stage
Finding bugs: debugging concepts and technics
Using the debugging tools GDB and Valgrind to fix serial programs
Debugging parallel code: using Intel Inspector and ITAC

Develop good written software codes
Produce clear and useful software documentation
Identify software bugs
Solve software bugs

This is an intermediate level course aimed at people with some programming experience. Although examples will be given in C and Fortran, the principles (and most of the tools) are transferable to other programming languages.

Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe (PRACE)
The Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe (PRACE) is an international non-profit association with its seat in Brussels.

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Prerequisites & Facts

Defensive Programming and Debugging

Course Topic

Coding & Programming, IT & Computer Science

University, College, Institution

Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe (PRACE)

Course Skill Level

see course summary

Course Language

English

Place of class

Online, self-paced (see curriculum for more information)

Degree

Certificate

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Defensive Programming and Debugging

To obtain a verified certificate from Future Learn / Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe (PRACE) you have to finish this course or the latest version of it, if there is a new edition. The class may be free of charge, but there could be some cost to receive a verified certificate or to access the learning materials. The specifics of the course may have been changed, please consult the provider to get the latest quotes and news.

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