Advanced Programming

The course assumes programming skills and basic knowledge of algorithms and data structures.

The course will focus on the following topics:

• Overview functional and imperative programming
• Understanding types and functions
• Programming with objects
• Code organisation
• Working with data (textual and structured)
• Reactive, asynchronous and parallel programming
• Integrating external data and services

The above mentioned topics will be illustrated with applications in the following domains:

• Data visualisation
• Scientific and numerical computing
• Financial computing
• Data science (big data)

NB! This course will take place in autumn semester 2025/2026 which starts on 1st of September and ends on 25th of January (you can find that information under Start date section). TalTech's timetables for Autumn semester 2025 will be published at the end of June via tunniplaan.taltech.ee. Switch the page to English and use "Search" and "Open detailed search" to find your course. NB! Some courses are taught by several lecturers during the same semester. Make sure that the course name and lecturer/teacher infromation of your course match with the information given in the Course Catalogue.

A student who has completed the course:

• Has clear understanding of functional programming concepts that are applicable in any programming language.
• Can write clean and well structured code.
• Knows how to test functional programs.
• Can identify/contrast functional programming and imperative programming.
• Can use functional concepts in any functional/imperative programming language.
• Is familiar with the application domains where functional programming is a natural fit and can decide when to use FP.
• Can decide which problems are best solved with asynchronous or reactive approach.
• Knows how to write data parallel programs.

Final assessment can consist of one test/assignment or several smaller assignments completed during the whole course. After declaring a course the student can re-sit the exam/assessment once. Assessment can be graded or non-graded. For specific information about the assessment process please get in touch with the contact person of this course. For specific information about grade transfer please contact your home university

programming

• Tomas Petricek: Real World Functional Programming: With Examples in F# and C#
• Don Syme, Adam Granicz, Antonio Cisternino: Expert F# 3.0 3rd New edition
• http://cs.ttu.ee/courses/itt8060

lectures, practices