Programming Languages | Building a Web Browser
Details
This class will give you an introduction to the fundamentals of programming languages. Key concepts include how to specify and process valid strings, sentences and program structures.
Take this class and learn how to build your own simple web browser complete with the ability to parse and understand HTML and JavaScript.
This course assumes previous programming experience, comparable to what is covered by the Udacity CS101 course.
Estimated Duration: Approx. 2 months. Assumes 6hr/wk (work at your own pace)
Outline
Finding and specifying classes of strings using regular expressions
Lexical AnalysisBreaking strings down into important words
GrammarsSpecifying and deconstructing valid sentences
ParsingTurning sentences into trees
InterpretingSimulating programs
Building a Web BrowserInterpreting HTML and JavaScript
Wrap-upExam testing your knowledge
Speaker/s
Westley Weimer is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Virginia where he teaches computer science and leads research in programming languages and software engineering. He has won three awards for teaching and over half a dozen "best paper" awards for research. He has MS and PhD degrees from the University of California at Berkeley.
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