Course details

Open source software us used throughout the world and is effectively used by companies and businesses in all sectors. This course offers an introduction to the world of open source software. This course is aimed at students who have not had any previous experience with open source software or software development.

Programme Aims and Objectives

This course aims at providing the learner with the knowledge to:

  • Download and install open source development environments
  • Utilize existing open source application libraries
  • Develop a custom applications using open source software

Programme Content

This course is focused upon the basics of software development, specifically with the open source languages such as C, Python, Ruby, PHP and many more.

Topics covered by this course include:

  • Open Source license model
  • GNU licensing
  • Basics of software development
  • Variables
  • Control Structures
  • Data types
  • Debugging
  • Deploying an open source application
Updated on 08 November, 2015

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