Lecture 01 Intro

In the first lecture we are going to discuss issues around what programmers actually do. Then we are going to look at how we might best go about these things. These issues have little to do with computers as such, but more to do with the nature of problems and human behaviour. If all this sounds a bit vague and meaningless, then never mind. We will also cover issues of abstraction and metadata. So it really sounds like fun. There are links to classroom server for the labs here. You will need these for your first practical session tomorrow.