EMM 530 - Causes of Emergence: Progamming,Languages

What is emergence and what role does code have to play in successful applications? The student discovers scripting and programming languages with an emphasis on how they enabled application development. Case studies will investigate models such as Google, Voice Over IP, Facebook, World of WarCraft, the languages that were chosen or developed and why. Labs will provide a platform for exploration of fundamental concepts such as scripting, object oriented programming, event driven architectures and databases.
Credit(s): 3