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This module covers areas of software development that are related to low level systems and machine programming. The individual units will focus on particular aspects and considerations when compiling and linking programs that produce native code.

A number of topics are covered, including compiling and linking programs, data sizes and data representation on different architecture targets, inline assembly, Includes and declaration order, call conventions – pass by value, reference and pointer, memory management – stack and heap, Low level debugging, object orientation, virtual function calls and function tables, data structures using pointers, and network socket programming. Additionally the course includes consideration of Information Assurance and its impact in software design and implementation. This will in particular consider data integrity.

Upon completion of this module you will be able to
LO1: Design, develop and test computer programs in a suitable systems programming language
LO2: Understand the concepts and develop applications that utilise low-level machine programming techniques
LO3: Understand the concepts of how Information Assurance can be applied to software systems.
LO4: Develop problem solving skills involving low-level machine considerations
LO5: Develop an understanding of Client and Server network programming