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= Dynamic Programming Languages =


== Requirements ==


== Aim ==
Having successfully completed the course with grade E or higher, a student should be able to:

 1. use at least one dynamic language (such as Ruby and Python),
or scripting language, in program development, both as application languages, as embedded languages and scripting tools.

 2. quickly pick up other dynamic programming languages with
imperative core.

 3 use prototype-based programming languages.

 4. reason about the effects of choosing a dynamic
programming language over a systems programming language
(or vice versa), for a project with respect to design,
programming, testing, static checking, maintenance, memory,
speed and safety.

 5. reason about the philosophy of the languages used in the
course, how this philosophy is affected by language change
and additions, enough to interact with communities around
dynamic programming languages.

 6. use metapogramming and reason about the effects of using
metaprogramming instead of "traditional programming" in a
project.

 7. analyse her own beliefs and preconceptions about
dynamic programming languages, their underlying rationale
and criticise them.

 8. discuss current trends in the programming language
developing communities and research community such as
gradual typing and relate these to more mature concepts
such as duck typing and structural typing. 

== Syllabus ==