Imperative Programming

In this course, we discussed what the imperative programming paradigm is and how to write code following its principles. Rust was the programming language used throughout the course. By the end of the semester, students were expected to develop a simple terminal-based application that applies all the concepts covered.

Technologies used:

• rust v1.88.0
• cargo v1.88.0
• git v2.50.0
• Visual Studio Code

Topics discussed:

• What is the imperative paradigm and related languages
• Variables
  • Primitive and complex types
  • mut variables
• Control flow and loops
  • if, else, else if
  • Pattern matching
  • while, loop, for
• Functions
  • Recursion
  • References (borrowing)
  • Raw pointers
• Structs
  • Enumerations
  • Implementations
• Rust’s memory management
  • Binaries memory structure
  • Ownership
  • Borrowing
• Error handling
  • Result
  • Option
• Data collections
  • Static arrays
  • Vec
  • Iterator
• Code modularization
  • crates
  • modules
  • Scope control and “privacy” (pub)
• Version control (git)

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