4. Stage 2

Our last stage involves some larger projects as well as introducing final, somewhat more advanced topics.

• 4.1. Larger software
  • 4.1.1. Introduction to larger software
  • 4.1.2. Breaking software down to components
  • 4.1.3. Drawing to a screen using SDL2
  • 4.1.4. Drawing the schedule screen using SDL2
  • 4.1.5. Unix way - sched
  • 4.1.6. Unix way - parse_gps
  • 4.1.7. Unix way - merge
  • 4.1.8. Monolithic way - parsing
  • 4.1.9. Monolithic way - scheduled arrivals and GPS data
  • 4.1.10. Monolithic way - merging and putting it all together
• 4.2. A fistful of Python exercises
  • 4.2.1. Graphs
  • 4.2.2. Parsing
• 4.3. SQL and its relationship with online shops
  • 4.3.1. Introduction to SQL
  • 4.3.2. Adding data to an SQL database
  • 4.3.3. Querying SQL databases
  • 4.3.4. Generating a return form
  • 4.3.5. Web UI for our return form
• 4.4. Final bits
  • 4.4.1. Software licenses
  • 4.4.2. NP-hard problems
  • 4.4.3. Concurrency
  • 4.4.4. Tech behind this book
  • 4.4.5. Further reading
  • 4.4.6. Chapter dependencies