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+Introduction
+============
+
+Engineering students use computers for a large number of curricular
+tasks – mostly computation centred. However, they do not see this as
+coding or programming tasks and usually are not even aware of the
+tools and techniques that will help them to handle these tasks
+better. This results in less than optimal use of their time and
+resources. This also causes difficulties when it comes to
+collaboration and building on other people's work. This course is
+intended to train such students in good software practices and tools
+for producing code and documentation.
+
+After successfully completing the program, the participants will be
+able to:
+
+- understand how software tools work together and how they can be used
+  in tandem to carry out tasks,
+                             
+- use unix command line tools to carry out common (mostly text
+  processing tasks,
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+- to generate professional documents,
+
+- use version control effectively – for both code and documents,
+
+- automate tasks by writing shell scripts and python scripts,
+
+- realise the impact of coding style and readbility on quality,
+
+- write mid-sized programs that carry out typical engineering /
+  numerical computations such as those that involve (basic)
+  manipulation of large arrays in an efficient manner,
+
+- generate 2D and simple 3D plots,
+
+- debug programs using a standardized approach,
+
+- understand the importance of tests and the philosophy of Test Driven
+  Development,
+
+- write unit tests and improve the quality of code.
+
+
+Prerequisites
+-------------
+
+The students should possess possess good computer usage skills. Some
+programming knowledge will be helpful, but is not mandatory. 
+
+- Good computer usage skills is typically using computers for
+  preparing documents, sending email etc.
+
+- Some programming knowledge is basic understanding of coding such as
+  operators, assignments, conditionals, loops and functions.
+
+Outline
+-------
+
+The course will consist of the following modules. 
+
+#. Using Linux Tools
+#. Version control systems
+#. Basic Python
+#. Advanced Python
+#. Test Driven Development