This course aims to teach learners the fundamentals of Common Lisp programming. By the end of the course, students will be able to understand the syntax and semantics of Lisp, create functions and macros, work with different data types, manipulate files, implement object-oriented programming concepts, handle exceptions, and develop practical applications such as databases, parsers, web servers, and more. The course uses a hands-on approach with practical projects to reinforce learning. It is intended for individuals interested in mastering Common Lisp programming for various applications.
Overview
Syllabus
- Introduction: Why Lisp?
- Lather, Rinse, Repeat: A Tour of the REPL
- Practical: A Simple Database
- Syntax and Semantics
- Functions
- Variables
- Macros: Standard Control Constructs
- Macros: Defining Your Own
- Practical: Building a Unit Test Framework
- Numbers, Characters, and Strings
- Collections
- They Called It LISP for a Reason: List Processing
- Beyond Lists: Other Uses for Cons Cells
- Files and File I/O
- Practical: A Portable Pathname Library
- Object Reorientation: Generic Functions
- Object Reorientation: Classes
- A Few FORMAT Recipes
- Beyond Exception Handling: Conditions and Restarts
- The Special Operators
- Programming in the Large: Packages and Symbols
- LOOP for Black Belts
- Practical: A Spam Filter
- Practical: Parsing Binary Files
- Practical: An ID3 Parser
- Practical: Web Programming with AllegroServe
- Practical: An MP3 Database
- Practical: A Shoutcast Server
- Practical: An MP3 Browser
- Practical: An HTML Generation Library, the Interpreter
- Practical: An HTML Generation Library, the Compiler
- Conclusion: What's Next?
