User Interface Programming

• 26 hrs lectures
• 12 hrs pc labs
• 14 hrs projects

• 20 pts mid-term test (test part)
• 25 pts numeric exercises
• 55 pts projects

The students will learn and understand the importance of user interfaces for efficient computer usage. They will learn basic principles and structure of the application and user interface development tools; get acquainted with the history of such development tools and the probable future development. They will experience the user interface development on a series of examples, learn about the common building blocks of the user interfaces, and get familiar with properties of the building blocks in Windows, and understand the differences in X-Window or iOS implementations. They will also get the important skills needed in the development of applications.
The students will learn to search team partners and to work in a team. They will also improve their skills in development tools usage and also in practical programming.

To learn and understand the importance of user interfaces for efficient computer usage. To learn basic principles and structure of the application and user interface development tools. To get acquainted with the history of such development tools and probable future development. To experience the user interface development on a series of examples. To learn about the common building blocks of the user interfaces. To get familiar with properties of the building blocks in Windows, and understand the differences in X-Window or iOS implementations. To get the important skills needed in the development of applications for real-life and student projects.

The Graphical User Interface (GUI) is a key element in making computers accessible to people. Nowadays, computer capabilities are unprecedented and the only limit is how people can use the computing power of these machines to communicate with the machine. GUIs are today the most common and yet the most effective way for people to communicate with computers. The ITU course teaches how to create such GUIs using modern technologies.

Basic knowledge of C/C++ programming.

• Yu-kai Chou: Actionable Gamification - Beyond Points, Badges, and Leaderboards. Octalysis Media, ISBN 978-1511744041, 2015.
• Rubin, J., Chisnell, D., Spool, J.: Handbook of Usability Testing: How to Plan, Design, and Conduct Effective Tests. Wiley, ISBN 978-0470185483, 2008.
• Steve Krug: Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability. New Riders, ISBN 978-0321965516, 2014.

• Preece J.: Human-Computer Interaction. Addison-Wesley, Wokingham, ISBN 0-201-62769-8, 1995.
• Sheridan Yuen: Mastering Windows Presentation Foundation: Master the art of building modern desktop applications on Windows. Packt Publishing, ISBN 978-1785883002, 2017.

1. Course organization, introduction to GUI (Beran)
2. GUI fundamentals and history (Beran)
3. GUI programming principles in WinAPI (Zemčík)
4. Web interfaces (ROI Hunter)
5. GUI design, mock-ups and testing (Beran)
6. Qt + QML (Mlích)
7. Advanced tools and libraries for Windows (WPF, .NET) (Pluskal/Jašek)
8. Gamification (Beran)
9. GUI on iOS (Hrubý)
10. GTK (Carlos Soriano Sanchez, Red Hat, in English)
11. Mobile platforms (Herout)
12. UX in practice (ViaAurea)
13. Final test, Conclusion (Beran)

• GUI design - design discussions, project mock-ups
• Windows API demonstration, Simple component-oriented programming example, Keyboard and mouse in Windows, cursor changes, clipboard
• Qt simple application
• WPF simple application
• Web principles demonstration and example application

• individual project assignment - one project for the whole duration of the course

• Final test - up to 20 points
• Evaluated computer laboratories - up to 25 points
• Individual projects - up to 55 points

Exam prerequisites:
successful project

The monitored activities include individual project, test and evaluated computer laboratories. The test does not have a correction term.

successful project