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SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
The students should be able to:
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CONTENT
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Distinguish between low-level and high level programming languages;
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Low-level language (Machine or Assembly Language);
High- level language (Pascal, C).
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Distinguish among the different generations of programming languages; |
Characterization of first through to fifth generation languages.
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List the sequence of steps associated with implementing a program; |
Create source code, compile, linking, executing, maintain program.
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Explain commonly used terms and concepts in programming; |
Testing, debugging, syntax errors, logic errors, run-time errors, dry run, test data.
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Declare elementary data types; |
Integers, real numbers, characters.
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Declare variables and constants; |
Use of meaningful variable names and constants; assign initial
values.
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Manipulate data; |
Reading from and writing to variables, arithmetic operations.
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Use control structures; |
Conditional branching: if-then, if-then-else, Loops: while, repeat, for.
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Manipulate data in a list; |
Declare 1-dimensional arrays; reading from and writing to arrays; traversing arrays; linear search.
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Perform checks and tests on
programs to verify correctness |
Testing and debugging techniques. |
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Write documented programs. |
Importance of documentation; features of internal
documentation (use of mnemonic names, use of
comments, indentation, effective use of white spaces);
external documentation (user manuals). |
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