Programming
Principles
This is a first
step towards becoming a computer programmer, and is essential for
anyone with no experience, wanting to go into advanced programming.
You can also do Programming Principles as part of a package, please
look at Programming and E-commerce
and Web Developer for more information.
This hands
on course provides a background for students who wish to become programmers,
but first need to master the basics. All work on this course is done
using a simple programming language called 'Q-Basic'. This provides
a good introduction into the practice of entering programming instructions
and then testing the results. At the end of this course you may keep
the Programming Principles course manual.
Syllabus
DOS Commands
Defining a Program and types of Languages
Interpreters & Compilers
Constants & variables
Formatting
Flowchart
Commands and Controls
Loops
Crashing Programs & Entering Character Data
Boolean Algebra
Logical Operators
Initialising Variables
Subrountines
Arrays and Two dimensional Arrays
Sequential Data Files
Reading & Writing in a Sequential File
String Manipulation Functions
Number Conversion Functions
