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Fundamental Problem-solving and Programming Skills
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Software Development
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Structure charts and module interfaces
Practise Software Development
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Computer Science · 9618
Fundamental Problem-solving and Programming Skills
Chapter 04 · Software Development
Program Design
Structure charts and module interfaces
01
Algorithm Design and Problem-solving
Computational Thinking Skills
1
Abstraction and decomposition
Algorithms
3
Algorithms, identifiers and changing state
Flowcharts, pseudocode and logical conditions
Stepwise refinement
02
Data Types and Structures
Data Types and Records
1
Data types and record structures
Arrays
3
1D and 2D arrays and their indexes
Linear search and bounds
Bubble sort, passes and swaps
Files
1
Text files, modes and end-of-file
Abstract Data Types
2
Stacks, queues and array implementations
Linked lists, pointers and free positions
03
Programming
Programming Basics
2
Variables, constants, input and expressions
Strings, built-in functions and libraries
Programming Constructs
2
IF, nested selection and CASE
FOR, WHILE and REPEAT loops
Structured Programming
2
Procedures, functions and interfaces
BYVAL, BYREF and variable scope
04
Software Development
Program Development Life Cycle
1
Development stages, waterfall, iteration and RAD
Program Design
2
Structure charts and module interfaces
States, events and transition diagrams
Program Testing and Maintenance
3
Syntax, run-time and logic errors
Testing methods, plans and boundary data
Maintenance and program improvement
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