Computer ScienceCode 2210
Programming concepts
What this topic asks you to be able to do
- Declare variables and constants and put them to use
- Understand the basic data types and make use of them
- Understand input and output, and make use of both
- Understand and apply the idea of sequence
- Understand and apply the idea of selection
- Understand and apply the idea of iteration
- Understand and apply the ideas behind totalling and counting
- Understand and apply the idea of string handling
- Understand arithmetic, relational and logical operators, and put them to use
- Understand and apply statements nested within other statements
- Understand the meaning of procedures, functions and parameters
- Define procedures and functions, with or without parameters, and put them to use
- Understand local and global variables, and make use of each
- Understand and work with library routines
- Understand the ways to write a program so that it is maintainable