Introduction to Programming

Weekly outline

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  General

  Prerequisite: CC111 - Introduction to computer.

  TEXT BOOKS

  Deitel, P.J; Deitel, H.M; Ayer, D.J, Simply Visual Basic 2008: An Application-Driven Tutorial Approach, 3rd Edition, Pearson International Edition (or Pearson Education), 2009..

  COURSE AIM

  This course will help students know the concepts of programming using VB, and knowing how to use editors to implement these concepts.

  COURSE OBJECTIVES

  Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:

  • Explain the different concepts of programming and knowing the different tools that can be used.
  • Experiment this using visual studio

  • News forum
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  29 September - 5 October

  Week 1: Introduction to visual basic and the IDE.

  • Lecture01 introduction File
  • Sheet1 File
  • Lecture1SourceCodeExamples File
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  6 October - 12 October

  Week 2: Introducing VB data types, constants,  variables,  VB controls and arithmetic.

  • Lecture02 Variables -memory Concepts File
  • Lecture2SourceCodeExample File
  • Sheet2 File
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  13 October - 19 October

  Week 3: Introducing algorithms, pseudocode, flow diagrams , checkboxes and dialogs 

  • Lecture03 algorithms+if selection File
  • Sheet3 File
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  20 October - 26 October

  Week 4: Illustrating application example.

  • Lecture04 Application Example File
  • Sheet4 File
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  27 October - 2 November

  Week 5: VB control structures, operators , conditional structures using if then/if then else

  • Sheet5 File
  • Lecture5SourceExample File
  • Lecture05 select case File
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  3 November - 9 November

  Week 6: Multiple- if Selection Statements and the  Select Case  Statement.

  • Sheet6 File
  • Lecture6SourceCode File
  • Lecture06 checkBox Dialog AppExample File
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  10 November - 16 November

  Week 7: 7^th week exam
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  17 November - 23 November

  Week 8: Repeat ion, the Do While…Loop and Do Until…Loop Repetition Statements.

  • Lecture08 Until Repetition Statements File
  • Lecture8 File
  • Sheet8 File
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  24 November - 30 November

  Week 9: Introducing the Do …Loop While and Do …Loop Until Repetition Statements.

  • Lecture09 Introducing the Do While…Loop File
  • CarLoanPaymentApp File
  • Sheet9 File
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  1 December - 7 December

  Week 10: Illustrating application example.

  • Lecture10 DatesTimes AppExample File
  • shippingTimeCalcApp File
  • LoopsExamples File
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  8 December - 14 December

  Week 11: Introducing the For … Next Repetition Statement and nested loops.

  • Lecture11 For Next Repeation File
  • interestCalApp File
  • Sheet11 File
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  15 December - 21 December

  Week 12: 12^th week exam
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  22 December - 28 December

  Week 13 : Introducing One-Dimensional Arrays.

  • Lecture13 1DArrays File
  • arrayStatsApp File
  • Sheet13 File
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  29 December - 4 January

  Week 14 : Introducing Functions and Procedures.

  • Lecture14 Functions Procedures File
  • Maximum File
  • WageCalculator2 File
  • HypotenuseCalculator File
  • Sheet14 File
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  5 January - 11 January

  Week 15: General Application Example.

  • addressBookApp File
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  12 January - 18 January