Introduction to Programming
Weekly outline
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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
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Week 1: Introduction to visual basic and the IDE.
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Week 2: Introducing VB data types, constants, variables, VB controls and arithmetic.
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Week 3: Introducing algorithms, pseudocode, flow diagrams , checkboxes and dialogs
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Week 4: Illustrating application example.
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Week 5: VB control structures, operators , conditional structures using if then/if then else
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Week 6: Multiple- if Selection Statements and the Select Case Statement.
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Week 7: 7th week exam
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Week 8: Repeat ion, the Do While…Loop and Do Until…Loop Repetition Statements.
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Week 9: Introducing the Do …Loop While and Do …Loop Until Repetition Statements.
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Week 10: Illustrating application example.
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Week 11: 12th week exam moved to week 11
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Week 12: Introducing the For … Next Repetition Statement and nested loops.
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Week 13 : Introducing One-Dimensional Arrays.
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Week 14 : Introducing Functions and Procedures.
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Week 15: General Application Example.
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