Course Description

> To emphasise skills in problem solving and algorithm specification rather than just writing synthetically correct code
> To introduce a systematic approach to algorithm development which will assist in subsequent programming and system design modules
> To introduce candidates to the environment in which software is developed to the tools that asist in this process

What you" ll learn in this course?

Practical

• Introduction

• Variables

• Input and Output

• Calculation

• Selection

• Arrays

• Procedures and Functions

Theory

• Concept of an algorithm Control Structures: selection and iteration

• Development and semi-formal specification of algorithms,based on a simplified computer model

• Development of code from an algorithm

• Testing and debugging strategies including dry-running,white-box and black-box, sorting and searching algorithms