TRON06056 2019 Procedural Programming

Declare and use variables of different types and use operators on them.

Apply appropriate statements to control flow of execution in a programme.

Develop programs that use files as input and output.

Derive aggregate data types such as structs and unions

Manipulate data and structures indirectly using pointers

Exercise good programming practices in the design of Programmes by adhering to a programming standard.

This module will be taught by a flipped classroom asynchronous model whereby the students will have short instructional videos that they can watch at their own pace. They will then attempt increasingly challenging problems with tutor support.

An open book assessments will be undertaken by the student under controlled circumstances totalling 25% of the marks. The students will be given a previously unseen assignment that is based on the programming problems they have been working. They can use their previously written code or textbooks and online resources but they are not permitted to communicate in any way.

The students will be organised in groups to work on individual parts of a program that can then be blended together. The students will be asked to develop a program, one student will focus on the main part of the program and one will be asked to focus on another area such as a file input or a function that solves a problem. The students will be asked to communicate the core details of their program on Moodle and develop a program that solves a particular problem doing so in a distributed manner. 

The students will be given 25% of the assessment marks for various single attempt quizzes throughout the semester. The questions will be based on questions from formative quizzes that they have previously seen.

Finally, the students will be given a 25% assignment that will be larger and more challenging than what they are assessed on in the open book assessments. This assignment is done at the students own pace in time for a final deadline. It will be based on all the material for the semester.

A repeat assessment assessment covering all 7 learning Outcomes can be set. However, it should be at the discretion of the course board as to whether the student may have to re-attend for the module as this is a 100% CA.

What is a compiler? Editing, Compiling Linking and Debugging code. 

Data Types such as integer, floating-point, character data, variables, Pointers, Structs, Unions, Typedefs and Enums

Inputs/Outputs to display data on a screen, Input data from the keyboard, Develop file inputs and outputs

Programming Structures: Conditional statements, Boolean values and expressions, logical and relational operators, if-statement, case-statement, compound conditional statements and linked lists

Iterative constructs as  while-statements, for-statements and nested control statements.

Introduction to Data Structures Strings, single-dimensional arrays, two-dimensional arrays, dynamically allocated arrays, user-defined structures, abstract data types, and enumerated data types. Command line arguments.

Structured Programming such as functions, parameter passing, returning values, global and local variables, nested functions, reusable code, library functions.

Implementing Basic Algorithms, Summation, counting, numeric operations, swapping, maximum and minimum, simple string and array manipulation.

Testing and debugging Objectives and principles of testing. Choosing appropriate test data. Testing and debugging strategies. 

Reinforce good programming practices - Implement the IT Sligo Coding Standards where required