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Starting out with Programming Logic & Design

Get hands-on experience in complex programming with the Programming Logic & Design course and lab. The course provides a vivid introduction to current programming languages with clear and approachable code snippets and programs for better understanding. The course and lab offer easy-to-understand pseudocode, flowcharts, and other tools. It illustrates how to design the logic of programs with a firm emphasis on logical thought processes and models. Programming Logic & Design uses a language-independent approach to teach programming concepts and problem-solving skills.
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Starting out with Programming Logic & Design
Test Prep
100+ Pre Assessment Questions | 100+ Post Assessment Questions |
Features
34+ LiveLab | 9+ Video tutorials | 45+ Minutes
35+ Videos | 04:16+ Hours

Why choose TOPTALENT?

Outline

Lessons 1:
Preface

  • Changes in the Fifth Edition
  • Brief Overview of Each Lesson
  • Organization of the Text
  • Features of the Text

Lessons 2:
Introduction to Computers and Programming

  • Introduction
  • Hardware
  • How Computers Store Data
  • How a Program Works
  • Types of Software
  • Review Questions

Lessons 3:
Input, Processing, and Output

  • Designing a Program
  • Output, Input, and Variables
  • Variable Assignment and Calculations
  • Variable Declarations and Data Types
  • Named Constants
  • Hand Tracing a Program
  • Documenting a Program
  • Designing Your First Program
  • Focus on Languages: Java, Python, and C++
  • Review Questions
  • Debugging Exercises
  • Programming Exercises

Lessons 4:
Modules

  • Introduction to Modules
  • Defining and Calling a Module
  • Local Variables
  • Passing Arguments to Modules
  • Global Variables and Global Constants
  • Focus on Languages: Java, Python, and C++
  • Review Questions
  • Debugging Exercises
  • Programming Exercises

Lessons 5:
Decision Structures and Boolean Logic

  • Introduction to Decision Structures
  • Dual Alternative Decision Structures
  • Comparing Strings
  • Nested Decision Structures
  • The Case Structure
  • Logical Operators
  • Boolean Variables
  • Focus on Languages: Java, Python, and C++
  • Review Questions
  • Debugging Exercises
  • Programming Exercises

Lessons 6:
Repetition Structures

  • Introduction to Repetition Structures
  • Condition-Controlled Loops: While, Do-While, and Do-Until
  • Count-Controlled Loops and the For Statement
  • Calculating a Running Total
  • Sentinels
  • Nested Loops
  • Focus on Languages: Java, Python, and C++
  • Review Questions
  • Debugging Exercises
  • Programming Exercises

Lessons 7:
Functions

  • Introduction to Functions: Generating Random Numbers
  • Writing Your Own Functions
  • More Library Functions
  • Focus on Languages: Java, Python, and C++
  • Review Questions
  • Debugging Exercises
  • Programming Exercises

Lessons 8:
Input Validation

  • Garbage In, Garbage Out
  • The Input Validation Loop
  • Defensive Programming
  • Focus on Languages: Java, Python, and C++
  • Review Questions
  • Debugging Exercises
  • Programming Exercises

Lessons 9:
Arrays

  • Array Basics
  • Sequentially Searching an Array
  • Processing the Contents of an Array
  • Parallel Arrays
  • Two-Dimensional Arrays
  • Arrays of Three or More Dimensions
  • Focus on Languages: Java, Python, and C++
  • Review Questions
  • Debugging Exercises
  • Programming Exercises

Lessons 10:
Sorting and Searching Arrays

  • The Bubble Sort Algorithm
  • The Selection Sort Algorithm
  • The Insertion Sort Algorithm
  • The Binary Search Algorithm
  • Review Questions
  • Debugging Exercise
  • Programming Exercises

Lessons 11:
Files

  • Introduction to File Input and Output
  • Using Loops to Process Files
  • Using Files and Arrays
  • Processing Records
  • Control Break Logic
  • Focus on Languages: Java, Python, and C++
  • Review Questions
  • Debugging Exercises
  • Programming Exercises

Lessons 12:
Menu-Driven Programs

  • Introduction to Menu-Driven Programs
  • Modularizing a Menu-Driven Program
  • Using a Loop to Repeat the Menu
  • Multiple-Level Menus
  • Focus on Languages: Java, Python, and C++
  • Review Questions

Lessons 13:
Text Processing

  • Introduction
  • Character-by-Character Text Processing
  • Focus on Languages: Java, Python, and C++
  • Review Questions
  • Debugging Exercises
  • Programming Exercises

Lessons 14:
Recursion

  • Introduction to Recursion
  • Problem Solving with Recursion
  • Examples of Recursive Algorithms
  • Focus on Languages: Java, Python, and C++
  • Review Questions
  • Programming Exercises

Lessons 15:
Object-Oriented Programming

  • Procedural and Object-Oriented Programming
  • Classes
  • Using the Unified Modeling Language to Design Classes
  • Finding the Classes and Their Responsibilities in a Problem
  • Inheritance
  • Polymorphism
  • Focus on Languages: Java, Python, and C++
  • Review Questions
  • Programming Exercises

Lessons 16:
GUI Applications and Event-Driven Programming

  • Graphical User Interfaces
  • Designing the User Interface for a GUI Program
  • Writing Event Handlers
  • Designing Apps For Mobile Devices
  • Focus on Languages: Java, Python, and C++
  • Review Questions
  • Programming Exercises

Appendix A: ASCII/Unicode Characters

Appendix B: Flowchart Symbols

Appendix C: Pseudocode Reference

Appendix D: Converting Decimal Numbers to Binary