Program Design and Development
Class Times: TR 11:40am - 12:55pm, beginning Aug 22nd
Class Location: SWGN 1D11
Office Hours: W 3:00 - 4:00 PM, or by appointment (send me an email!)
Location: Swearingen Computer Lab 1D39
E-mail: conradp <at> email <dot> sc <dot> edu
Webpage: cse.sc.edu/~conradp/
Syllabus: Syllabus PDF
Homeworks should be turned in on the CSE Dropbox by 11:59pm on the due date.
| Number | Topics | Description | Assigned | Due |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Variables and Conditional statements | Temperature Converter (PDF on CSE Dropbox) | 8/29 | 9/10 |
| 2 | If/Else statements, Random numbers, and While Loops | Dice Roller (PDF on CSE Dropbox) | 9/17 | 9/27 |
| 3 | Arrays and For Loops | Dot Product (PDF on CSE Dropbox) | 10/22 | 10/31 |
| 4 | File IO, String operations, and Modules | Word Counter (PDF on CSE Dropbox) | 11/07 | 11/19 |
The course schedule will be updated as we go through the semester.
| Date | Topics covered | Resources | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-08-22 | Intro to CSCE 204. Syllabus overview. Lab 0. | ||
| 2019-08-27 | Lab 0, revisited. Command line tutorial. | ||
| 2019-08-29 | Introduction to Variables and arithmetic. Concatenation of strings. | ||
| 2019-09-03 | Review of variables. Types and typecasting. Covered typecasting hazards like truncation. Printing types with Typename(). Lab 1. | ||
| 2019-09-05 | Boolean expressions and branching statements. Lab 2. | ||
| 2019-09-10 | In-class code demos of math operations in VB and how to use If/Else statements. | ||
| 2019-09-12 | Review of If/Else. Introduction to Select/Case, and While loops. In-class code demo of loops. | ||
| 2019-09-17 | Flow control with While loops. Introduction to random number generation. Lab 3. | ||
| 2019-09-19 | In-class code demo of random number generation. Lab 3 due date extended. Lab 4 assigned from part 2 of Lab 3. | ||
| 2019-09-24 | Introduction to Visual Studio. Multiple in-class demos of things you can build in the Designer interface. | ||
| 2019-09-26 | Lab 5 (Building a small GUI). | ||
| 2019-10-01 | Review for Midterm Exam | ||
| 2019-10-03 | Midterm Exam! (11:40am) | ||
| 2019-10-08 | Midterm Q&A. In-class code demos of Try/Catch. | ||
| 2019-10-10 | Review of Try/Catch and GUI basics. | ||
| 2019-10-15 | Video lecture on Arrays, Functions, and Procedures. | ||
| 2019-10-17 | Lab 6 (Using Functions/Procedures in a GUI application). | ||
| 2019-10-22 | More kinds of loops! (2 different flavors of While loops + For/Next and For Each/Next loops). | ||
| 2019-10-24 | Introduction to Modules. In-class module demonstration. | ||
| 2019-10-29 | In-class lab for Lab 8. (GUI for temperature conversion in bulk.) | ||
| 2019-10-31 | |||
| 2019-11-05 | Introduction to File IO, with StreamReader and StreamWriter. In-class lab for Lab 9. (Journal program.) | ||
| 2019-11-07 | Safer file wrangling with File.Exists(), String operations. | ||
Have questions about what we're doing in this course?
Read the Course Syllabus.
This course covers the fundamental algorithms and processes used in business information systems. Students will learn the development process and the representation of programming logic. Additionally, student will implement programs using a high-level programming language.
Starting Out with Visual Basic, 7th edition, Tony Gaddis, Kip R. Irvine, Pearson, 2016. ISBN-13: 9780134400150
| Homeworks | 50% |
|---|---|
| Labs | 30% |
| Tests | 20% |
A = 90-100, B+ = 87-89, B = 80-86, C+ = 77-79, C = 70-76, D+ = 67-69, D = 60-66, F < 60