Simple Program Design,9780619015909

Simple Program Design

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ISBN13: 9780619015909
ISBN10: 061901590X
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2000-01-10
Publisher(s): Course Technology Ptr
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Summary

Helps users to develop sound programming skills for solving common business problems.

Author Biography

Lesley Anne Robertson was Lecturer in Computing at the University of Western Sydney, NSW, where she taught computer programming for eleven years.

Table of Contents

Preface ix
Program design
Steps in program development
2(2)
Structured programming
4(1)
An introduction to algorithms and pseudocode
5(1)
Program data
6(1)
Chapter summary
7(3)
Pseudocode
How to write pseudocode
10(3)
The Structure Theorem
13(2)
Chapter summary
15(2)
Developing an algorithm
Defining the problem
17(4)
Designing a solution algorithm
21(2)
Checking the solution algorithm
23(7)
Chapter summary
30(1)
Programming problems
30(3)
Selection control structures
The selection control structure
33(4)
Algorithms using selection
37(7)
The case structure
44(3)
Chapter summary
47(1)
Programming problems
47(4)
Repetition control structures
Repetition using the Dowhile structure
51(8)
Repetition using the Repeat...Until structure
59(4)
Counted repetition constructs
63(3)
Chapter summary
66(1)
Programming problems
66(3)
Pseudocode algorithms using sequence, selection and repetition
Eight solution algorithms
69(11)
Chapter summary
80(1)
Programming problems
80(4)
Array processing
Array processing
84(3)
Initialising the elements of an array
87(2)
Searching an array
89(2)
Writing out the contents of an array
91(1)
Programming examples using arrays
92(4)
Two-dimensional arrays
96(3)
Chapter summary
99(1)
Programming problems
99(5)
First steps in modularisation
Modularisation
104(3)
Hierarchy charts or structure charts
107(1)
Communication between modules
108(2)
Using parameters in program design
110(2)
Steps in modularisation
112(1)
Programming examples using modules
113(9)
Chapter summary
122(1)
Programming problems
123(4)
Further modularisation, cohesion and coupling
Steps in modularisation
127(6)
Module cohesion
133(5)
Module coupling
138(5)
Chapter summary
143(1)
Programming problems
143(7)
General algorithms for common business problems
Program structure
150(1)
Report generation with page break
151(2)
Single-level control break
153(3)
Multiple-level control break
156(4)
Sequential file update
160(7)
Chapter summary
167(1)
Programming problems
167(8)
Object-oriented design
Introduction to object-oriented design
175(3)
Steps in creating an object-oriented solution
178(6)
Programming example using object-oriented design
184(3)
Interface and GUI objects
187(2)
Chapter summary
189(1)
Programming problems
190(3)
More object-oriented design
Object-oriented design with multiple classes
193(2)
Programming example with multiple classes
195(14)
Chapter summary
209(1)
Programming problems
209(3)
Conclusion
Simple program design
212(1)
Chapter summary
213(2)
Appendix 1 Flowcharts
The three basic control structures
215(4)
Simple algorithms that use the sequence control structure
219(4)
Flowcharts and the selection control structure
223(2)
Simple algorithms which use the selection control structure
225(6)
The case structure expressed as a flowchart
231(2)
Flowcharts and the repetition control structure
233(1)
Simple algorithms which use the repetition control structure
234(8)
Flowcharts and modules
242(3)
Appendix 2 Nassi-Schneiderman diagrams
The three basic control structures
245(2)
Simple algorithms that use the sequence control structure
247(2)
N-S diagrams and the selection control structure
249(2)
Simple algorithms which use the selection control structure
251(4)
The case structure, expressed as a N-S diagram
255(2)
N-S diagrams and the repetition control structure
257(1)
Simple algorithms which use the repetition control structure
257(7)
Appendix 3 Special algorithms
Sorting algorithms
264(2)
Dynamic data structures
266(5)
Glossary 271(6)
Index 277

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