Week 1

We begin with an introduction to some of the fundamental concepts in Java programming. By now you should have downloaded and installed BlueJ and completed the surveys in Week 0. If you have not already done so you should return to Week 0: Introduction and Set-up and complete these steps.

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Leaning Objectives and Curriculum Map

The content of Week 1 is aligned with the following sections of the GCSE and A Level syllabuses.

GCSE

Algorithms: the use of data types: integer, real (double, float), Boolean, character and string, abstraction, decomposition, algorithmic thinking.

Programming techniques: the use of variables, constants, operators, inputs, outputs and assignments, casting.

Producing robust programs: how to identify syntax and logic errors, maintainability: comments and indentation, the purpose of testing.

Computational Logic: why data is represented in computer systems in binary form, simple logic diagrams using the operations AND, OR and NOT.

A Level

2.2.1 Data types

2.3.1 Programming basics

2.4.1 Programming

2.4.2 Program testing

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