This document highlights important concepts and fundamental tools needed to code Java programs. It covers essential terms and vocabulary was well as syntax needed to code. Moreover, it is organized by topic so that it is easy to navigate and use.
,① AlgorithmicThinking :
I toannizetr
-
asolve on
computational presi s
Naive Ideal : Natural
language instructions
PrepackagedSolutions lapps
:
Programming telling a computer what to do
Machine Language : easy for Computer , error-prone for human
Natural Language : easy for human
, error-prone for computer
High-level language : Some
difficulty for both
"Coding" Environment :
using set of pseudocode instructions to express a solution
algorithmically
An
algorithm Step-by-step process of
solving a problem
:
Ex : Problem : Find Sum of 2 numbers
=
Read X
Algorithm :
Ready
X+
Display y
Algorithm Development : As a 3 step process , with fedback
① Analyne : understand the problem you are
solving (inputs
& outputs , errors ,
exc .
② Solve : develop a step-by-step algorithm , use a
"language" to express i t
③ Evaluate :
Play a human computer to see how the algorithm wo r ks
Computational Thinking : Set of
problem-solving methods that involves expressing problems & their solutions
Stages of It : -
> Abstraction
-
problem formulation
>
-
Automation solution t h a t a machine
expressing a can execute
>
-
& evaluation
Analyses solution execution
I intended fo r h u m an
Pseudo Language : An informal high-level description of a computer program reading
helps express algorithm i n the
design cycle
-
High-level components in
Program Development :
in put
output
compute
Definitions terms used
pseudo language &
~
in
programming using a
variable) an entity that may change its value (e g .
temperature
>
constants a va l u e that does not
change (e .
g4)
expression( variables, constants and operators grouped together
to show value of
something (e g. . X& S +
y
, <
Boolean expression > an expression that evaluates to
TRUE/FALSE (e g. n> 3)
Statements a combination of expressions le g. Compute X As X+ 3)
Pseudo language Vocabulary :
110 Initialization Flow Control Repetition Nested Increment/Decrement
Computation If Then While - End while Nested -
For Add
Read
-
Set
Display If-Then-Else Do -
While Nested -
For-If Subtract
compute
Nested If-Then-Else Repeat -
until
For-End For
comparisons Arithmetic Operations Boolean operations Terminate Program
t NOT
L
HALT
-
AND
L =
* OR
7
/
> =
% - remainder
iS
!
Input : Read data from
memory [CRAMSJ or from an input device (keyboard/ disk)
Output : Display / write results to an output device (terminal/disk/printer)
↳
Read
new
( va r i a b l e temperature
:
: lay
Display variable/constant temperature
Initialize :
Using the SET statement in the pseudo language
>
-
SET <variable) TO < constant/variable
>
-
SET X TO 10
Compute
Using the COMPUTE statement in the pseudo language
>
-
COMPUTE <variable) A s expression >
>
-
COMPUTE X As
ytz
Flow Control One-way Branching :
-
IfThen .
One-way branching based on the condition
being TRUE
(number > 0
: If <Boolean-expression)
Display positive
Then
<
Statement/statements >
ENDIF
, Flow Control -
Two-way Branching :-
I f then-Else :
is based
Two-way branching on Condition being TRUE Or FALSE
Bortemperatureo
# If
day
The
stuisplay cod arents
ELSE
ants
Display , mid
ENDIF
Flow Control-Multi-way Branching :
Nested i f then-else multi
branching based &
:
way on condition being TRUE or FALSE more
temperature yo
: If <Brolean-condition) THEN
StaSPYcodasa
ELSE
If <Botmprature THE
< SESPLAYnota
sents
ELSE
DISPAYmidaySee n t
ENDIE
ENDIF
Iterations- WHILE Loop :
Initialization (optional (
-
Bookan Expression. Evaluate a Boolean expression
-
IF TRUE
· Execute a sequence of statements
-
Repeat
-
Set n to 3
Set sum to0
< initialization Statements >
:
n> 0
WHILE (Boolean
expression] -
COMPUTE Sum As S u m t n
statements if Boolean expression is true >
END SUBTRACT I FROMT
Iterations -
FOR
Loop :
-
Initialization. Evaluate an initiation statement
-
Boolean Expression. Evaluate a Boolean expression
-
EXTRUE . Execute a sequence of statements
Execute an increment statement
Repeat
-
For eachanyofthea we
Ex yofthece and
:
END FOR
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