Chapter 08 Programming

Teacher

盧萱 Lu Hsuan

14 to 16 year olds (especially preparing for Cambridge IGCSE assessment)

In each video, there are one or two program exercises for students to practice.

Students will learn about:

Programming concepts
- Use of variables
- Input and output
- Selection
- Iteration
- Totalling and counting
- String handling
- Operators – arithmetic, logical and Boolean
- Procedures and functions including the use of:
  - Parameters
  - Local and global variables
- Library routines
- Creating a maintainable program
Arrays: including one- and two-dimensional arrays, use of indexes, use of iteration for reading from and writing to arrays
File handling: including opening, closing, reading from and writing to data and text files

Class 01 Slides

Understand the concept of selection, including how to use if, elif, and else in Python
Understand the concept of iteration, including how to use for loop and while loop in Python
Understand the concepts of totaling and counting in Python

Class 02 Slides

Understand the commonly used functions of string data type in Python
Understand the concepts of Arithmetic, Logical, and Boolean, including how to use them in Python

Class 03 Slides

Understand the differences between procedures and functions, including how to use them in Python
Understand the concept of library routines, including commonly used library routines in Python
Understand how to write a maintainable program, including naming rules and comment methods

Class 04 Slides

Understand the concepts of one-dimensional arrays and two-dimensional arrays and how to use them in Python

Class 05 Slides

Understand how to handle files in Python, including opening, closing, and using files for reading and writing

text1.txt for file handling practice

Class 06 Slides