Computer Programming (Level 3) Course

Course Structure

Module 1: Understanding the Personal Computer

• Terminology
• Evolution of Software
• Installing a New Computer
• Hardware Components
• Function of the CPU
• Memory, Input, Output, and Storage Devices
• Operating Systems
• Internet and Online Services
• Troubleshooting PC Problems and Errors

Module 2: Using Windows XP and Vista

• Windows XP
• Windows Basics
• Opening, Closing, and Rearranging Windows
• Icons, Folders, and Shortcuts
• Installing Software and Finding Lost Files
• Printing Documents and Browsing the Internet
• User Accounts
• Windows Vista
• Hardware Requirement and Software Versions
• Vista’s Desktop, Visual Differences, Programs, Security, and Search Features

Module 3: An Introduction to C Programming

• Machine, Assembly, and High-Level Languages
• Fortran, COBOL, Pascal and Ada
• C, C++, Java, BASIC, Visual Basic, Visual C++, Visual C# and .NET
• Simple C Programs
• Memory Concepts and Arithmetic in C
• Equality and Relational Operators
• Structured Program Development in C
• C Program Control and C Functions

Module 4: More Components of C Programming

• C Arrays
• C Pointers
• C Characters and Strings
• C Formatted Input/Output
• C Structures, Unions, Bit Manipulations, and Enumerations

Module 5: From C to C++

• C File Processing, C Data Structures, and C Preprocessor
• Game Programming with the Allegro C Library
• Sorting
• Introduction to C99
• C++ as a Better C; Introducing Object Technology

Module 6: Classes and Objects

• Introduction to Classes and Objects
• Operator Overloading
• Object-Oriented Programming: Inheritance and Polymorphism
• Templates
• Stream Input/Output
• Exception Handling

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