What VCAA is emphasising, I believe, is that one should not be using databases like MySQL. <br><br>I remember a lot of people going way overboard with complex PHP/MySQL constructions. It's my guess that VCAA wants students to concentrate on more 'pure' programming rather than complex and narrow database engineering. <br>
<br>Instead, the bulletin wants students to use relatively simple data <b>files (</b>i.e. random, sequential) with records or discrete data in them.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 25 June 2010 08:56, John Schwartz <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jschwartz@parade.vic.edu.au">jschwartz@parade.vic.edu.au</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Please pardon my ignorance but if we are
not to use databases, what is the difference between a table and a 2D (multidimensional)
array?</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; font-weight: bold;" lang="EN-US">From:</span></font></b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;" lang="EN-US">
Mark KELLY [mailto:<a href="mailto:kel@mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au" target="_blank">kel@mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au</a>] <br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, 25 June 2010 8:30 AM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Year
12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Year 12 SofDev] Approved
programming languages for 2011</span></font><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Hi all. I've just got the latest bulletin. Here's a rundown
of the approved languages for 2011...<br>
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Approved programming languages and necessary programming skills for 2011
(adapted from VCE Bulletin #80, June 2010) <br>
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"In the development of solutions, students should be able to:<br>
• develop a graphical user interface (GUI), for use in mobile computing
devices, such as laptops, personal digital assistants, gaming consoles, mobile
phones<br>
• construct and use data structures, for example multidimensional arrays,
strings, sets, lists, tables, records, queues and stacks<br>
• design, construct and use files (not databases) to store and retrieve data<br>
• design and apply data validation techniques<br>
• use program control structures: selection, iteration and sequencing.<br>
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The purpose-designed software will entail the use of objects, methods and their
properties, and event-driven<br>
programming."<br>
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Approved languages</span></font></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Basic (object-oriented variations only e.g. <a href="http://VB.NET" target="_blank">VB.NET</a>)</span></font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">C++</span></font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">C#</span></font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Objective C </span></font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Visual Fox Pro</span></font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Pascal (object-oriented variations only, e.g. Delphi)</span></font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Java</span></font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Perl</span></font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">PHP</span></font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Python</span></font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Ruby </span></font></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The bulletin also adds, "With all of the above languages,
databases are <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">not</span></b> to be used to
support the construction of solutions."<br clear="all">
<br>
Note the removal of Real Basic, Visual J and Visual J++, and the addition of
Objective C. <br>
Also note the emphasis on multidimentional arrays and the specific exclusion of
databases: it's good to get that old argument out of the way!<br>
<br>
-- <br>
Mark Kelly<br>
Manager - Information Systems<br>
McKinnon Secondary College<br>
McKinnon Rd
McKinnon 3204, Victoria, Australia<br>
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School Phone +613 8520 9000<br>
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