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Folks<br>
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To reply to several messages I have just received privately, this
advice is from the VCAA website. Kindly note that Paula posted it here
but many of you may have been on holiday when it came out.<br>
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Some languages have been removed from the list. One exciting addition
is Objective-C which is for apps on the iPhone. Additionally, there is
advice about database programming. This has been removed from the 2011
study design. All languages must be Object-Oriented.<br>
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Perhaps Adrian or someone from VITTA will post some news about 'Gearing
up for SD in 2011' to inform us of the changes to the Study Design. <br>
<br>
Kevork recently posted info about the use of C# with respect to Study
Design 2011. Several teachers attended that workshop. <br>
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Maggie<br>
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<h3> <a name="H3N100B3">Approved programming languages for the
accredited study in 2011</a> </h3>
<p>Students will use one programming language from the accompanying
list, to develop purpose-designed solutions. In the development of
solutions, students should be able to:</p>
<ul>
<li>develop a graphical user interface (GUI), for use in mobile
computing devices, such as laptops, personal digital assistants, gaming
consoles, mobile phones</li>
<li>construct and use data structures, for example multi-dimensional
arrays, records, queues and stacks</li>
<li>design, construct and use files (not databases) to store and
retrieve data</li>
<li>design and apply data validation techniques</li>
<li>use program control structures: selection, iteration and
sequencing.</li>
</ul>
<p>The purpose-designed solutions will entail the use of objects,
methods and their properties, and event-driven programming.</p>
<h4>List of approved languages</h4>
<p>Basic (object-oriented variations only, e.g. VB.NET)<br>
C++<br>
C#<br>
Objective-C<br>
Pascal (object-oriented variations only, e.g. Delphi)<br>
Java<br>
Perl<br>
PHP<br>
Python<br>
Ruby</p>
<p>With all of the above languages, databases are <strong>not</strong>
to be used to support the construction of solutions. Students should be
able to demonstrate the highest level of achievement using only the
selected programming language. Additional languages can be used to
embellish a solution, for example JavaScript with web pages; however,
these would be supplementary to the main language and not replace it.</p>
<p>Specific distributions, projects or variations of languages may be
suitable as long as they are able to address the criteria listed above,
including, but not limited to, an object-oriented programming
capability with graphical user interface features and file handling.
Since it is impractical to itemise each of these language variations,
the VCAA recommends teachers firstly consider a language from the
approved list.</p>
<p>Teachers of VCE Software Development should note that the list of
approved programming languages is revised each year and is published
annually in the VCAA Bulletin VCE, VCAL and VET.</p>
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