[Year 12 SofDev] Pondering SD U3O2

[David Dawson]

My interpretation is that any small web-based application that can be displayed in a mobile phone or PDA accessing the internet would be acceptable.
If anyone thinks this is not ok - then please let us know asap.
We will be using PHP mostly.
David Dawson

-----Original Message-----
From: sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Mark Kelly
Sent: Tue 13/02/2007 10:46 AM
To: Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List
Subject: [Year 12 SofDev] Pondering SD U3O2
 
Hi all.  Have spent a quiet time with the study design...

Can someone suggest why U3O2 would specify a software module for a 
*portable* computing device.  It seems oddly esoteric and specialised 
for a student's very first programming task.

I wouldn't be game to program for my Palm OS, or for a Nokia phone.

One would have thought a module for a traditional computing system would 
be more logical.  (Yes, I do realise a laptop is both portable and 
traditional so kids can easily write a module for a "normal" PC :-)

Just wonderin' what VCAA's motives might have been.

And while I'm here, I'm curious what languages people have chosen. My 
fallback is VB, but I am toying with Python as an alternative - and 
trying to get used to its odd punctuation and lack of endings to loops 
and IF constructs.


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