[Year 12 SofDev] programming languages advice for 2011

[Mark KELLY]

Of course, having said that, see
http://www.visualbasicbooks.com/progVB6samplepg1.html for a hint of
controversy.

I think it just means to exclude text-based Quickbasic and its ilk.

On 5 August 2010 15:03, Mark KELLY <kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au> wrote:

> It qualifies as "Basic (object-oriented variations only, e.g. VB.NET<http://vb.net/>
> )"
>
>
> On 5 August 2010 14:39, Leanne Wright <leannejwright at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>  Does this mean that Visual Basic 6 is no longer acceptable. Leanne Wright
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 17:11:04 +1000
>> From: iaquinto at ozemail.com.au
>> To: sofdev at edulists.com.au
>> Subject: [Year 12 SofDev] programming languages advice for 2011
>>
>> Folks
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Kevork recently posted info about the use of C# with respect to Study
>> Design 2011. Several teachers attended that workshop.
>>
>> Maggie
>> --
>> Approved programming languages for the accredited study in 2011 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:
>>
>>    - develop a graphical user interface (GUI), for use in mobile
>>    computing devices, such as laptops, personal digital assistants, gaming
>>    consoles, mobile phones
>>    - construct and use data structures, for example multi-dimensional
>>    arrays, records, queues and stacks
>>    - design, construct and use files (not databases) to store and
>>    retrieve data
>>    - design and apply data validation techniques
>>    - use program control structures: selection, iteration and sequencing.
>>
>> The purpose-designed solutions will entail the use of objects, methods and
>> their properties, and event-driven programming.
>> List of approved languages Basic (object-oriented variations only, e.g.
>> VB.NET)
>> C++
>> C#
>> Objective-C
>> Pascal (object-oriented variations only, e.g. Delphi)
>> Java
>> Perl
>> PHP
>> Python
>> Ruby
>> With all of the above languages, databases are *not* 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.
>> 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.
>> 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.
>>
>>
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School Phone +613 8520 9000, Fax +613 9578 9253
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Korma: the philosophy that what you get out of a curry depends on what you
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