[Year 12 SofDev] programming languages advice for 2011

[Mike Brookes]

Hi all,
Just to play devil's advocate here, whilst VB6 is technically not a 
complete OOL in that it does not directly support inheritance, it does 
cover all the criteria listed below.
You can define new classes and create instances of same.
Out of sheer scientific curiosity, how many of you using "real" OOLs get 
into classes and inheritance given that many of our SD students have no 
previous  programming skills/knowledge?

Mike Brookes
chief cook and bottlewasher Copperfield college

On 5/08/2010 3:16 PM, Adrian Janson wrote:
>
> Hi Leanne,
>
> VB6.0 is not a true object orientated programming language and so it 
> is no longer acceptable.  However, I think you will find that the move 
> to VB.Net is not a difficult one and much of the code is very similar.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Adrian
>
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> *From:* sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au 
> [mailto:sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au] *On Behalf Of *Leanne Wright
> *Sent:* Thursday, 5 August 2010 2:39 PM
> *To:* Year 12 Software Development Teachers' M List
> *Subject:* Re: [Year 12 SofDev] programming languages advice for 2011
>
> Does this mean that Visual Basic 6 is no longer acceptable. Leanne Wright
>
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>
> 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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