[Year 12 SofDev] Approved programming languages for 2011

[Mark KELLY]

What VCAA is emphasising, I believe, is that one should not be using
databases like MySQL.

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.


Instead, the bulletin wants students to use relatively simple data
*files (*i.e.
random, sequential) with records or discrete data in them.

On 25 June 2010 08:56, John Schwartz <jschwartz at parade.vic.edu.au> wrote:

>  Hi all,
>
> Please pardon my ignorance but if we are not to use databases, what is the
> difference between a table and a 2D (multidimensional) array?
>
> John
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> *From:* Mark KELLY [mailto:kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au]
> *Sent:* Friday, 25 June 2010 8:30 AM
> *To:* Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List
> *Subject:* [Year 12 SofDev] Approved programming languages for 2011
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> Hi all.  I've just got the latest bulletin.  Here's a rundown of the
> approved languages for 2011...
>
>
> Approved programming languages and necessary programming skills for 2011
> (adapted from VCE Bulletin #80, June 2010)
>
> "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 multidimensional arrays,
> strings, sets, lists, tables, 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 software will entail the use of objects, methods and
> their properties, and event-driven
> programming."
>
> Approved languages
>
>    - Basic (object-oriented variations only e.g. VB.NET)
>    - C++
>    - C#
>    - Objective C
>    - Visual Fox Pro
>    - Pascal (object-oriented variations only, e.g. Delphi)
>    - Java
>    - Perl
>    - PHP
>    - Python
>    - Ruby
>
> The bulletin also adds, "With all of the above languages, databases are *
> not* to be used to support the construction of solutions."
>
> Note the removal of Real Basic, Visual J and Visual J++, and the addition
> of Objective C.
> 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!
>
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Mark Kelly
Manager - Information Systems
McKinnon Secondary College
McKinnon Rd McKinnon 3204, Victoria, Australia
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