[Year 12 SofDev] Approved programming languages

[Mark KELLY]

Perhaps some guidance on languages for Unit 2 IT would be useful.

The new study design (p.26) says there is no approved language list, but
perhaps some recommendations would be valuable for teachers?

On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 7:12 AM, Christophersen, Paula P <
christophersen.paula.p at edumail.vic.gov.au> wrote:

>  Dear colleagues
>
>
>
> It’s that time of year when we need to review the list of programming
> languages that can be studied by students in Software development. Currently
> there is a wide choice of languages, and they include;
>
>
>
> Delphi
>
> VisualBasic (not Visual Basic for Applications)/REALbasic
>
> VisualBasic.NET
>
> Visual C++
>
> Visual C#
>
> Visual FoxPro
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> Pascal (object-oriented variations only)
>
> Visual J, Visual J#, Java
>
> Perl
>
> PHP
>
> Python
>
> Ruby
>
>
>
> If you have any suggestions regarding the deletion or addition of
> languages, please share your views or contact me directly. You could also
> include a brief rationale to support your suggestion.
>
>
>
> Regards
>
> Paula
>
>
>
>
>
> Paula Christophersen
>
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