Work independently to develop moderately complex, robust computer programs.

Apply a principled approach to the development of a software program.

Perform effective testing of computer programs.

Undertake reasoned analysis of alternative designs for moderately complex computer programs.

Analyse and debug computer programs.

Understand the need for a structured approach to the software development process.

Basic types and the use of constants and variables. Control flow, and making decisions through the use of conditionals

Parameter passing, formal and actual parameters pass by reference and pass by value, return types

Scoping of variables, and procedures using namespaces. Exceptions and exception handling

Writing programs

Control Structures & logic (if/else etc)

Repitition & loops (for/while etc)

Functions, methods and procedures

Variables, assignment, arithmetic expressions, declarations, data types

Testing & Debugging code

Scope of code

Exception Handling