Introduction To Programming: Lec 5

Front 1

what are the steps to problem soliving?

Back 1

1)understanding the problem
2)devising a plan to solve the problem
3) carrying out hte plan
4)analyzing the solution for accuracy

Front 2

what are the steps in software development?

Back 2

1)analysis of problem
2)designing for proposed solutions
3)implementation of code
4)testing
5)maintenance

Front 3

what does software testing involve?

Back 3

1)desk-checking: mental tracing of code

2)debugging : removal of syntax and logical errors through compilation and execution of program

3)integration testing: using detailed sanity test to ensure other programs have not been negatively affected

Front 4

what is involved in maintenance?

Back 4

-result of software change requests (SRC)
1)adding additional features
2)modify existing features
3)remove existing bugs

Front 5

what is generation 1 machine language?

Back 5

-uses bits
-not portable

Front 6

what is generation 2 programming language?

Back 6

Assembly language
-uses translator to conver mnemonic codes into machine language
-still has to worry about detail of instruction in program
-not portable

eg:assembler m68000

Front 7

what is generation 3 programming language?

Back 7

-english based vocab
-perferred over machine and assembly languages b/c allows programmer to focus on solving problem

-portable

eg:BASIC

Front 8

what are generation 4 programming languages?

Back 8

very high level language
-closer to natural language
-uses less lines in coding
-more time to compile than 3GLs
-portable