Lessons

0. 

   Getting Started

   1. Start Here
   2. Syllabus
   3. Determine How To Access Visual Studio
1. 

   The Stored Program Concept

   1. History of Programming
   2. Compilers and Interpreters
   3. High-level vs. Low-level Languages
   4. Procedural vs. Object-Oriented Programming
2. 

   Structured Design Concepts

   1. Binary Encoding
   2. System Development Life Cycle
   3. Software Testing
   4. Clean Coding
3. 

   Anatomy of a Computer Program

   1. Algorithms
   2. Flowcharting
   3. Pseudo-code
   4. Decision Tables
4. 

   Integrated Development Environments (IDEs)

   1. Visual Studio
   2. Writing Your First Program "Hello World"
   3. Writing your First Assignment (Assignment 1)
5. 

   Simple Data Types, Operators, and Expressions

   1. Constants
   2. Variables
   3. Data Types
   4. Arithmetic, Boolean, and Relational Operators
   5. String Variable Example
6. 

   Data Structures

   1. Arrays
      1. Array Example
   2. Queues
   3. Stacks
   4. Linked Lists
   5. Writing a program which accepts inputs from user (Assignment 2)
7. 

   Sorting Algorithms

   1. Bubble Sort
      1. Bubble Sort (Example)
   2. Quick Sort

• Midterm Assignment

1. 

   Control Structures

   1. Repetition Structures
      1. While Loops
      2. Do-While Loops
      3. For Loops
      4. ForEach Loops
   2. Using Repetition Structures For Input and Output (Example)
2. 

   Control Structures (cont.)

   1. Decision Structures
      1. If Statement
         1. Nested If Statement
      2. If-else Statements
      3. Switch Statement
   2. Using Decision Statements to Make Decisions (Assignment 3)
3. 

   Modular Programming

   1. User defined Functions, Methods and Procedures
      1. Parameters and Arguments
      2. Variable Scope
4. 

   File I/O

   1. File Systems
   2. Sequential Files
   3. Reading and Writing Data
5. 

   Exception Handling

   1. Try Block
   2. Try-Catch Block
   3. Try-Catch-Finally Block
   4. Write a crash-proof, modular, procedural program (Assignment 4)

• Final Assignment