Introduction to Programming: Course Content

Week 1

Lecture 1: Introduction to Programming Important Terminology

Lecture 2: Algorithm, Class exercise Getting ready for university

Making a cup of cold coffee

Lab 1:

• Introduction to Atom and Installation
• Variables
• Initialization and assignments of Variables
• Concatenation of variables

Week 2

Steps in Problem Solving Data and Variables

Data types and Operations Arithmetic Operations Exercises

Writing the first program Quiz 1

Lab 2:

• Input and Output
• prompt () function
• alert 0 function
• document. write () function
• Arithmetic operations

Week 3

Working with strings

The idea of built-in functions

Using some string built-in functions Assignment 1

Lab 3:

• Sequential statements
• Input from user
• Calculations
• Displaying the output
• Built-in Functions
• String Built-in Function
• Date Built-in Function

Week 4

Writing statements in a sequence

Using operators and string functions to build small programs

Coding Exercises

Quiz 2

Week 5

Introduction to the idea of selection and decision The Selection Construct (if ) Exercise

Week 6

selection if else and exercise Chained If Else Assignment 2

Week 7

Selection Construct (Switch) Exercise

Week 8

Midterm Exam Review

Week 9

Notion of Repeating The Iteration Construct For loop Exercises Quiz 3

Week 10

Iteration Construct – For loop continues Assignment 3

Week 11

Iteration Construct (nested For);

Week 12

Iteration Construct - While and do While Loops Quiz 4

Week 13 -14

Introduction to Canvas 

Basic drawings on Canvas

Goal: Students should be able to develop an algorithm/program using JavaScript

Learning Objectives: Students should be able to

• Recognize programming as problem solving activity
• Recognize three programming constructs
• Develop an algorithm/program to compute a mathematical function
• Develop an algorithm/program using selection constructs
• Develop an algorithm/program using iteration constructs
• Be able to use the build-in functions