Key Knowledge and Skills in Applied Computing - U3AOS1

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Emerging trends in programming using AI

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Using prompts to generate code, automated debugging and testing of modules, code optimisation, responsible and ethical use of AI tools.

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Characteristics of functional and non-functional requirements

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Constraints and scope.

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Design tools for representing modules

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Data dictionaries, mock-ups, object descriptions, input-process-output (IPO) charts, pseudocode.

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Characteristics of data types

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Text (character, string), numeric (integer, floating point, date/time), Boolean.

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Characteristics of data structures

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One-dimensional arrays, two-dimensional arrays, records (varying data types, field index).

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Characteristics of data sources

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Plain text (TXT), delimited (CSV) and XML files, including structure and reasons for use.

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Principles of OOP

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Abstraction, encapsulation, generalisation, inheritance.

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Features of a programming language

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Local and global variables, constants, data types, instructions and control structures (sequence, selection, iteration/repetition), arithmetic, logical and conditional operators, GUIs, functions and methods, classes and objects.

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Naming conventions for solution elements

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Hungarian notation, camel casing, snake casing.

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Validation techniques for data

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Existence checking, type checking, range checking.