Computer Programming - Revision history

Eac: Added Debugger

2023-08-21T17:26:13Z

Added Debugger

Eac: Added mention of Patterns

2021-03-27T19:46:06Z

Added mention of Patterns

Eac: Fix typo

2020-08-13T07:41:34Z

Fix typo

Eac: Added Development Models

2020-07-23T23:29:14Z

Added Development Models

Eac: Correct link

2019-12-12T19:57:33Z

Correct link

Eac: Additions

2019-12-11T19:07:26Z

Additions

Eac: Major update of entire article

2019-12-10T06:16:33Z

Major update of entire article

Veronica Wright: updated link

2017-07-04T15:56:47Z

updated link

Veronica Wright at 15:53, June 27, 2017

2017-06-27T15:53:41Z

RolandPlankton: reduce plug for free software, add a bit more description

2012-03-02T17:08:38Z

reduce plug for free software, add a bit more description

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 ===Linker===
 A linker is a program that combines several pieces of programs into a single executable file.  Many compilers incorporate a linker so that this is less and less a separate tool.
 ===IDE===

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 ===Analysis and Design===
 Proper identification of what the program is intended to do and how to break down the task into smaller subtasks in order to accomplish this.  This is independent of the programming language or other tools used to code.
 ===Coding and Tools===

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 ===Testing===
-Testing tools include source code that can be included in a program to help test for correctness (such a NUnit), or programs that can perform static analysis of source code to find problem areas (such as lint), or programs that can instrument a program to allow run-time analysis for either testing or performance analysis.  Source code coverage analyzers can be used to verify that test suites exercise every line of source code.  GUI testing programs can be used to simulate user operations on the interface including mouse moves, key presses, button clicks, etc. for the purposes of regression testing.
+Testing tools include source code that can be included in a program to help test for correctness (such as NUnit), or programs that can perform static analysis of source code to find problem areas (such as lint), or programs that can instrument a program to allow run-time analysis for either testing or performance analysis.  Source code coverage analyzers can be used to verify that test suites exercise every line of source code.  GUI testing programs can be used to simulate user operations on the interface including mouse moves, key presses, button clicks, etc. for the purposes of regression testing.
 ===Version control===

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 ===Documentation===
-End-user documentation may be written as part of the design, although it is typically written in conjunction with the above development steps, or sometimes afterwards.
+End-user documentation may be written as part of the design, although it is typically written in conjunction with the above development steps, occasionally between design and coding, or sometimes afterwards.
 ===Release===
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 ===Enhancements===
 Most useful programs will need enhancements over time to meet changing needs, hardware/software platforms, and competitive pressures.  When this is needed, the above development steps are repeated, starting with the design of which enhancements to add or change.  This ongoing cycle of development is called [[code maintenance]].
 ==Programming Approaches==

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 ===Object Oriented Programming===
-[[Object Oriented Programming]] is a methodology that uses the concept of classes to more easily modularize code.  Most modern [[programming language]]s support Object Oriented Programming.
+[[Object Oriented programming]] is a methodology that uses the concept of classes to more easily modularize code.  Most modern [[programming language]]s support Object Oriented Programming.
 ===Top-down Programming===

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 ===Documentation===
 Documentation tools can range from simple word processing programs to programs which extract information directly from source code to aid in documenting the program.
 ==See also==

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 '''Computer programming''' is a subset of [[Computer Science]] and is related to [[Software Engineering]].  Computer programming is the act of creating computer programs to perform tasks ranging from simple calculations to complex games.
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 Various studies have found that programmers with a comparable amount of experience may differ in skill levels by a factor of 10 or more.
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 Computer programming has great demand on the labor market, and is signed with the great differentiation in the salaries when comparing to other industries. [https://resumescentre.com/salary-report/computer-programmer]
 ==See also==

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 A lot of free software (of varying quality) is available via the [[internet]] which allows one to experiment with many different programming languages.
-Computer programming has great demand on the labor market, and is signed with the great differentiation in the salaries when comparing to other industries. [http://resumescentre.com/salary-report/computer-programmer]
+Computer programming has great demand on the labor market, and is signed with the great differentiation in the salaries when comparing to other industries. [https://resumescentre.com/salary-report/computer-programmer]
 ==See also==

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	A lot of free software (of varying quality) is available via the [[internet]] which allows one to experiment with many different programming languages.		A lot of free software (of varying quality) is available via the [[internet]] which allows one to experiment with many different programming languages.
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 '''Computer programming''' is a subset of [[Computer Science]] and is related to [[Software Engineering]].  Computer programming is the act of creating computer programs to perform tasks ranging from simple calculations to complex games.
-The rise of the internet and the availability of free software allows one to erase (for example) windows from a pc, then place (for example) Linux there.  Linux has a nice desktop similar to Windows.  From there one can install and use a programming language.  With a programming language one can program the computer to display almost anything.  This is usually all free.  With these free tools, once one gains some proficiency, one can create websites to do [[e-commerce]], share photos, share video, enable databases, schedule things, provide email and almost anything else one can think up.  There is a tremendous amount of opportunity for creativity and profit from computer programming.  Just to sample some of the languages one can learn: [[lisp]], [[haskell]], [[smalltalk]], [[perl]], [[python]], [[lua]], [[php]], [[ruby]], [[erlang]], [[c]], [[forth]], [[C++]], [[java]], and others.  One can also download a free database such as postgresql, firebird, or mysql.  Free software is fun and useful because one can play with and learn from the comfort of one's own home.  Written tutorials abound on the web, and many corporations and government agencies are using free software so there are jobs and opportunities to start one own operation to solve problems as well.
+While there are many guidelines, there are no rules which are guaranteed to produce a correct and usable program, so programming is very much an art or skill rather than a science. Furthermore, a programmer must pay meticulous attention to detail: a moderately large program of say 150,000 instructions must be completely free of punctuation errors, grammatical errors, and spelling mistakes, and must also be largely free of logical errors (as a size comparison, a 400-page paperback book contains about 16,000 lines - 1/10th the size).  Despite handling all the details, a programmer must also keep an eye on the wider picture so that all parts of a program contribute effectively to the desired end result.
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+Various studies have found that programmers with a comparable amount of experience may differ in skill levels by a factor of 10 or more.
 * [[code maintenance]]
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