About this Event

Day 1 Stating out

Session 1 – Recap of GCSE Coding skills

• How to set out effective pseudocode.
• Use of string slicing and Boolean operators for validation
• Functions / subroutines and parameter passing

Session 2 – Moving into A level - Nested lists,

• List slicing, sorting, passing to functions

Session 3 – Flat file database structures

• Reading and writing CSV files, records and fields, interacting with spreadsheets and using SQL

Session 4 – How to write to relational databases

• SQL with Sqlite, queries: selection, update, insert, and delete, primary and foreign keys and setting up relationships

Day 2

Session 1 – Object Orientated Programming

• Class definition, object instantiation, inheritance, polymorphism

Session 2 – Developing your user interface –

• Introduction to GUI - how to add forms, screens, buttons, radio and check buttons, text boxes, labels, combo boxes and list boxes.

Session 3 – Approaches to the coursework and questions in common with exam boards