Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, students should be able to:

[1]  Describe the fundamental principles of problem solving, programming techniques and structures in program development.

[2]  Explain problems and their solutions based on the principles of problem solving and programming techniques.

[3]  Trace and debug in troubleshooting program applications.

[4]  Construct computer program codes by applying suitable programming structures and techniques.

Synopsis

This course covers the introductory topics in programming using C++ language. It includes the introduction to computers and programming, the fundamentals of programming, problem solving and software development. Data types and operators, selection, repetition, function, array, file, structured data and pointer are among the topics covered in the course.

References

[1]  Gaddis, T., 2011, Starting Out with C++ Brief Version: From Control Structures Through Objects 7^th. Edition”, Pearson Education.

[2]  Abdullah, N. et. al, 2014, Lab Module Computer Programming BITG 1113, FTMK, UTeM.

[3]  Friedman, K., 2011, Problem Solving, Abstraction and Design using C++, 6^th Edition, Pearson Education.

[4]  Etter, D.M., Ingber, J.A., 2012, Engineering Problem Solving with C++, 3^rd Edition, Pearson Education

[5]  Hanly, J.R, 2002, Essential C++ for Engineers and Scientists, 2^nd Addison Wesley.