Description

Acquire fundamental programming and algorithmic skills. This internship will enable you to master the key stages in building a computer program in Visual Basic, including lexicon, syntax, tools, code structure and tests.

Who is this training for ?

For whom ?

Anyone who needs to learn to program.

Prerequisites

Training objectives

Design programs based on algorithms

Write programs using language syntax and vocabulary

Run and execute programs

Correct and validate programs

Interact with databases

Understand the key concepts of OOP

Training program

• The basic principles of programming
  • What is a program?  What is a language?  The different paradigms.  
  • Which language for which application?.
  • Compilers, executables.
  • The responsibilities of a programmer.
  • What is an algorithm?.
  • Algorithm requirements.
  • The idea of pseudo-language.
  • Practical exercises: Introduction to various programming languages such as Java, C#, Visual Basic, C and C++, Writing a first algorithm in pseudo-code.
• Origins of an initial program
  • Write a basic program: syntax and commands.
  • Compile and run the program.
  • What is a library?  Its function and use.
  • Practical exercises: Exploration of the development and execution environment, Writing, compiling and running a first program.
• Programming directives
  • Naming by convention.
  • Syntax convention.
  • Exploiting comments: Why comment on changes?
  • Improve program clarity: code formatting, code division, etc.
• The variables
  • What is a variable?
  • Importance of variable typing.
  • Primitive data types: integers, strings, reals, etc.
  • Variable management: declaration, definition, initialization.
  • Constants.
  • Operations on variables: input, display, assignment, conversion.
  • Data organization: arrays.
  • Advanced data types: record, matrix, tree.
  • Practical work: Simple variable manipulation programs.
• Operators and Logics
  • Operator types: Arithmetic (multiplication, addition), Relational (comparison, equality), Logic, Assignment.
  • Combinatorics.
  • Boolean expressions.
  • Practical work: Handling operators and logical expressions
• Control mechanisms
  • Conditional choices (if-then-no instructions, case selection).
  • Instruction organization (the notion of beginning... end).
  • Repetitive loops (while-repeat, repeat-until, for-from-to).
  • Nesting of different instruction types.Adding comments to code.
  • Practical exercises: Apply control structures to build an algorithm.
• Procedures and functions
  • Definitions: procedure, function.
  • Importance in programming: Reusability of code, Improved readability, Facilitates modularity, Simplifies maintenance.
  • Passing parameters: Passing the value of a variable, Awareness of the limits of passing by value, Notion of passing by address.
  • Function return code.
  • Calling functions.
  • Practical exercises: Debugging example programs.
• Discovering object-oriented programming
  • Fundamental concepts: class, attribute, method, argument.
  • Object-oriented design: learning to model from functional requirements.
  • Code organization: Introduction to best practices in program design and structuring.
  • Practical exercises: Highlighting object concepts by example.
• Access to databases
  • Structuring and storing information.
  • Fundamental operations (connection, queries, data extraction).
  • Client application and data server.
  • Displaying and manipulating data in the client application.
  • Practical exercises: Design a form to search for information in a database.
• Maintenance, debugging and testing techniques
  • Be able to read and understand various error notifications.
  • Use a debugger to: execute a program step by step, set breakpoints, inspect variables during execution.
  • Anticipate and organize unit tests.
  • Practical exercises: Use a debugger to control program execution.