Basic of programming

Higher education teachers: Fajfar Iztok
Collaborators: Glažar Boštjan, Kunaver Matevž, Maček-Lebar Alenka, Puhan Janez

Subject description

Prerequisits:

• Enrollment in the study year

Content (Syllabus outline):

The subject first deals with basic principles of computers and computer programming. Later, it focuses on specific programming languages HTML, CSS and JavaScript, through which a student learns the principles of coding, data and algorithm design, and programming. The subject is divided into the following sections:

Introduction:

• general principles of programming languages
• design, building, and testing computer programs

Web design with HTML and CSS:

• document structure and basic elements
• basic design using CSS

Web programming with JavaScript:

• variables
• control statements
• functions
• events

Objectives and competences:

• Students will master basics of algorithm and system approach to problem solving.
• They will learn skills of computer programming and testing programming solutions.
• Subject is structured in a way that allows students to prepare for learning C programming language.

Intended learning outcomes:

• Understanding computer systems
• Solving technical problems using computer systems
• Critical evaluation of possible solutions in view of given boundary conditions
• Search and use of programming related information

Learning and teaching methods:

• Lectures, practical demonstrations, laboratory work, individual work with advanced students, web technologies, homeworks

Study materials

• I. Fajfar: XHTML in JavaScript za pokušino, Založba FE in FRI, 2005
• Spletna stran W3 Schools (www.w3schools.com)
• Mozilla Developer Network (developer.mozilla.org)
• Matthew MacDonald, HTML5, The Missing Manual, O'Reilly, 2011
• David Sawyer McFarland, CSS3, The Missing Manual, O'Reilly, 2013
• John Pollock: JavaScript: A Beginner's Guide, Osborne McGraw-Hill, 2009
• David Flanagan: JavaScript, The Definitive Guide, O'Reilly, 2011
• David Sawyer McFarland, JavaScript, The Missing Manual, O'Reilly, 2012