Programming Basics

Course Introduction

Program
ming
Basics
SoftUni Team
Technical Trainers
Software University
http://softuni.bg
Thanks to University of Ruse

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Table of Contents
1. Course Objectives
2. Course Program
3. Trainers Team
4. Examination
5. Learning Resources

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Programming Basics Course
Course Objecti ves & Program
Course Objectives
 The “Programming Basics" course:
 First steps in computer programming with C#:
 Compiler, IDE, variables, control-flow logic, console I/O, loops
 Establish algorithmic thinking
 Development of problems solving skills
 Prepare for learning other languages and software technologies
 Java, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP
 Databases & SQL, high-quality code
 Web development technologies 5
Programming Basics – Course Topics
1. Course Intro. Basic Mathematical Concepts for Programmers
2. Introduction to Programming. Using the IDE
3. Primitive Data Types, Variables, Literals
4. Console-Based Input and Output
5. Operators, Expressions and Statements
6. Conditional Statements (if-else, switch-case)
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Programming Basics – Course Topics (2)

7. Loops (while, do-while, for, foreach)

8. Advanced Topics: Methods & Collections

9. Exam Preparation: Solving Sample Exams

10. Practical Exam

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The Trainers Team
Trainers Team
 George Dimitrov
 .NET developer and trainer

 Experience with Java

 Keen on high-quality code construction

 C# trainer in Rousse University and

Rousse High Math School

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Volunteer Teaching Assistants
 Volunteer teaching assistants
 Top students from SoftUni (from the "Fundamentals" Module)

 Top performers from previous "Programming Basics" courses

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Programming Basics Course Details
Durati on, Languages, Technologies
Training Duration – Programming Basics
 Lectures: ~ 18 hours (onsite + YouTube videos)
 Practical exercises (in class): ~ 18 hours
 Homework + Lab + Exam Prep: ~ 50-100 hours
 Exam: 6 hours

 Allocation
 Timeframe: October 2015 – January 2016

 Exams: 17 January 2016

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Why C# and .NET Framework?
 C#, .NET and Visual Studio in Windows environment
 Excellent start for beginners, very easy to learn

 The C# language
 Modern object-oriented language

 Very popular, used by millions developers

 Easy to learn, yet very powerful

 C# is just the start!

 We will learn Java, PHP, Linux, HTML, JS, SQL, and many more
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Why English?
 Why the slides are in English?
 English is the native language
of the software engineers
 Specific terminology should be in English

 Translations are inaccurate and funny

 Just learn English!
 No excuses

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Programming Basics
Evaluati on Criteria
Exams @ Software University
 Course score formed by several components:
 Exam results, homework, forums activity, etc.

 Exams measure the individual performance

 Do you have basic coding skills?

 The "Programming Basics" exam serves as

admission criteria for the Software University
 At least 100 points required for admission

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Programming Basics Exam
 The practical programming exam explained
 5 practical problems for 6 hours

 1 very easy, 3 with loops, 1 with bit operations

 Covers all learned topics up to the moment

 Automated judge system & real-time feedback

 Solutions are evaluated for correctness only

 Code quality is still not measured

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Programming Exam – Sample Problem
 Write a program that enters a positive integer number N from
the console (1 ≤ N ≤ 100) and prints a new year tree of size N,
following the examples below:
N = 1 N = 2 N = 3 N = 4 N = 5

| | | | |
* | * * | * * | * * | * * | *
** | ** ** | ** ** | ** ** | **
*** | *** *** | *** *** | ***
**** | **** **** | ****
***** | *****
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Programming Exam – Sample Solution
static void Main()
{
int n = int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
for (int i = 0; i <= n; i++)
{
int asterisksCount = i;
string asterisks = new string('*', asterisksCount);
int spacesCount = n - asterisksCount;
string spaces = new string(' ', spacesCount);
Console.Write(spaces);
Console.Write(asterisks);
Console.Write(" | ");
Console.Write(asterisks);
Console.WriteLine(spaces);
}
}
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Scoring System for the Course
 Onsite students
 Exam – 80%
 Serves as pass / fail criteria
 Homework + evaluation – 10% + 10%

 Forums activity – bonus up to 10%

 Online students
 Exam – 100%

 Forums activity – bonus up to 10%

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Final Exam – What Comes Next?

0 100 exam score 400 500

485
Bank loan?

Fail Pass Average Good Champion

Try again at Join the module Apply for

the next exam "Fundamentals" scholarship

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Homework Assignments
 Doing your homework is very important!
 Programming can only be learned through a lot of practice!

 You should write code every day!

 Each lecture is followed by a few exercises

 Try to solve them in class

 The rest are your homework

 Homework assignments are due in 1 week after each lecture

 Submission will be accepted through our web site: softuni.bg
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Homework Peer Reviews
 Everyone will give feedback to a few random homework
submissions
 Students submit homework anonymously
 Please exclude your name from the submissions!
 For each homework submitted
 Students evaluate 3 random pieces of homework
 From the same topic, in 3 days after the deadline
 Give written feedback, at least 200 characters
 Low-quality feedback  report for punishment
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The Judge System at the Exam
 All exam problems will be tested automatically
 Through our automated online judge system

 During the exam preparation you will practice how to use the
automated judge system
 You can register at any time to practice

 How the testing (judge) system works?

 You submit your C# source code

 Your solution is tested with predefined tests

 For each test passed you get some score
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 Resources
 What We Need Additi onally?
Course Web Site & Forums
 The Programming Basics official web site:
https://softuni.bg/courses/programming-basics/

 Register for the "Software University Forum":

 Discuss the course exercises with your colleagues

 Find solutions for all course exercises

 Share source code / discuss ideas / help each other

http://softuni.bg/forum
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The Programming Basics Slides and Videos
 All lecture slides, videos, homework assignments, projects
and other resources are open content, available for free
 Visit the course web site to access the course resources

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The Free C# Fundamentals Textbook
The official textbook for the course
 "Fundamentals of Computer Programming with C#",
by Svetlin Nakov & Co., 2013, ISBN 9789544007737
 English and Bulgarian versions (as PDF, ePub, …)
 Freely downloadable from:
www.introprogramming.info

The C# Programming courses @ SoftUni.bg follow the book

Programming Basics  chapters 1..6 (up to Loops) + advanced topics

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Software University Learning System (SULS)
 Software University Learning System (SULS)
 www.softuni.bg

 Important resource for all students

 Homework submissions

 Homework check-up

 Exams and results

 Reports about your progress

…
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Required Software
 Software needed for this course:
 Microsoft Windows (Win 10 / 8.1 / Win8 / Win7 / Win XP)

 Visual Studio Community 2015 (a free version of VS 2015)

 Visual Studio 2013, 2012, 2010 acceptable, but not recommended
 .NET Framework 4.6 (included in Visual Studio)

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Summary
 The “Programming Basics" course provides
 The very first steps in programming
 Training program
 Programming, using Visual Studio, variables,
control-flow logic, loops, advanced topics
 Practical exams
 Automated judge system + score system
 Learning resources
 Lectures, videos, software, books, forum
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Programming Basics – Course Introduction

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License
 This course (slides, examples, demos, videos, homework, etc.)
is licensed under the "Creative Commons
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International"
license

 Attribution: this work may contain portions from

 "Fundamentals of Computer Programming with C#" book by Svetlin Nakov & Co. under CC-BY-SA license
 "C# Part I" course by Telerik Academy under CC-BY-NC-SA license 33
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