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Assignment Brief
Student Name /ID Number M.Nadun Nisal Wijayapala E194197
Unit Number and Title Unit 01: Programming
Academic Year 2022/23
Unit Tutor Mrs.Darshani
Assignment Title Design &Implement a GUI based system using a suitable

Integrated Development Environment
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Issue Date 19/04/2023
Submission Date 28/06/2023
IV Name & Date
Submission Format
This submission will have 3 components
1. Written Report
This submission is in the form of an individual written report. This should be written in a concise, formal
business style using single spacing and font size 12. You are required to make use of headings, paragraphs
and subsections as appropriate, and all work must be supported with research and referenced using the
Harvard referencing system. Please also provide a bibliography using the Harvard referencing system. (The
recommended word count is 1,500–2,000 words for the report excluding annexures)
2. Implemented System (Software)

The student should submit a GUI based system developed using an IDE. The system should connect with a
backend database and should have at least 5 different forms and suitable functionality including insert,
edit and delete of main entities and transaction processing.
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3. Presentation
With the submitted system student should do a presentation to demonstrate the system that was
developed. Time allocated is 10 to 15 min. Student may use 5 to 10 PowerPoint slides while doing the
presentation, but live demonstration of the system is required. Evaluator will also check the ability to
modify and debug the system using the IDE.
Unit Learning Outcomes:
LO1. Define basic algorithms to carry out an operation and outline the process of
programming an application.
LO2. Explain the characteristics of procedural, object-orientated and event-driven

programming.
LO3. Implement basic algorithms in code using an IDE.
LO4. Determine the debugging process and explain the importance of a coding
standard
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Assignment Brief and Guidance:
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Activity 1
A. The Fibonacci numbers are the numbers in the following integer sequence.
0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, ……..
In mathematical terms, the sequence Fn of Fibonacci numbers is defined by the recurrence

relation.
Fn = F n-1 + F n-2
B. Factorial of a non-negative integer, is the multiplication of all integers smaller than or

equal to n. For example, factorial of 6 is 6*5*4*3*2*1 which is 720.
n! = n * (n - 1) * …….. 1
Define what an algorithm is and outline the characteristics of a good algorithm. Write the
algorithms to display the Fibonacci series and the factorial value for a given number using
Pseudo code. Determine the steps involved in the process of writing and executing a
program and carry out an analysis of writing the code phase by discussing the potential
challenges faced.
Take a sample number and dry run the above two algorithms. Show the outputs at the end
of each iteration and the final output. Examine what Big-O notation is and explain its role in
evaluating efficiencies of algorithms. Write the Python program code for the above two
algorithms and critically evaluate their efficiencies using Big-O notation.
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Activity 2
2.1 Compare and discuss what is meant by a Programming Paradigm and the main
characteristics of Procedural, Object oriented and Event-driven paradigms and the
relationships among them. Write small snippets of code as example for the above three
programming paradigms using a suitable programming language(s) and critically
evaluate the code samples that you have given above in relation to their structure and
the unique characteristics.
Activity 3 and Activity 4 are based on the following Scenario.
Grifindo Toys is a small-scale Toy building company which is located in United Kingdom
(UK) and currently they have 50 employees working at their headquarters. They are looking
for a simple payroll system to calculate the salaries of their employees and you are hired as a
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freelance software developer to build their payroll system.
Specifications for the payroll system as follows,
Grifindo Toys Payroll System mainly contains five components and the specifications for the
components are follows,
1. Employee Component.
 Admin should be able to register employee details to the system (including
monthly salary, overtime rates-hourly, allowances).
 Admin should be able to update all employee details in the system (Update and
Delete including monthly salary, overtime rates-hourly, allowances).
 Admin should be able to view individual employee details, view all employees
details, search employees.
2. Salary Component
Admin should be able to input the date range to calculate the salary. Salary cycle
begin date and the end date should be given to calculate the monthly salary.
Salary cycle begin date and end date will be defined in the settings component
and if the user enters something else the system should display an error message.
The admin should be able to enter the no of leaves an employee has taken with
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number of absent days, no of holidays for the given date range. If an employee
has worked any overtime hours the admin should be able to enter that also when
calculating the Base pay value.
Base Pay need to calculate based on the following points,
Base Pay (Monthly Salary: salary_cycle_date_range, eg: 30 days): Each

employee will be paid monthly
If any employee couldn’t cover salary_cycle_date_range (eg:-30 days) attendance

the system should calculate the no-pay value according to the below mention
formula,
No-pay-value = (Total_Salary/salary_cycle_date_range)
*No_of_absent_days
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Base Pay need to calculate according to the below mentioned formula
Base Pay value = Monthly_Salary + Allowances +

(Over_time_rate*no_of_overtime_hours)
Gross Pay need to calculate according to the below mentioned formula
Gross Pay = Base_Pay_value – (No_pay_value +

Base_Pay_value*government_tax_rate)
All the calculated No-pay-value, Base-pay-value and Gross pay value should
record in the database under each employee for each month. This component
should generate reports such as monthly salary report for an employee, overall
salary summary for couple of months for an employee, No-pay-value, base-pay-
value, and gross pay value of all the employees for a given month range.
3. Settings Component
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This component should allow the admin to change parameter values such as
i. Date Range for a salary cycle. Eg:- 30 days

ii. Salary cycle begin date
iii. Salary cycle end date
iv. No of leaves for an employee for a year.
Activity 3
Write the complete pseudocode for the salary component of the above system (report
generation is not needed). Use the visual studio IDE (using C#.net) to implement the
above three components. Ideally, there should be three separate classes for the above
three components and the developer can decide the methods which need to include in
those classes. Design the suitable database structure for keeping the data of the above
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system.
Analyze the features of an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) and explain how
those features help in application development. Evaluate the use of the Visual StudioIDE
for your application development contrasted with not using an IDE.
Activity 4
2.1 Design and build a small GUI system for the above scenario and it should be a complete
functional system with all the functions which has described in the above scenario with the
database structure which has designed in activity 3.
2.2 Examine debugging process and the features available in Visual studio IDE for debugging
your code more easily. Evaluate how you used the debugging process to develop more
secure, robust application with examples.
2.3 Explain and outline the coding standards you have used in your application development.
Critically evaluate why a coding standard is necessary for the team as well as for the
individual.
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Acknowledgment
Before starting this work, I would want to thank the lecturer, Mrs. Darshani, for all of
her efforts to train my classmates and I. Madom, your advice, encouragement, and
inspiration were greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
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Pearson Higher Nationals in
Computing
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Assignment 01
Name : - M. Nadun Nisal Wijayapala
Course Name : - BTEC Higher National Diploma in Computing

Register no : - CMB00176118
E No :- E194197
Lecturer name:- Mrs. Darshani
Dead Line :- 28/07/2023
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Task 1
LO1 Define basic algorithms to carry out an operation and outline the process of
programming an application.
What is an algorithm?
An Algorithm is any method or formula that has been applied to solve a problem. It
works by running a specified sequence of actions that describe how you do certain
things, and your computer will be doing the same thing every time. The algorithm works
by following some kind of procedure, made up of inputs. As soon as all the inputs are
followed up, they will display a result which can be called output.
The characteristics of the algorithm are as follows:
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I. Correctness: All valid input should be correctly output by the algorithm. To
achieve the right result, it must solve the problem as intended.
II. Efficiency: To solve the problem, efficient algorithms use a minimum number
of resources available in terms of time, memory, etc. It should be rapidly
implemented, with efficient handling of large inputs.
III. Clear and understandable: A good algorithm is easily understood and must be
described in a clear and comprehensible manner. For developers to understand
its logic, it should be simple.
IV. Finiteness: The algorithm has to be capable of carrying out an infinite number
of steps. Once a period for each input has expired, it should be terminated.
V. Generalities: An algorithm should apply to a range of inputs, which is not
exclusive to special cases. For each scenario, it should be intended to resolve the
problem.
VI. Modularity: You can divide a modular algorithm into smaller, manageable
subroutines or functions. It increases the reusability and maintainability of codes.
VII. Feasibility: it would be practical and appropriate to use available resources and
technologies for implementing the algorithm. It's supposed to be under the
constraints of the system.
Fibonacci series
Algorithm to display the Fibonacci series
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Factorial value series
Algorithm to display the factorial value series
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Steps involved in the process of writing and executing a program:
1. Problem Understanding: Understand the issue and its requirements, clearly.

2. Algorithm Design: To solve this problem, you can design an algorithm using
pseudocode or flowcharts.
3. Coding: Translate the algorithm into a programming language like Python.
4. Compilation/Interpretation: The code is compiled in a language such as C++
or interpreted in Python.
5. Execution: The program is running on your computer and performing the tasks
you want it to perform.
6. Testing: To ensure correctness and precision, the program is subjected to tests
on a variety of inputs.
7. Debugging: Where any problems are found during the testing, these issues shall
be identified and corrected.
8. Optimization: If necessary, you can optimize your code to improve
performance.
Challenges faced in writing code
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I. Identifying the problem: We must have a clear picture of the problem and
its requirements.
II. Algorithm design: complex problems can make it difficult to draw up an
effective and appropriate algorithm.
III. Ensuring robustness: It is necessary to deal with corner cases and edge
scenarios.
IV. Debugging: It may take a long time to identify and correct errors in the code.
V. Efficiency optimization: it can be difficult to achieve optimal performance
while minimizing the use of resources.
Dry Run example with simple output
Took sample Number 7 to both algorithms
1) Fibonacci series
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Final outputs: 0,1,1,2,3,5,8
2) Factorial
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Final output= 5040
Big-O Notation
As a function of its input size n, Big-O notation is used to express the upper bound of an
algorithm's time complexity. It estimates how long an algorithm's run time will be
increasing the input size. For example, the time complexity in the Fibonacci series
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algorithm is O(n) and it's directly dependent on the number of iterations due to its “n”
value. Similarly, because the loop runs from 2 to n, the time complexity of the factorial
algorithm is also O(n).
I. Python code for the Fibonacci series
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II. Python code for Factorial
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Efficiency Analysis using Big-O Notation
 Fibonacci series algorithm: Since this algorithm performs n iterations in

a loop, the time complexity of this algorithm is O(2n-2).
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 Factorial Algorithm: The time complexity of this algorithm is also O(n),
as it iterates from 2 to n.
The two algorithms have linear time complexity which means that, due to
the size of the input, their computation runs on a linear basis. They are
quite efficient, even for relatively large inputs, and should be able to do so
well. Both algorithms provide the correct results for the given sample
inputs, as has been observed.
Task 2
LO2 Explain the characteristics of procedural, object-orientated, and event-driven

programming
Programming Paradigm
A programming paradigm is a basic style and approach for the development of computer
programs. This defines how the code is organized, structured, and implemented. A set of
principles, concepts, and best practices guides the development process for each
paradigm.
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1. Procedural Programming Paradigm:
The focus of procedural programming is to develop a set of

procedures or activities that make use of data. The program is
linear in nature, sharing information between the various functions.
It breaks down the problem into smaller subtasks that can be solved
independently, using a top-down approach.
2. Object-Oriented Programming Paradigm:
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Object-oriented programming (OOP) revolves around the concept
of objects, which encapsulate data and behavior. The program's
designed to be composed of interacting objects, each responsible
for a specific task. It's intended to support the reusability of code,
modularization, and modeling of actual world entities.
3. Event-Driven Programming Paradigm:
Event Driven programming determines the program flow, which in

this case is defined by events that include user inputs, System
Notifications, or signals from other parts of a program. The code is
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usually composed of event handlers that respond to these events,
and program execution jumps between these handlers as events
occur.
Evaluation
 Procedural Programming Paradigm: The code will use calculate_area

and major functions to follow a procedural approach. The data and actions
are separate, but this brief example does not demonstrate the full power of
dynamic paradigms.
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 Object-Oriented Programming Paradigm: With the Rectangle class that
encodes information and behavior, the code implements an object-oriented
approach. An example of encapsulation in which data length and width are
hidden behind methods is given here. This sample contains no evidence of
inheritance or polymorphism.
 Event-Driven Programming Paradigm: The code uses Tkinter to show
an event-driven paradigm. An event handler that replies to button-click
events is the function button_click. The program waits for user input (the
button click) and then responds to it. Event-driven paradigms are well-
suited for GUI applications and asynchronous programming.
Relationship among the paradigm
 Procedural and Object-Oriented: In Object-Oriented Programming (OOP),

objects often encapsulate procedural code within themselves. OOP allows for
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better organization and abstraction, making complex programs more
manageable.
 Object-Oriented and Event-Driven: In event-driven systems, objects often listen
for events and respond with their methods. OOP's encapsulation allows objects
to be designed as event handlers, making event-driven programming more
structured and modular.
 Procedural and Event-Driven: Event-driven programs can use procedural code in
their event handlers to perform specific tasks when events occur. Procedural
programming can help manage the logic of how events are handled and
processed.
In general, each paradigm is based on strengths and weaknesses but the choice of a
paradigm must be relevant to the nature of the problem and its objectives for software
development. Modern programming is often combining several paradigms to take
advantage of their respective benefits, which in turn will create robust, maintainable,
and efficient software systems.
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Task 3
Pseudocode for the salary component
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Features of an IDE and its benefits:
 Code Editor: Integrated Development Environments provide a feature-rich code

editor with syntax highlighting, code completion, and formatting, which makes
code writing faster and more efficient.
 Debugging tools: The instruments for debugging, enabling developers to move
through the code, setting breakpoints, inspecting variables, and finding and
fixing problems quickly, are available in IDEs.
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 Project management: Integrated Development Environments offer the ability
to manage projects, making it easier to organize files and dependencies, and to
manage version control systems.
 Code Refactoring: Integrated Development Environment provides automated
refactoring tools to improve code quality and retention, through the suggestion
and implementation of changes.
 Integrated build systems: Integrated build systems are often used by Integrated
Development Environments to simplify the process of compiling and building
applications.
 Version Control Integration: IDEs can seamlessly integrate with version
control systems like Git, enabling easy collaboration among team members.
 Code template: code templates and snippets are offered by the IDE, which
reduces the number of repeated coding tasks for developers while improving
their productivity.
 Integrated Documentation: To help developers understand APIs and libraries,
the IDE can provide documentation pops and tooltips.
Using Visual Studio IDE for Application Development
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The Visual Studio is an excellent, easy-to-use Integrated Development Environment
for .NET development. There are several benefits to be gained from Visual Studio in
developing the Grifindo Toys payroll system:
 .NET Integration: Visual Studio has great support for C#.NET and other.NET
languages, which makes it easier to create applications in a common
environment.
 Rich Toolset: A large variety of tools and features that make it easy to develop,
perform debugging and test are available in Visual Studio.
 UI design: Visual Intuitive Studio is equipped with a Dragan drop UI designer
that allows rapid and intuitive creation of user interfaces.
 Database integration: Visual Studio introduces database tools for facilitating
the development of databases and access to data, which makes it easy to
implement the required database structure.
 Simple Deployment: Visual Studio provides a simple way to install the
application, allowing it to be easily distributed to end users.
 Robust Ecosystem: Visual Studio benefits from a large community of
developers, extensive documentation, and a wealth of third-party plugins and
extensions.
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Contrasting with Not Using an IDE
Development can still take place without an IDE, but this process may be more time-
consuming and costly. The following problems and drawbacks are some of them:
 Manual Tool Setup: Without an IDE, developers might need to manually set up
separate tools for editing, debugging, and building the application.
 Limited Code Assistance: advanced code assistance features such as syntax
highlighting, code completion, and debugging are not available in a standard text
editor.
 Debugging Complexity: Debugging code without an integrated debugger can be
challenging, as developers would need to rely on print statements or external
debugging tools.
 Project Organization: When the project gets complex, it may become difficult
for you to manage project files and dependencies on your own.
 Lack of integration: Without the Integrated Development Environment,
developers may have to switch between different tools for programming,
building, and testing which would result in a less efficient process.
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The Integrated Development Environment like Visual Studio makes the development
process much more productive and provides a full range of tools and features to enhance
productivity, code quality, and collaboration. It provides developers with a single
environment, which enables them to simplify their development process and save time
and effort in the absence of an Integrated Development Environment.
Task 4
4.1 Design a Built GUI System
Employee table Design
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Login UI
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Employee component
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Salary Component
Setting Component
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4.2 Debugging Process and Features in Visual Studio IDE
To detect and resolve bugs or problems in software applications, the debugging

process is crucial. Several features are offered by Visual Studio IDE that help to
facilitate and enhance the performance of debugging:
I. Breakpoint: For program execution to be interrupted on specific

lines, set breakpoints in the code. During runtime, this enables
you to check the state of variables and caller stack.
II. Step Over, Step Into, Step Out: These options let you control
the execution flow during debugging. Step Over executes the
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current line and moves to the next line, Step Into enters a function
or method call, and Step Out runs the remaining code in the
current function and returns to the calling function.
III. Watch and Locals Windows: While the Locals window shows
local variables in the current scope, the Watch window allows
you to monitor the value of variables while debugging.
IV. Immediate Window: Allows you to execute code snippets and
access variables during debugging, providing real-time
evaluation.
V. Call Stack Window: This shows a path to the current execution
point for each method call to help understand how programs are
executed.
VI. Exception Settings: You may modify how Visual Studio handles
exceptions so that you can ignore or break particular errors.
VII. Edit and continue: If you make code changes during
debugging, the program won't need to be restarted to reflect the
changes.
The debugging process is used to develop more secure and robust

applications
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Debugging plays a vital role in increasing security and robustness while
developing applications. Examples of how debugging contributes to achieving
these objectives are given below:
I. Identifying and fixing security vulnerabilities: Debugging by

checking the values of variables, as well as understanding what
programs are doing at runtime, will allow you to identify and fix
security vulnerabilities such as improper input validation, buffer
overflows, or SQL injection. This knowledge will help to put in
place the necessary safety measures as well as address potential
vulnerabilities.
II. Validation of the logic and business rules: it is possible to verify
that an application complies with the intended logic and business
rules by stepping through a code during debugging, reducing the
risk of incorrect calculations or processing.
III. Delaying Exceptions Gracefully: Debugging helps you find out
why and allows you to properly handle exceptions so that they
don't cause unexpected application crashes or improve user
experience.
IV. Performance optimization: you can see performance bottlenecks
like ineffective algorithms or resource-intensive operations while
debugging and optimizing code so that it performs more effectively
and responds to requests.
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4.3 Cording Standards and their importance
The code standards are a set of guidelines and best practices that teams or individuals
follow in the development of codes. They assist in the continuous maintenance of
uniform and high-quality code throughout a project. Here is a description of the
programming standards that developers use to develop applications:
 Name conventions: Use the same naming conventions for variables,

functions, classes, and other elements.
 Indentance and Formatting: To improve readability and maintainability,
adhere to a consistent indenting style and code formatting.
 Comments and documentation: To explain complex logic or clarify the
functionality of the code, provide clear and meaningful comments. To help
more developers who use your code, please make sure you have correctly
documented the publicly available APIs.
 Error handling: To gracefully handle exceptions, and to provide users or
log files with meaningful error messages, implement proper error
handling.
 Code Reusability: Encourage code reuse by creating modular and
reusable functions or classes, which reduces redundancy and improves
maintainability.
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 Code review: To ensure that coding standards are complied with and to
spot potential problems at an early stage of development, code reviews
shall be carried out.
The Importance of cording standards
 Maintainability: Consistent coding standards make it easier for team

members to read, understand, and maintain each other's code. Especially in
major projects, or when there's a frequent turnover of team members.
 Collaboration: Code standards are facilitating smoother collaboration of
team members since they all follow an identical set of conventions that
reduce conflicts between code styles.
 Code quality: compliance with the coding standards leads to more code
quality and fewer bugs, as best practice is followed consistently.
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 Flexibility: By providing guidelines to accelerate development efforts and
decrease the learning curve for newly recruited members of teams, a well-
defined coding standard is helping to scale up the development process.
 Security: Simplification techniques that help to write more secure codes
and mitigate security weaknesses of all kinds may be part of the coding
standards.
 Code reviews: To ensure that all codes are assessed according to the
uniform set of instructions, coding standards provide a basis for efficient
code reviews.
To ensure the consistency of code, improve its quality and facilitate collaboration
among development teams, coding standards are essential. Teams will be able to
build better, more reliable, and more resilient applications through the use of code
standards.
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Reference
1. Indicative. (n.d.). What Is A Programming Algorithm? Data Defined.

[online] Available at:
https://www.indicative.com/resource/programming-algorithm/.
2. Sagar Bhatia (2022). What is Procedural Programming? Key Features
of Procedural Programming. [online] Hackr.io. Available at:
https://hackr.io/blog/procedural-programming.
3. Amazon Web Services (n.d.). What is an IDE? IDE Explained - AWS.
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https://aws.amazon.com/what-is/ide/.
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4. Mikejo5000 (n.d.). First, look at the debugger - Visual Studio
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Grading Rubric
Grading Criteria Achieved Feedback
LO1 Define basic algorithms to carry out an operation

and outline the process of programming an
application.
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P1 Define an algorithm and outline the process in building an
application
P2 Determine the steps taken from writing code to

execution.
M1 Analyse the process of writing code, including the

potential challenges faced.
D1 Evaluate the implementation of an algorithm in a suitable

language and the relationship between the written algorithm
and the code variant
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LO2 Explain the characteristics of procedural, object-
orientated and event-driven programming
P3 Discuss what procedural, object orientated and event

driven paradigms are; their characteristics and the
relationship between them.
M2 Compare the procedural, object-orientated and event

driven paradigms used in given source code of an application
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D2 Critically evaluate the source code of an application that
implements the procedural, object-orientated and event-
driven paradigms, in terms of the code structure and
characteristics.
LO3 Implement basic algorithms in code using an IDE.
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P4 Write a program that implements an algorithm using an
IDE.
M3 Enhance the algorithm written, using the features of

the IDE to manage the development process.
D3 Evaluate the use of an IDE for development of

applications contrasted with not using an IDE.
LO4 Determine the debugging process and explain

the importance of a coding standard
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P5 Explain the debugging process and explain the
debugging facilities available in the IDE.
P6 Explain the coding standard you have used in your code.
M4 Examine how the debugging process can be used to

help develop more secure, robust applications.
D4 Evaluate the role and purpose of a coding standard and

why it is necessary in a team as well as for the individual.
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