Programming

This section aims to explain some common programming concepts that you might encounter in KS3 Computing or GCSE and A Level Computer Science, and provides some examples in Python, BASIC or JavaScript.

Variables

The use of variables and data structures

Flow

Program flow, including loops and branching

Functions

Functions and procedures

Objects

Objects, classes, methods and properties

Recursion

The difference between recursion and iteration

Algorithms

Algorithms, sorting and efficiency

Learn to Code

Some presentations and simple tasks to get you started

Practice Tasks

Additional practice tasks for students of GCSE Computer Science

Examples

Demonstrations of various programming techniques.

OCR

Possible solutions to the OCR Coding Challenges

Performance

Performance of Python

Top Ten

A description of my top ten programming techniques

Arrays

A look at using arrays instead of IF for selection

I don't like to use the word "coding" in relation to programming - coding has other meanings, e.g. in relation to databases and encryption, and might cause confusion amongst students.