Pseudocode and flowcharts
Computer Studies · Grade 10 · about 40 minutes
The two standard ways to write down an algorithm - pseudocode and flowcharts - the three control structures, and designing a solution to a real problem.
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- 8 sections of explanation, worked examples and diagrams
- 1 practice task with hints and worked answers
- A quiz that marks itself as you go
- Your progress kept across every subject you take
Other lessons in this sub-strand
- The program development cycle and algorithms
- Pseudocode and flowcharts
- The essence of the program development cycle
- Problem definition: what must it do?
- Program design: how will it work?
- Coding: spelling the design in a language
- Testing and debugging
- Implementation: putting it into real use
- Maintenance: most of the life of a program
- Documentation: user and technical
- Characteristics of a good algorithm
- Sequence, selection and iteration
- Dry runs and trace tables
- Designing an algorithm for a real problem
- From kiosk problem to maintained code