Programming

Programming Skills

Program Specification and Documentation

Program Specification and Documentation
Evaluate the ability of analyze problems, turn requirements into specifications, and documentating.

	Novice		Examples
		Analyze simple problem statements, identify relevant information, represent it as data		Variety of data: numeric, text, images, colors, logical, ...
				Problems that involve compound data, variants, self-reference, mutual reference
				Produce data from the given information
				Describe the information represented by the given data

	Advanced Beginner		Examples
		Use diagrams to represent the relationships among classes and among methods		Define and use class diagrams to represent class hierarchies
				Define and use interactions diagrams to represent the program dynamic behavior

	Competent		Examples
		Turn requirements into specifications and contracts		Understand and use at least one standard methods for program specification

	Proficient		Examples
		Design program specifications based on interactions with clients		Some students will have the opportunity to reach this level at their coop assignments or while working on a research project

Program Design Skills
Evaluate the ability of design functions and programs.

	Novice		Examples
		Design functions/methods for a variety of data types, including programmer-defined types

	Advanced Beginner		Examples
		Design programs that implement contracts for abstract data types

	Competent		Examples
		Design moderate sized programs that implement complex (possibly formal) contracts

	Proficient		Examples
		Design small application programs that utilize technical knowledge, such as data base design, networks, operating systems,
		mathematical methods, programming language theory, artificial intelligence, or domains such as physics, biology, business processes, HCI

Program Contracts
Evaluate the ability of understanding the meaning and principles of contracts.

	Novice		Examples
		Understand the meaning of simple contracts and design programs that satisfy these contracts - e.g.classes that extend an abstract class, or implement an interface

	Advanced Beginner		Examples
		Understand the meaning of contracts that define abstract data types

	Competent		Examples
		Understand the use of libraries and frameworks, especially GUI frameworks

	Proficient		Examples
		???

Program Testing
Evaluate the ability of understanding principles of various testing approaches, and the ability of applying these approaches.

	Novice		Examples
		Understand and utilize white-box testing

	Advanced Beginner		Examples
		Understand and utilize stress tests

	Competent		Examples
		Understand and use black-box testing and unit testing
	Proficient		Examples
		Understand and use test harnesses and integration tests

The Nature of Computation and Program Evaluation
Evaluate the ability of understanding the principles of computations, the measurement of program complexity, etc.

	Novice		Examples
		Understand the basic principles of computation: expression evaluation, variable substitution, method dispatch
	Advanced Beginner		Examples
		Understand the different ways of defining and assessing the equality of compound structures
	Programming as a Teamwork		Examples
		Understand and use the basic measures of program complexity
	Proficient		Examples
		Evaluate the complexity of the program, use tools to measure the performance and to identify hot spots

Abstractions in Program Design
Evaluate the ability of abstracting over data and behavior and selecting appropriate language and framework for the abstraction.

	Novice		Examples
		Design abstractions over data and functions
	Advanced Beginner		Examples
		Understand and use basic refactoring techniques, such as abstracting over data representation and behavior
	Competent		Examples
		Use scripting languages when appropriate
	Proficient		Examples
		Select the appropriate language and framework for a proposed application

Programming as a Teamwork
Evaluate the ability of working within and betweem team(s).

	Novice		Examples
		Understand and practice pair programming
	Advanced Beginner		Examples
		Understand and practice code walks
	Competent		Examples
		Work effectively in a programming team
	Proficient		Examples
		Work as a leader or co-leader of a programming team