Chapter 1: An Approach To The Art Of Programming

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Learning Objectives

• Identify and overcome the difficulties encountered by students when learning how to program

• List and explain the software development roles played by students

• List and explain the phases of the tight spiral software development methodology

• Employ the concept of the Flow to tap creative energy

• List and explain the primary areas of the Project Approach Strategy

• State the purpose of a header file

• State the purpose of an implementation file

• Explain the importance of separating interface from implementation

• Employ multi-file programming techniques to tame project complexity

• Explain the use of #ifndef, #define, and #endif preprocessor directives

• Apply preprocessor directives to implement multi-file programming projects

• State the importance of adopting consistent variable and constant naming conventions

• List and describe the two types of C++ comments

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