Readings from Various labs and program assignments

Readings about control structures

• How to write control structures in pseudocode
• Sentinel Logic
• Flags
• Dijkstra's letter "Go To Considered Harmful".

Readings about functions

• Template for design/documentation of functions
• Return values from functions

Readings about strings, lists, files and objects

• Testing Lists
• Examples given on files in P4 Design Lab about lists of strings
• Deepcopy about aliases and objects
• Tutorial on split
• Python files

Readings on HTML

• HTML reading
• HTML slides
• A Tutorial on making web pages at UK

Readings on Debugging

• Debugging Tips
• A little about call stacks
• Short tutorial on debugging using Python 2.6 - still good!

Readings on Testing

• Testing
• Regression testing
• Unit Testing
• Testing Loops
• Testing Ifs
• Testing Files
• Testing programs with string inputs

Readings about Design

• Why do a Design?
• Fertilizer Design Example
• Fertilizer Design Example with code
• Another design example

Interesting Reading

• Programming Tips for Beginners some sensible advice!
• The Importance of making a Backup!
• 7 Habits of Effective Programmers
• The Worst Bugs!
• Some Ethics questions
• Therac-25 Link
• Interesting Article about Electronic Voting
• Interesting Article about Sanity Checking Input