Programming for business applications
BB BS BT DE
Associate Professor Robert Bignall
6 points * First semester * 4 hours per week * Gippsland/Distance * Prerequisite: GCO1851
Programming language generations and their characteristics. Algorithms and computer programs. Data dictionaries and data analysis. Screen design. Report design. File design. Using a fourth generation approach. Case studies of small business systems. Evaluation of software: requirements analysis. Implementation and system documentation. There is provision for additional student contact through electronic mail and news.
Assessment
Assignments: 30% * Examination: 70%
Prescribed texts
Pratt P J Using dBase IV Version 1.1 Boyd and Fraser, 1992
Wray R A and Pratt P J dBase programming Boyd and Fraser, 1992