Deliver and evaluate basic technical documents, presentations, and group interactions, using a variety of authoring tools and desktop and cloud-based software.
Demonstrate the effective use of tools for software development.
Examples: IDEs, professional and amateur repositories
Classify program structure, blocks, and storage types according to operational efficiency.
Construct console and file input and output, functions, arrays, and strings.
Develop a software program that demonstrates input/output, processing, and storage in order to outline the flow of data for each phase.
Create an advanced algorithm using plain language and incorporating pseudocode to solve a real-world programming problem.
Design a program that uses data, functions, looping and iteration, sequencing, abstraction, list, and selection.
Examples: if-else statements, comparison
Integrate mathematical concepts into a program by writing the code, performing unit testing, and debugging the program.
Examples: logical reasoning, order of operations, functional reasoning, proportional reasoning
Utilize Boolean operators, mathematical operators, and relational operators in creating program code.
Create an algorithm that includes an input and an output to solve a real-world problem.
Debug processes within a program by identifying and locating the problem, removing the faulty source code, and repairing the code.
Utilize efficient searching algorithms to solve a given problem.
Examples: linear, binary, jump, interpolation, exponential, ternary
Utilize mathematical formulas to assess the efficiency of sorting and searching algorithms and choose the more efficient one to use in a given situation.
Example: Use BigO notation to determine whether an algorithm is both correct and efficient.
Create complex applications using input, calculations, output, control structures, and data structures.
Construct recursive algorithms to solve a problem.
Develop class constructors using method overloading concepts.
Examples: changing the number of arguments to determine which instance of the class will be created
Construct multidimensional arrays and use the input and output data to solve a problem.
Incorporate safety procedures in handling, operating, and maintaining tools and machinery; handling materials; utilizing personal protective equipment; maintaining a safe work area; and handling hazardous materials and forces.
Demonstrate effective workplace and employability skills, including communication, awareness of diversity, positive work ethic, problem-solving, time management, and teamwork.
Explore the range of careers available in the field and investigate their educational requirements, and demonstrate job-seeking skills including resume-writing and interviewing.
Advocate and practice safe, legal, responsible, and ethical use of information and technology tools specific to the industry pathway.
Participate in a Career and Technical Student Organization (CTSO) to increase knowledge and skills and to enhance leadership and teamwork.
Use technology to collaborate with peers and/or experts to create digital artifacts that can be published online for a target audience.
Formulate new ideas, solve problems, or create products through the design and engineering process by utilizing testing, prototypes, and user feedback.
Describe ethical and legal practices for safeguarding the confidentiality of business-related information.
Describe possible threats to a laptop, tablet, computer, and/or network and methods for avoiding attacks related to programming.
Explain the consequences of social engineering, illegal, and unethical uses of technology.
Examples: piracy, illegal downloading, licensing infringement; inappropriate use of software, hardware, or mobile devices in the work environment
Describe computing innovations which have the potential to advance programming or other aspects of computer science.
Examples: artificial intelligence, quantum computing, low- or no-code programming
Describe the flow of data and instructions through computer systems.
Explain how data is represented, manipulated, and stored in a computer.
Describe the components of the programming development environment (the hardware and software used by programmers).
Examples: text editor, compiler, debugging, profiler, IDE, modeling
Compare and contrast current programming languages utilized by business and industry and determine features, functions, and benefits of each.
Identify and explain various kinds of cryptographic algorithms.
Examples: hashing, symmetric, asymmetric
Explain why any input-processing algorithm must correctly handle all problem variants.
Write an algorithm to solve mathematical problems using formulas, equations, and functions.
