5. Documentation

Students Learn About:

Documentation

       types of documentation

      documentation for developers

      documentation for users

       internal documentation

      meaningful variable names (intrinsic)

      readability of code

-        comments

-        white space

-        indentation

       online help, such as:

      context sensitive help

      help files


Students Learn To:
  • produce documentation for different audiences
  • produce source code which is well documented and therefore easy to read, understand and maintain
  • fully document a solution that has been developed in the classroom
  • create a data dictionary to define the data (including variables, arrays and records) used in a developed solution
  • use a range of application packages to develop the various types of documentation to fully document a solution
  • interpret code and documentation prepared by others
  • assess the effectiveness of online help available in software packages




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