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Unit 1 Programming - BTEC Higher National Diploma (HND) in Computing

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ASSIGNMENT

Aim & Objective

This assignment brief requires the student to produce a Numbers system conversion application. The program needs to be developed using Python. Each student is expected to produce a single program and attach the source code as a separate file to the final assignment report. All program test output screens must be included in the report. This assignment brief consists of 2 sections which need to be completed and presented in a single report.

Case Study/ Scenario

To help students in dealing with numbers system, your team has decided to create a simple numbers systems calculator that should help students in converting between different numbers system (i.e. Binary, Octal, Decimal and Hexadecimal). As part of your development team, you are to develop a system that could help the students in converting numbers system conversion.

Section 1 - LO1

As the software developer team leader, you are required to produce a report for your other team members to explain on the essence of the software development. Your report should contain the following:

• The definition of algorithm and the outline the process in building the application from the feasibility stage up to the execution or implementation stage. You could further provide detail steps taken from writing code to execution stage.

• Based on the scenario given, you should provide an algorithm of the system to be developed. While making an implementation of your developed algorithm in Python, you should evaluate its implementation as well as the relationship between the algorithm developed for the case study and its code variant.

Section 2 - LO2

To ensure that your team understand, how best to develop a secured program, your report should include findings from research the characteristics of different programming paradigms- procedural, object oriented and event driven programming.

Further, you should compare the procedural, object orientated and event driven paradigms with relevant source code examples. The report on the programming paradigms should also include an evaluation of source codes related to different programming paradigms tin line with its code structure and characteristics.

Section 3 - LO3

In order to support your other team members in using the application, you are required to produce the application in the form of a portfolio to help your other team members in understanding the whole development process.

You are expected to implement the application algorithm into a functional program using any IDE of your choice illustrating outputs in the form of screenshots and executional file. Your report should include evaluations of developing applications using an IDE as against developing application using non-IDEs.

Section 4 - LO4

Once the program has been developed, it's important for you as a team lead to take care on the importance of testing in software development. It is important to test the program and test procedure planning as a prerequisite to having a successful testing/debugging.

In view of this, you are required to produce a brief report explaining the process of debugging your program and explain the debugging facilities that are available in the choice of your IDE.

You are to ensure to outline best practices and coding standards you have incorporated in writing the source codes.

In your report, evaluate how debugging processes can be used to help develop more secured and robust applications and recommendations for the team in improving your program. You must critically evaluate the necessities of coding standards and its benefits to the organisation; in a team and individuals that observe these standards in the report.