Info for CCM Classes :

INSTRUCTOR: Roberta Principe joins County College of Morris with a love for computer science and programming. Her goal is to introduce students to object orientated programming tools and provide them the technical foundation necessary to effectively implement these tools in the workplace. Prior to teaching at CCM, Professor Principe worked at Fairleigh Dickinson University as an adjunct professor and spent many years with in corporate education.  Other experiences include Technical Writing, Training, and Contingency Planning for Commerzbank in New York. Professor Principe holds an M.S. in Computer Science from PACE University and B.A. in International Economics and Finance from SUNY Fredonia. She is completing a Masters Level Certificate in Internet Programming from FDU.

C# - Intro to Programming Concepts

C# is designed to be a simple, modern, general-purpose, object-oriented programming language, borrowing key concepts from several other languages.  This is a perfect place to start even if you’ve never programmed before, or have limited programming experience.

Prerequisite:  Working knowledge of personal computers.

Course Objectives:

Students will-

• demonstrate an understanding of basic programming concepts using c#
• build simple applications with event-driven programming
• evaluate the various data types and operations used for data processing
• demonstrate a clear understanding of creating source code/ compiling programs using Visual C#
• independently develop programs to solve simple problems

Text: Will use Tony Gaddis, Visual C#, the text used at FDU. We will not be able to cover it all.  The students however, will have a well written text, they can continue to use.

Introduce Programming concepts using C#

• A first look at Variables
• Decision Structures
• If-else
• Nested Decisions
• Logical Operators
• Bool Variables and Flags
• Input Validation
• Switch Statement
• Loops
• While Loop
• Do-While
• Structure of a code and Methods/functions
• Passing Arguments
• Returning value
• Reference Types
• Arrays- one dimension and two dimension arrays
• Strings

We will complete many projects in C# that can be used as a demonstration of understanding of these basic programming tools.

Intro to Python

PYTHON INTRODUCTION (CPC-637E) PREREQUISITE: Introduction to Computer Programming or prior coding experience. Python is a general-purpose programming language, ideal for any application. This is a great language to start with if you are a beginner, and it is easy for experienced programmers to master.

In this course, students are introduced to the core language, learn about built-in data types and functions and work with imported modules. Students will directly apply these topics to a series of in-class projects. Bring your own laptop to class or a flash drive to save your work.

Text: Will use Tony Gaddis Python text. We will not be able to cover it all. The students however, will have a well written text, they can continue to use.

We will build on basic programming concepts learned in C# and move into an introduction to classes seeing the full power of an object oriented programming language.

• Input, Processing and Output
• Decision Structures and Boolean Logic
• Repitition Structures
• Functions
• Files and Exceptions
• Lists and Tuples
• Classes and Object-Oreinted Programming
• GUI Programming

We will complete a project in Pyhthon that can be used as a demonstration of understanding of these programming tools.

C++ Object Oriented Programming

C++ is a sophisticated, efficient and a general-purpose programming language based on C.  Many of today’s operating systems, system drivers, browsers and games use C++ as their core language. This makes C++ one of the most popular languages today.  Once you have the basics learned in C#, you will be ready to expand into the world of object oriented programming.

Prerequisite: Working knowledge of personal computers and the  C# class or equivalent programming skills. 

Text: Will use Tony Gaddis Visual C++, the text used at FDU. We will not be able to cover it all. The students however, will have a well written text, they can continue to use.

We will build on basic programming concepts learned in C# and move into an introduction to classes seeing the full power of an object oriented programming language.

• Introduction to Arrays
• Introduction to Classes
• Defining an Instance of a Class
• Why Have Private Members
• Constructors
• Passing argument to constructors
• Destructors
• More about Classes

We will complete a project in C++ that can be used as a demonstration of understanding of these programming tools.