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Your assignment for the next three days in class involves preparing a 5-minute PowerPoint presentation on a programming language.
Here are the programming language assignments:
- Micah - Java (not Javascript)
- Bud - Ruby {on Rails}
- Max - VB [Visual Basic]
- Mike - Pascal
- Matt - PHP
- Bobby - Python
- Chelsey - Perl
- Scott - C# [pronounced: see sharp]
- Jesse - COBOL
- PowerPoint - if you don't know how to use Office2007, ask your neighbor for help.
- Background - who/ what/ where/ when/ how was the language developed
- Popularity - how popular is it? check a few sites.
- Strengths - what's so great? who mostly uses it? why was it developed?
- Weaknesses - what can't it do? who's it bad for? what are some alternatives?
- Variables - how are they declared? is it object-oriented? examples?
- Control Structures - how are they declared? examples?
- Loops - how are they declared? examples?
- Compilers - are they free? where can i get them? examples?
- "Hello World" - include a complete example of the infamous first program.
- Sources - cite your sources at the end of the PowerPoint. must use at least 4.
- Include some *fun* graphics.
- !!! 5 minutes !!!
- PowerPoint will be turned in at the end of class on Tuesday.
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