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Part 0: First Steps
- 0. Introduction
- Reading the Guide
- 1. Digital Realities
  - Overview
  - Guided Tour
  - Trailside Stop
    
    Programs?
    Digital Reality
    Abstraction
    Machine Code
    Assembly
    Source Code
    Abstracting further?
  - Go Exploring
- 2. Computer Use
  - Overview
  - Panorama
    
    Terminal and Shell
    Shell Commands
    Files and Folders
    Commands to use
  - Guided Tour
    
    Using the Terminal
  - Trailside Stop
    
    Overview
    The Terminal
    The Shell
    Files and File Systems
    Navigating File Systems
    Manipulating Files
    Editing code
    Advanced Commands
    - Environment Variables
    - Streams
    - Signals
    - Scripts and Permissions
    - Using X Windows
  - Go Exploring
    
    Activities
- 3. Building Programs
  - Overview
  - Guided Tour
    
    Your First Program
    Build Graphical Hello World
    Hello from C/C++
  - Trailside Stop
    
    Create a Project
    Write Code
    Build and Run
    Debugging
    Debugging Your First Program
    Using SplashKit
    Other Languages
  - Go Exploring
Part 1: Instructions
- 0. Introducing Instructions
- 1. Sequence and Data
  - Overview
  - Panorama
    
    Programs
    Methods and Libraries
    Method Calls and Arguments
    Variables, Constants
    Assignment statements
    Expressions
    Terminal methods to use
    Graphical method to use
  - Guided Tour
    
    Overview
    Simple calculator
    - Read the user's name
    - Read distance and time
    - Calculating speed
    - Finish off
    House Drawing
    - Open Window
    - Drawing Shapes
    - Finish the house
    - Calculated Size
  - Trailside Stop
    
    Program
    Sequence
    Method
    Method Call
    Expression
    Literal
    Type
    Variable and Constant
    Assignment Statement
    Comments
    Library
    Methods to Use
    - Terminal Methods
    - Graphics Methods
    - Audio Methods
    Other Languages
    Summary
  - Go Exploring
    
    Airspeed Velocity
    Water Bottle Visualizer
    Test your knowledge
    - Calculator
    - Music Player
    - Creative Drawing
  - Campsite Reflection
    
    Summary
    Solutions
- 2. Communicating Syntax
  - Overview
  - Guided Tour
  - Trailside Stop
    
    Grammar
    Statement
    Expression
    Identifier
    Other Languages
  - Go Exploring
- 3. Control Flow
- 4. Project
  - Overview
  - Guided Tour
    
    Building Solutions
    Solving Problems
    - Using the Debugger
    - Fixing the issue
    Celebrate the Wins
  - Trailside Stop
    
    Iterative Development
    Code Quality
    Master Your Editor
  - Go Exploring
    
    Activities
Part 2: Organised Code
- 0. Introducing Code Organisation
- 1. Starting C/C++
  - Overview
  - Panorama
    
    Compiling C++ Programs
    Main Function
    Converting Code
    Terminal Functions to Use
    Multimedia Functions to Use
  - Guided Tour
    
    Overview
    Converting Code
    Change Calculator
    Fly Catch
  - Trailside Stop
    
    Building a C/C++ Program
    - Configuring VS Code
    - Compiler Steps
    - Link errors
    Main function
    C/C++ Naming Conventions
    C/C++ Syntax
    - Variables and Constants
    - Function Calls
    - Compound Statements
    - If Statements
    - Case Statements
    - While Loops
    - For Loops
    Other Languages
  - Go Exploring
  - Campsite Reflection
    
    Summary
    Fly Catch
- 2. Structuring Code
  - Overview
  - Panorama
    
    Program
    Procedures
    Local Variable
    Functions
    Parameter
    Global Variables
  - Guided Tour
    
    Overview
    - Explore Procedures
    - Explore functions
    Guess that Number
    - Analysis
    - Building Blocks
    - Perform Guess
    - Play Game
    - Main
    - Testing the program
    Change Calculator Revisited
    - Read Functions
    - Give change
    Fly Catch Revisited
    Shared Utilities
  - Trailside Stop
    
    Program
    Functions and Procedures
    The Stack
    Procedures
    Local Variable
    Functions
    Parameter
    Return
    Global Variables
    Forward Declarations
    Documentation Comments
    Overloading
    - Design in General
    Wrap Up
  - Go Exploring
    
    Test your knowledge
    - AFL score
    - Click Game
  - Campsite Reflection
    
    Summary
    Change Calculator
    Guessing Game
    Fly Catch
- 3. Structuring Data
  - Overview
  - Panorama
    
    Type (recap)
    Struct
    Enum
  - Guided Tour
    
    Overview
    - Explore Enums
    - Explore Structs
    Fly Catch
    Change Calculator
  - Trailside Stop
    
    Program
    Type declaration
    - Structured Data
    - Enumerations
    - Bit Flag
    - Union
    Variables with Custom Types
    Assignment Statement
    Expressions
  - Go Exploring
    
    Test Your Knowledge
    - Entity Manager
    - Explore Game States
  - Campsite Reflection
    
    Summary
    Fly Catch
    Change Calculator
- 4. Indirect Access
  - Overview
  - Panorama
    
    Pointers and References
    Reference Parameters
  - Guided Tour
    
    Explore References
    Fly Catch
    Maze Game
  - Trailside Stop
    
    Pass by Value or Reference
    Pointers
    - Usage
    - References
    - Pointing to Nothing
    - Segmentation Fault
    - Pointers and Scope
    Hand Execution
    Printing and scanning in C
  - Go Exploring
    
    Test Your Knowledge
    - Bank System
    - Reaction game
  - Campsite Reflection
    
    Summary
    Fly Catch
    Maze Game
- 5. Working with Multiples
- 6. Memory Deep Dive
  - Overview
  - Guided Tour
    
    Overview
    Dynamic array
    - Data
    - Add and Resize
    - Get and Set Elements
    - Using the Dynamic Array
    Linked Lists
    - Starting
    - Deleting Nodes
    - Iterating Nodes
    - Adding Nodes
    - Removing Nodes
    - Testing
  - Trailside Stop
    
    Heap
    Heap Pointers
    Allocating Memory
    - Allocate an Array
    - Multidimensional Arrays
    - Ragged Arrays
    - Reallocate memory
    Freeing Memory Allocation
    Issues with pointers
    - Access Violations
    - Memory Leak
    - Dangling Pointers
    Hand execution
    Generics
    Using an AI Copilot
    C++ memory allocation
    Other Languages
  - Go Exploring
    
    Activities
  - Campsite Reflection
    
    Summary
    Dynamic Array
    Stats Calculator
- 7. Member Functions
  - Overview
  - Guided Tour
    
    Overview
    Message Objects
    Dynamic Array (v2)
    Using Dynamic Array
    Maze Game
  - Trailside Stop
    
    Struct Members
    - Constructors
    - Methods
    Operator Overloading
    Other Languages
  - Go Exploring
    
    Activities
  - Campsite Reflection
    
    Summary
    Message Objects
    Dynamic Array
    Stats Calculator
    Graphs with the Maze
- 10. Project
  - Go Exploring
    
    Activities
Part 3: Programs as Concepts
- 0. Introducing Concept Modelling
- 1. Welcome Back to C#
  - Overview
  - Guided Tour
  - Trailside Stop
    
    Main Method
    Namespace
    Using classes in namespaces
    Static methods
    Parameters
    Arrays and Lists
    For each
  - Go Exploring
    
    Activities
- 2. Classes and Objects
  - Overview
  - Guided Tour
    
    Overview
    Light Simulator
  - Trailside Stop
    
    Building Abstractions
    Class
    - Roles and Responsibilities
    - Knowing Responsibilities
    - Doing Responsibilities
    - Member Visibility
    - Properties
    - Constructors
    Objects
    - Values and References
    - Creating Objects
    - Using Objects
    UML Class Diagram
    Static Members
    Other Languages
    Summary
  - Go Exploring
    
    Activities
  - Campsite Reflection
    
    Light Simulator
Part 4: What next?
- 6. Introduction To Python
  - Overview
  - Getting Started
Appendix
- Installation

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