2.3 Programming

The Book of Programming Ideas document contains 64 example programming exercises for students to try. The sections cover everything from basic input and output exercises through to subroutines, functions, and file handling. There are Python and Java versions of the document, although all exercises are written to be language-independent.

This book contains 27 programming tasks for students. They range from simple assignments that output messages and variables to the screen, to more complex programs to play simple games or solve common problems. Each activity lists the required programming knowledge (e.g. loops) to complete it. This is a really useful booklet for starter or extension tasks, allowing students to work at their own pace. The activities are written so that they are language independent.

This booklet was created by Stuart Lucas and Michael Kölling and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike licence. You can download the PDF version and a Microsoft Publisher version, allowing you to edit the booklet.

These Java Helpsheets cover various aspects of the language including if statements, data types, loops (while and for), and the Scanner class. Each sheet summarises the concept and provides several example lines of code.

The sheets can be printed out on A4 or A3 paper and make excellent wall displays to help students who are new to programming.

This resource was created by Matt Lowe and is released under the CC-BY-ND licence.