Tr – IDE’s and SQL

jGRASP I use jGRASP for grade 10 and the beginning of Grade 11. This forces the learner to code from first principles. I have noticed that universities use jGRASP, NotePad++, and even Notepad for their first-year students (thus following the same path of “first...

Tr – Java Concepts

Variables Weaker learners struggle with variables. Data types, declaration, initialization, local variables, scope of a variable, global variables, assigning a parameter to a variable that has been passed back by a method, and the properties of an object class (ie...

Tr – Bare Bones Approach

The Bare-Bones Approach In the bare-bones approach, you GET SOMETHING TO RUN. You work on the beginning, the middle, and the end of your program at the same time. (A program is not an English essay where you complete each section one at a time.) In the bare-bones...