19LLP109 - Digital Application Development Assignment - Loughborough University, UK

The coursework for this module is a single 3000 word report which is divided into two parts:

Part 1. Python coding mini-project - Develop an electronic bibliographic information management system.

Part 2. C coding mini-project - Design your own software application in C.

For this coursework you are asked to write a report and develop two software codes for the applications of a data management system in (1) Python and (2) C.

Find technical solutions for practical problems by reasoning, deduction and implementing from initial ideas to a final product.

Demonstrate the programming concepts and technical understandings learnt in LLP109. At least four different technical elements for coding should be used for each code.

Analyse and discuss the approaches, results and logics of the codes.

Abstract features from objects/problems and develop ideas into algorithms.

Identify and utilise software tools, algorithms and functions for digital application development.

Demonstrate necessary logical understanding to develop applications and provide a software package.

Understand the concepts and use of coding techniques of variables, data structures, input/output, loop, conditionals, (user-defined) functions, and operators in C and Python.

Report structure -

Your report should be clearly divided into two parts, each representing one of the two mini-projects. Each part should contain the following sections for each mini-project:

Introduction - You should research the context of the problem and give a clear overview of what your programs are intended to do. Your introduction to each part should also clearly explain where the programs might be used in an industrial application and how they relate to the field of digital technologies in general.

Program structure - Explain in general how each program is structured. You can use a block diagram if you wish or any appropriate method to show how the program you are submitting is constructed.

Explain this in terms of objects, flow diagrams or procedural code, depending on the language/method being used. It should be possible to read this section of your report alongside your program and fully understand how the program works at a basic level but without necessarily understanding how each individual function/object works.

Program functionality - Prove in this section that your C and Python codes actually work by showing the result of inputting test data and showing the output. Demonstrate clearly that the output you get is what would be expected.

Conclusion and further work (at the end of each part of the report) - Discuss critically what you have achieved, such as Does the program work well in other computers? What are the limitations and expected errors? Are there any parts that do not fully work and need further development?

Application development - Explain how the program was developed and how you designed the software. You will need to expand your explanation to demonstrate how the concepts of pointer, structure, and array apply to the code you developed.

Data processing and functions in Python and C - In this section you should demonstrate your understanding of how to use Python and C functions and commends. Your code should be referenced alongside your explanation. Try to give specific information about the code you wrote. Explain which functions you used and how they work, drawing on relevant theory where appropriate. Each part of the report should be approximately 1500 words (3000 words in total). The word limit does not include diagrams/figure captions and the software code itself which can be any length.

Coursework - C

Develop your own electronic 'bibliographic information data management system' in C.

Assignment: Write a complete, well-structured C program that begins by asking the user to enter bibliographic information of library items, such as books, CDs, photographs. The program will produce a database with the input values and display the stored ones to users. You must use: Pointer, Array, Structure, Loop, Conditionals, user-defined Functions, and Input/ Output. Therefore, you should ask yourself how you can incorporate the topics you learnt in the module into this specific project. Be sure to write your student number in the upper right-hand corner of the code. Use comments to explain intended meaning, reason, and functions of each part in the program. This will be very helpful for readers to understand your code.

Directions: Above all, think of the general architecture of the code in C. Define a Struct that includes bibliographic data sets, such as a title, author, year, identification number, page number members. Your code should be able to display all the data sets on a screen after entering the input data. The code should have an input and output (display) functions that defined by you.

A user should be asked to choose an operation out of multiple options, such as (1) Data input, (2) Display the data sets, (3) Finish and exit. When (1) has been chosen, the code calls the 'input' function and the user put bibliographic information for each library item. After entering all the data of a book, the user can make a choice out of the three (or more than three) options again. Therefore, a loop and conditionals are required in the main() function. For example, a user can see the data sets stored in the database so far when (2) has been chosen, finish the job and exit when (3) has been chosen, or carry on with the data input job with the option (1). It is necessary to write a code preventing (unintended, overflow, memory, wrong input data type) errors. i.e., exception/error routine, when a user tries to make wrong attempts, e.g. to try putting more data than the storage size of an array.

Coursework - Python

Develop your own electronic 'bibliographic information data management system' in Python.

Assignment: Write a complete, well-structured Python program that begins by asking the user to enter bibliographic information of library items, such as books, CDs, photographs. The program will produce a database with the input values and display the stored ones to users. You must use: Data Structures, Loop, Conditionals, user defined Functions, and Data (keyboard) Input/ (screen) Output. Therefore, you should ask yourself how you can incorporate the topics you learnt in the module into this specific project. Be sure to write your student number in the upper right-hand corner of the code. Use comments to explain intended meaning, reason, and functions of each part in the program. This will be very helpful for readers to understand your codes.

Directions: Above all, think of the general architecture of the code. Think of a Data Structure that includes bibliographic data sets as its elements, such as a title, author, year, identification number, page number. Your code should be able to display all the data sets on a screen after entering the input data. The code should have an input and output (display) functions that defined by you.

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