1. Programming Merit Badge
Troop 562
Quinton, VA

2. Requirements Safety. Do the following:
Show your counselor your current, up-to-date Cyber Chip.
Discuss first aid and prevention for the types of injuries or illnesses that could occur during programming activities, including repetitive stress injuries and eyestrain.
History. Do the following:
Give a brief history of programming, including at least three milestones related to the advancement or development of programming.
Describe the evolution of programming methods and how they have improved over time.
General knowledge. Do the following:
Create a list of 10 popular programming languages in use today and describe which industry or industries they are primarily used in and why.
Describe three different programmed devices you rely on every day.
Intellectual property. Do the following:
Explain how software patents and copyrights protect a programmer.
Describe the difference between licensing and owning software.
Describe the differences between freeware, open source, and commercial software, and why it is important to respect the terms of use of each.

3. Requirements (cont.)
Projects. Do the following:
With your counselor’s approval, choose a sample program. Then, as a minimum, modify the code or add a function or subprogram to it. Debug and demonstrate the modified program to your counselor.
With your counselor’s approval, choose a second programming language and development environment, different from those used for requirement 5a and in a different industry from 5a. Then write, debug, and demonstrate a functioning program to your counselor, using that language and environment.
With your counselor’s approval, choose a third programming language and development environment, different from those used for requirements 5a and 5b and in a different industry from 5a or 5b. Then write, debug, and demonstrate a functioning program to your counselor, using that language and environment.
Explain how the programs you wrote for requirements 5a, 5b, and 5c process inputs, how they make decisions based on those inputs, and how they provide outputs based on the decision making.
Careers. Find out about three career opportunities in programming. Pick one and find out the education, training, and experience required. Discuss this with your counselor and explain why this career might be of interest to you.

4. 1. Safety Safety. Do the following:
Show your counselor your current, up-to-date Cyber Chip.
Discuss first aid and prevention for the types of injuries or illnesses that could occur during programming activities, including repetitive stress injuries and eyestrain.
Eye strain
Repetitive stress

5. 2.History of Programming
History. Do the following:
Give a brief history of programming, including at least three milestones related to the advancement or development of programming.
Describe the evolution of programming methods and how they have improved over time.
Infographic
Detailed list

6. 2.History of Programming (cont)

7. 2.History (cont.) Machine Language Assembly Language (compiler)
High Level Language

8. 2.History (cont.)
Programming analog computers required power supply adjustment and monitoring along with resolver and servo zeroing. Early digital computers required setting registers and buffers (part of CPU) bit by bit and executing each command separately. First compiler invented in 1949 by Adm. Grace Hopper Assembly languages were developed to code groups of commands together. Use of punch cards and mylar tape were common BASIC released in 1975 What came next?
Beginner’s All purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

9. 3a. Create a list of 10 popular programming languages in use today and describe which industry or industries they are primarily used in and why. C
PHP
Java
Visual Basic
Objective C
Python
C++
Javascript C#
Visual Basic .Net
Structured and OOP
Tiobe.com March 2014

10. 3b. Describe three different programmed devices you rely on every day.
TV remote
Cell phone
Thermostat
Microwave
Calculator
Alarm clock

11. 4. Intellectual property. Do the following:
Explain how software patents and copyrights protect a programmer.
Describe the difference between licensing and owning software.
Describe the differences between freeware, open source, and commercial software, and why it is important to respect the terms of use of each.

12. 5. Projects
With your counselor’s approval, choose a sample program. Then, as a minimum, modify the code or add a function or subprogram to it. Debug and demonstrate the modified program to your counselor.
With your counselor’s approval, choose a second programming language and development environment, different from those used for requirement 5a and in a different industry from 5a. Then write, debug, and demonstrate a functioning program to your counselor, using that language and environment.
With your counselor’s approval, choose a third programming language and development environment, different from those used for requirements 5a and 5b and in a different industry from 5a or 5b. Then write, debug, and demonstrate a functioning program to your counselor, using that language and environment.
Explain how the programs you wrote for requirements 5a, 5b, and 5c process inputs, how they make decisions based on those inputs, and how they provide outputs based on the decision making.
QBASIC – Gorillas
VB.net or C#
Javascript or PHP (in HTML)

13. What is programming
Commands to make a device\computer to accomplish some sort of work.
Repeatedly and efficiently

14. Efficiency
Grace Hopper Speech

15. How
By using commands, loops, and functions

16. Exercise 1 Win + R Save As C:\temp\Welcome.bat “cmd” Enter
Goto C:\temp and double click on Welcome.bat
“Edit”
@ECHO OFF
cls
set /p name=What is your name?
ECHO.
ECHO Hello, %name%
ECHO Welcome to programming
pause
Exit

17. Decisions and Loops
If, while, and for

18. Exercise 2 Open QBASIC Type the following: CLS
INPUT "What is your name"; name$
PRINT
PRINT "Hello, "; name$; ". Welcome to programming in QBASIC!"
INPUT "Would you like to continue"; ans$
IF ans$ = "Y" THEN
INPUT "Enter first number"; num1
INPUT "Enter second number"; num2
sum = num1 + num2
PRINT "The sum of "; num1; " and "; num2; " is "; sum
END IF

19. Exercise 2 part 2 Add a loop to the previous program
Hints: create a variable to count the loop and set it to 0 (count=0)
ask how many times the user wants to loop and set that value in a variable (times)
test loop condition (DO WHILE count < times)
{do stuff}
increment count (count = count+1)
command loop (LOOP)

20. HTML – HyperText Markup Language
PHP - PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
JavaScript

21. Exercise 3 – HTML form with script
Using a text editor, create an HTML form with at least one textbox and one button. The textbox contents must be validated using a script.

22. Visual Basic, C#, C++, and Java

23. Create form
At least one text box, one button, and one output (either text box or list box)

24. Code Form
Or in Java:
private void btnConvertActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
//get temp F
float degreesF, degreesC;
degreesF = Float.parseFloat(txtDegreesF.getText ());
//convert F to C
degreesC = (degreesF - 32)*5/9;
//display degrees C
txtDegreesC.setText(String.valueOf(degreesC));

25. Exercise 4 – create an application
Choose a language (VB, C#, C++, or Java
Create a form application in either Visual Studio or a Java IDE (NetBeans)
Form must:
have at least one textbox for input, one button, and one output (either textbox or listbox)
Application must perform a task such as math conversion or text concatenation.
*suggestion – temperature converter (Fahrenheit to Celsius)

26. 6. Careers. Find out about three career opportunities in programming
6. Careers. Find out about three career opportunities in programming. Pick one and find out the education, training, and experience required. Discuss this with your counselor and explain why this career might be of interest to you.

27. Homework Download Visual Studio or Java IDE Download Notepad++
Write, debug, and demonstrate program in VB, C#, or Java
Download Notepad++
Write, debug, and demonstrate program in Javascript or PHP (HTML)

28. Important links Twidget.us – example of HTML\PHP
- Note++
– VS
- web programming help, tutorials, and validator
- filezilla FTP client
- TeamViewer download