Computational thinking

Computational thinking

1. Algorithms

   • A finite sequence of computer-implementable instuctions.

2. Evaluation

   • Ensuring the code does it's intended job.
     • And that it's effective and fully decomposed.
     • And it meets the criteria.
   • Checking and assessing an algorithm.
   • Judging based on certain factors, like user needs,

3. Decomposition

   • AKA factoring
   • Breaking down complex problems so they are easier to understand.
     • Even turning them into to explicit steps.

4. Abstraction

   • Removing un-needed or unwanted details from the algorithm.
   • Benjamin C Pierce
     • One of the first people to define abstraction in computin.
   • To reduce some of the complexity in computing.

5. Patterns

   • Patterns can be found nearly anywhere..
   • They help us predict future data.
   • Kent Beck and Ward Cummingham