Algorithms and trace tables
Inputs, outputs, variables, expressions, selection, iteration and dry runs.
Build: Trace a decision algorithm before translating it into Java.
CAT and Information Technology
Two different subjects, two clear pathways: practical digital problem solving in Computer Applications Technology and genuine Java solution development in Information Technology.
The national CAPS scope is the public curriculum anchor. The Java sequence is a school-specific IEB delivery choice and should be checked against your school's current work schedule and PAT brief.
Information Technology is programming-intensive and includes solution development, systems, communications, internet technologies, data management and social implications. This pathway uses Java for the user's IEB school context; it does not mislabel Python as Java or as CAPS Information Technology.
Algorithmic thinking and Java foundations
Java foundations
Types, operators, strings, console input, conditionals, loops and methods.
Build: Build and test a small marks or tariff calculator.
Systems and representation
Hardware, software, binary representation, storage and the fetch-execute cycle.
Build: Explain how a Java instruction becomes work performed by a computer.
Responsible computing
Validation, privacy, security, accessibility and responsible data use.
Build: Add validation and a clear failure path to a learner-facing program.
Read, predict, run, change
Predict the output first. Run the program, change one idea and explain why the output changed.
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Uses Uvero's optional secure Java practice service. If it is unavailable, your lessons and progress still work.
Short Java programs, trace questions and theory that connects code to computer systems.