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BUS4520Computer Information Systems Lecture 3C Programming Languages Program Development Tools PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES AND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT TOOLS Programming language Set of words, symbols, and codes that enables a programmer to communicate a solution algorithm to the computer Program development tool User-friendly software products designed to assist in the creation of information system solutions CATEGORIES OF PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES Machine languages Assembly languages Machine/Assembly Languages Animation Third-generation languages Compilers Interpreters Fourth-generation languages (4GL) Natural languages OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT Programmers create objects: Classes Subclasses Superclasses Inheritance Object-Oriented Programming Object-oriented programming (OOP) language Event-driven POPULAR PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES BASIC Visual Basic Design the graphical user interface Write code for program events Generate the application COBOL PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT TOOLS Application generators (program generators) Form builders (screen painters) Menu generator Macros Recording macros Writing macros Running macros PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT TOOLS RAD Tools: Visual Basic Delphi PowerBuilder WEB PAGE PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT HTML Hypertext markup language (HTML) Tags (markups) Resulting Web page WEB PAGE PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT Scripts (interpreted programs running on clients), Applets (compiled programs running on clients), and Servlets (applets that run on the server) Short programs executed inside another program E.g. web browser executes these programs Common gateway interface (CGI) Protocol that defines how a web server passes a user’s request to a program, receives and sends data back to user Counter Tracks the number of visitors to a web site Image map A graphic that points to a URL in place of plain hypertext links Processing form Collects data from visitors to site, transmits data to server, etc.. WEB PAGE PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT Java, JavaScript, and Perl Java Compiled OOP la