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Functional Decomposition in Programming: Cohesive Module Creation

Understand and implement functional cohesion in module design. Learn how to create cohesive modules by mapping subproblems to smaller steps with clear abstraction levels. Get hands-on guidance on converting scripts to functional hierarchical solutions.

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Functional Decomposition in Programming: Cohesive Module Creation

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  1. More Functional Decomposition Intro to Computer Science CS 1510 Dr. Sarah Diesburg

  2. Questions on yesterday’s lab? • Let’s create our own cowboy, ninja, bear hierarchical solution tree together

  3. * Special thanks to Dr. McCormick for the use of his materials from the book: Dale, Weems, and McCormick. Programming and Problem Solving with ADA 95. Functional Cohesion • Functional cohesion*– each module should do just one thing and do it well

  4. Which module lack functional cohesion? • Process credit card transactions • Determine weight and pick color • Print final score • Pick floor covering and large screen television • Determine costs of tuition and entertainment expenses • Determine the cost of baking a cake • Ask user preferences • Determine average and letter grade

  5. How to write cohesive modules • Think about how you would solve the subproblem by hand • Begin writing down the major steps • If the step is simple enough to implement directly in Python, it is already concrete (do not refine it further) • If you still need to think about implementing the step as a series of smaller steps, it is still abstract

  6. How to write cohesive modules (cont.) • If you are trying to write a series of steps and get overwhelmed by the details, you probably bypassed one or more levels of abstraction • Look for pieces that can be written as more abstract steps to be broken down later

  7. Example: Cowboy Ninja Bear • Let’s use the hierarchical solution tree we built to convert our script version into a version with functions that map to each module!

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