Week 2 - Control Structures and Programming Foundations

This week keeps building the foundations underneath your code. The module introduces if/else logic and loops, while the linked question pages consolidate the data types, variables and operators that make those control structures work.

Key knowledge and skills

• data types, variables and initialisation
• arithmetic, logical and conditional operators
• sequence, selection and iteration
• writing conditions that produce the correct branch or output
• developing a working solution with appropriate language features

Coding principles covered

• conditions should be specific and test only what matters
• == compares values, while = assigns a value
• loop boundaries should be deliberate to avoid off-by-one errors
• related data should be stored consistently so the loop can process it safely

Useful theory pages

• Section 3: a. What You Need To Know
• Section 4: a. What You Need To Know

Task checklist

• [ ] Open the Week 2 programming task outline and complete the Week2_Control console app module.
• [ ] If time allows, add prices and an out-of-stock count as the extension.
• [ ] Complete Section 3 Test Your Knowledge.
• [ ] Complete Section 3 Applied Task.
• [ ] Upload your control-structure program and your Section 3 responses to your GitHub repo.