structured programming

Techniques that impose a logical structure on the writing of a program. Large routines are broken down into smaller, modular routines. The use of the GOTO statement is discouraged (see spaghetti code).

Certain programming statements are indented in order to make loops and other program logic easier to follow. Structured walkthroughs, which invite criticism from peer programmers, are also used.

Structured languages, such as Pascal, Ada and dBASE, force the programmer to write a structured program. However, unstructured languages such as FORTRAN, COBOL and BASIC require discipline on the part of the programmer.

structured programming [′strək·chərd ′prō‚gram·iŋ]

(computer science)

The use of program design and documentation techniques that impose a uniform structure on all computer programs.

(programming)

structured programming - Any software development technique that includes structured design and results in the development of a program consisting of blocks of code whose internal details are independent. Structured programming is usually done in a block-structured language.

Two specific examples are discussed for clarification; these are a junior or senior level Management Information Systems course and a structured programming course using Visual Basic with a programming lab component.

Using theory of constraints in E-Learning for overcoming internal, ... by Yen, Matthew / Journal of Academy of Business and Economics

Theoretical concepts like structured programming, object-oriented programming, databases, and other formal methods have gradually found their way through the industry until some of them have become quite widely understood several decades after their initial appearance.

SANs And Software Development by Moore, Fred / Computer Technology Review

These groups include people who are elderly, people coping with homelessness, young adults who may not want to] be involved in formal and highly structured programming, and people coping with both psychiatric and developmental disabilities.

Psychiatric Rehabilitation Programs: Putting Theory into Practice by Moxley, David P. / The Journal of Rehabilitation

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