smcallan / to_help

A guide for ELATT students to build their first project

ELATT Coursework Project

This repository contains the ELATT Coursework project, a Python application designed to teach basic programming concepts, focusing on file operations, data handling, and user interaction. The project is structured as a Ten Step Plan, each step guiding through a different aspect of application development.

Ten Step Plan

1. Create a Project Folder
2. Set Up Your Python File
3. Basic File Operations
4. Implementing the Menu System
5. CRUD Operations for Departments and Employees
6. Basic Functionality for Searching and Displaying Data
7. Error Handling
8. Comments and Documentation
9. Manual Testing
10. Refinement

Conclusion

This project serves as a practical introduction to Python programming. It's designed to provide hands-on experience with core programming concepts in a structured and user-friendly manner.