LC Computer Science case studies
LC Computer Science · Put your knowledge to work in context.
Leaving Certificate Computer Science is a Senior Cycle subject in Ireland. Curriculum Online defines it as 'the study of computing and algorithmic processes', and says the course covers how programming and computational thinking can be applied to the solution of problems, and how computing technology impacts the world around us. That definition is a good test of whether the subject suits you: it is not a typing or office-skills course, and it is not only theory. You will spend time writing code, tracing algorithms and debugging, and you will also be expected to write clearly about the effects of computing on people and society. The LC Computer Science case studies are 5 cases and about 4,873 words.
1The Push at 23:40 Before Open Night
Three Transition Year students have four weeks to ship an attendance app for 620 students. The stack is Python/Flask, SQLite and Bootstrap, hosted on a Raspberry Pi in the staff room, with the code in a shared GitHub repository.
929 words, about 5 min2The Library Search That Takes Four Seconds
The school library catalogue is a single SQLite table of 12,400 rows: id, title, author, isbn, shelf. The librarian, Ms Nolan, searches by title fragment several times an hour and wants results "as she types".
930 words, about 5 min3The Shared Spreadsheet at Ballyduff Community Trust
Ballyduff Community Trust is a charity with 3 paid staff and 42 volunteers. It holds records for 2,800 donors and 900 grant applicants in a single spreadsheet on a cloud drive, shared as "Anyone with the link - Editor", because volunteers work different evenings.
982 words, about 5 min4Eleven Frames Per Second on the School Laptops
For a 30-hour game jam, four Transition Year students are building a 2D space shooter in JavaScript on <canvas . On the school laptops (dual-core i3, 4 GB RAM, integrated graphics) it runs at 11–14 fps.
1,000 words, about 5 min5The Parents' Portal Accessibility Audit
Transition Year students are rebuilding the parents' area of the school website. It shows timetables, exam results and a calendar.
1,032 words, about 5 min