When would I use pseudocode instead of flowchart?

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Published on 2012-06-28T17:41:27Z Indexed on 2012/06/28 21:24 UTC
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I'm a student working with various techniques of programming, and I've come across pseudocode and flowchart. I know that these are both used in order to think through the problem before actually programming, but I have a few questions with this.

  1. When would I use pseudocode to plan out and when would I use flowcharts? Or is it better to do both before actually programming. Particularly for a small arcade sort of game in JAVA since that is my next project.
  2. I've noticed that pseudocode is very similar to the actual code rather than flowcharts. Would this make pseudocoding better because you essentially copy/paste the pseudocode into your program (of course, you have to change it to fit the language. I understand that part).
  3. Is it practical to use both of these while programming? Particularly the same game mentioned earlier. Thanks.

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