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Jackson structured programming

Computer programming method

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Source revisionJun 30, 2026
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Jackson structured programming (JSP) is a method for structured programming developed by British software consultant Michael A. Jackson. It was described in his 1975 book Principles of Program Design. The technique of JSP is to analyze the data structures of the files that a program must read as input and produce as output, and then produce a program design based on those data structures, so that the program control structure handles those data structures in a natural and intuitive way.

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