A lesson of programming and coding
Introduction
Programming is a very complicated skill and it takes years to learn it. However, there are many benefits that come with learning how to program. Programming can help you create something new, which could be useful in any type of business or industry. It also allows you to learn about computers and their functions–making them more accessible for people who may not have any prior knowledge about these topics!
1. Programming is a language
Programming is a language.
It’s like English, but for machines. It’s also like math and science—it has its own rules and structure. This can be intimidating at first because it seems so different from what we’re used to doing with computers in our daily lives (I know I was intimidated when I first tried programming). But once you learn the basics of programming, they become second nature!
2. A program is a set of instructions that tell the computer what to do
A program is a set of instructions that tell the computer what to do. This can be expressed as:
- Instructions are made up of words, which are made up of letters, which are made up of characters and numbers.
3. A programs work by telling the computer what steps to take, and when to take them
The steps that a program takes are called instructions. Instructions tell the computer what to do, and when to do it. They’re written in code (a specific programming language), which is why you can’t just type out instructions in English and expect them to work on your machine!
Instructions start with a keyword, followed by brackets enclosing groups of related words or numbers called operations or data types. Operations may be simple mathematical calculations such as addition (+) or multiplication (*). Data types control how variables can be declared—that is, set up as having certain characteristics (such as whether they’re positive or negative integers). For example: “variable x” can only hold integers; “variable y” must always have an explicit value before using it in an operation like addition (+); etcetera…
4. A program can be written in any language, as long as it has the same basic structure as every other program for that language
Programming is a very complicated skill that takes years to master. There are many different programming languages, each with their own unique syntax and structure. Programming is only one part of computer science; it’s not even close to being its most important part!
5. Often there is no way of telling whether a program will work or not without running it
The reason it’s so hard to tell if your program will work or not is because there are so many cases where you don’t know what will happen. For example, in JavaScript, if you have a variable called ‘x’ and then change the value of that variable after it was set but before any code runs on your page (or even if no code runs on your page), there are no guarantees that the new value will be added back into this particular instance of x. You might get something completely different instead!
So how do we deal with this? Well first off let’s take another look at our code:
function add(a) { return a + 1; }
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add(1); // 2
Programming is a very complicated skill and it takes years to learn it
Programming is a very complicated skill, and it takes years to learn. Programming is also a language, which means that it’s made up of instructions that tell the computer what to do. These instructions can be in any form—they may be written down on paper or typed into the computer screen—but they must be clearly defined so that computers can understand them! A programmer will use this knowledge to create new apps (like apps for your phone).
Conclusion
Well, that’s it! I hope this has been a good introduction to programming. Programming is a very complex and interesting subject that can take years to master. It’s important to keep learning new things about programming because there are always new ways of doing things or improving old ones. I would also like to thank you for reading my blog post on how programming works and what it means for us as humans.
