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Introduction to Programming Concepts

Delivery Options: This course is available via on-demand training.

Price: This course is free when taken with any other HOTT course. Contact Us for more information.

Duration: Approximately 7 hours of coursework, to be completed in a four week span.

Registration: Click here to register for on-demand training, on a start date of your choosing.

Students Will Learn

Basic computer terminology and jargon
Programming tasks: Analysis and requirements gathering
Programming tasks: Design and planning
Programming tasks: Coding
Programming tasks: Testing
Programming tasks: Deployment/Documentation
Programming tasks: Maintenance
The nature, pros and cons of compiled vs. interpreted languages
The steps of compiling: parsing, optimization, object code, linking, executable images
How to write and compile a rudimentary C program
Programming styles: imperative, structured, procedural, object-oriented, declarative, and functional
The utility of stand-alone, distributed, client-server and web-enabled programming
Statements, commands, comments and reserved words
Routines, subroutines, functions and libraries
Control flow structures
Algorithms

Course Description

Courses that teach programming languages tend to focus on the particulars of each language (as they should), expending only minimal time discussing basic universal programming concepts. Students who are new to programming may find themselves engrossed in discussions of the details of matters such as control flow operators, executable images, third generation languages, and logical operators before they really understand the concepts. This situation can leave the student lost or frustrated or both.

This Introduction to Programming course introduces such universal programming concepts and is offered for the aspiring programmer so that they will never be left behind for want of having the foundational knowledge that is necessary to learn and advance.

Course Prerequisites

Rudimentary knowledge of computer systems. For this programming concepts course, students should know how to basically operate a computer, browse the world wide web, send and receive email messages, and write and print memos.

Course Overview

The Essence of Programming The language of computers Computer components Hardware and software Operating systems Programs	The Tasks of Programmers Analysis and requirements gathering Design and planning Coding Testing Deployment/Documentation Maintenance Your job
Types of Programming Computer languages Machine code Early programming The evolution of programming languages First Generation Languages Second Generation Languages Third Generation Languages Fourth Generation Languages Fifth Generation Languages Compilers The process of compiling Practical compiling Interpreted languages Pros and cons of compiled and interpreted languages Imperative programming Structured programming Procedural programming Object-oriented programming Declarative programming Functional programming Stand-alone programs Distributed programming Client-server programming Web-enabled programming Textual programming IDEs Visual programming
Statements and Storage The organization of programs Libraries Declaring and initializing variables and constants Data types: integers, floats, Booleans, characters, arrays, structures, objects, pointers Proper data typing Allocation Static and dynamic data typing Strong and weak data typing Scope Inheritance	Operators and Control Flow Assignment operators Arithmetic operators Relational operators Conditional operators Logical operators Bitwise operators Special operators if, if-then, if-then-else statements case or switch-case statements for or foreach statements while statements do-while statements
The Language of Programming Algorithms Strings Regular expressions Input/Output Graphical user interfaces Events Frameworks Debugging Compile time vs. run time errors Database programming Technical communities Benchmarks Protocols	The Real World Working with the Command Prompt Customizing your environment Help Online documentation Batch files and scripts Installing and using a compiler Man pages Writing a C program Debugging C programs

Reviews

I started a bootcamp with [company name redacted] and quit after about a week because I was lost. After this course, I was SO READY to move onto real programming courses. THANKS!

I did not take this course, but I did direct several individuals who were transitioning into technical work to take it. They (and I) am glad I did! I've never seen a course that introduces so much so well!

I was really nervous about whether I had the necessary background to take (and successfully complete) a programming course, and I was SO HAPPY when HOTT suggested this course for me -- and at no additional charge! This made everything else easy.