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Course Outline
Introduction
- What is programming and why it deserves your attention
- History of programming
- Opportunities to automate tasks using software
- The role of programmers and computers in the enterprise
- Programming today: Current market development trends
- Declarative and imperative programming: How vs. What?
- Turing machine
- Consolidation, compilation, and "just-in-time" interpretation
Review of Logic and Boolean Algebra
- Predicates
- Logical sentences
- Tautologies
- Boolean algebra
Writing Your First Program
- Structural approach
- Functional approach
- Object-based approach
- And other methodologies
Primitive Data Types
- String representation
- Integers
- Floating-point numbers
- Booleans
- Null type
- Empty or uninitialized values
- Strong vs. weak typing
Data Structures
- FIFO and FILO concepts
- Stacks
- Queues
- Declaring arrays and lists
- Indexing
- Maps
- Records
- Trees
Operators
- Assignment operators
- Arithmetic operators
- Comparison operators
- Comparing values across different languages
- Bitwise operators
- Concatenation
- Increment and decrement operators
- Common errors
Program Control Flow
- If and else-if instructions
- Goto instructions and discussion of their application issues
- Switch statements
- For loop, for-in
- While loop, do-while
- ForeEach loop
- Loop termination
Creating Reusable Code
- Functional Programming
- Object-Oriented Programming
Functional Programming Paradigms
- What is a function?
- Functions and procedures
- Foundations of lambda calculus
- Function arguments
- Returning values
- Functions as arguments
- Anonymous functions
- Closures
- Recursion
Object-Oriented Programming Paradigms
- Representing real-world entities through philosophy and ontology
- Determining what constitutes an object or other types
- Class declaration
- Creating class instances
- Fields: Object state
- Methods: Object behavior
- Abstraction
- Encapsulation
- Inheritance
- Polymorphism
- Association and aggregation
- Delegation and separation of relationships between objects
- Modules, packages, and libraries
- Sharing APIs
- Modeling the system as classes and objects
- Describing and programming relationships between classes
- Programming from a business perspective
Best Programming Practices
- Pitfalls and common errors
- High-level code interpreted through low-level understanding
- Code optimization
- KISS principle
- DRY principle
- Worse is Better principle
- Separating abstraction from implementation
- Methods for detecting logic errors in programs
- Naming conventions
- Code commenting
- Software metrics
Overview of Technologies and Languages
- Application domains of these languages
- Key language features
- Development prospects
- Future development directions: Algorithmic trends, code optimization, implementing patterns, design patterns, architectural patterns, and analytical standards
- Reducing control structures: The use of artificial intelligence and automated decision-making
- Choosing the right platform: Individual consultations
35 Hours
Testimonials (5)
The Trainer was very patient with everybody, and was willing to repeat if people did not understand. He made sure everybody understood before he continued
Henry - Vodacom
Course - Introduction to Programming
It has given me a solid foundation to depart into the rabbit hole of programming :)
Andrew Jones - Vodacom
Course - Introduction to Programming
The lecturer had extensive knowledge about the subject matter and was willing to share.
Clive Lloyd - Vodacom
Course - Introduction to Programming
The content was sufficiently detailed in order for me to grasp the fundamentals and concepts, and the delivery was well executed.
Anwar - Vodacom
Course - Introduction to Programming
Patience and pace
