Foundations of Programming: Fundamentals - Lynda Tutorials - [GameSlim]

Foundations of Programming: Fundamentals
4h 47m Beginner Sep 22, 2011

This course provides the core knowledge to begin programming in any language. Simon Allardice uses JavaScript to explore the core syntax of a programming language, and shows how to write and execute your first application and understand what's going on under the hood. The course covers creating small programs to explore conditions, loops, variables, and expressions; working with different kinds of data and seeing how they affect memory; writing modular code; and how to debug, all using different approaches to constructing software applications.

Finally, the course compares how code is written in several different languages, the libraries and frameworks that have grown around them, and the reasons to choose each one.

Topics include:
Writing source code
Understanding compiled and interpreted languages
Requesting input
Working with numbers, characters, strings, and operators
Writing conditional code
Making the code modular
Writing loops
Finding patterns in strings
Working with arrays and collections
Adopting a programming style
Reading and writing to various locations
Debugging
Managing memory usage
Learning about other languages