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Course Outline
Introduction
- Defining programming and the importance of dedicating attention to it
- The history of programming
- Opportunities for automating tasks through software
- The role of programmers and computers in enterprise environments
- Current market trends in programming development
- Declarative versus imperative programming: How versus What
- The Turing machine
- Compilation, interpretation, and "on the fly" execution
Review of Logic and Boolean Algebra
- Predicates
- Logical sentences
- Tautologies
- Boolean algebra
Your First Program
- Structural perspectives
- Functional approaches
- Object-based design
- Alternative methodologies
Basic Data Types
- String representation
- Integers
- Floating-point numbers
- Boolean values
- Null types
- Blank or uninitialized variables
- Strong versus weak typing
Data Structures
- FIFO and FILO concepts
- Stacks
- Queues
- Declaring arrays and lists
- Indexing techniques
- Maps
- Records
- Trees
Operators
- Assignment operators
- Arithmetic operators
- Comparison operators
- Comparing values across different languages
- Bitwise operations
- Concatenation
- Increment and decrement operators
- Common errors and pitfalls
Control Flow
- If and else-if statements
- Goto statements and discussions on application issues
- Switch statements
- For loops and for-in loops
- While loops and do-while loops
- Foreach loops
- Loop termination strategies
Creating Reusable Code
- Functional Programming
- Object-Oriented Programming
Functional Programming Paradigms
- Understanding functions
- Functions versus procedures
- Basics of lambda calculus
- Function arguments
- Returning values
- Passing 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: the state of an object
- Methods: the behavior of an object
- Abstraction
- Encapsulation
- Inheritance
- Polymorphism
- Association and aggregation
- Delegation and separation of object relationships
- Modules, packages, and libraries
- API sharing
- Modeling systems as classes and objects
- Describing and programming relationships between classes
- Viewing programs from a business perspective
Best Practices in Programming
- Common pitfalls and errors
- High-level code interpretation at the low level
- Code optimization techniques
- The KISS principle
- The DRY principle
- The "Worse is Better" principle
- Separating abstraction from implementation
- Methods for detecting logic errors in programs
- Programming conventions
- Code commenting standards
- Software metrics
Overview of Technologies and Languages
- Application domains for these languages
- Key language features
- Development prospects
- Future development directions: algorithmic improvements, code optimization, implementation patterns, design patterns, architectural patterns, and analytical standards
- Reducing control structures through artificial intelligence and automated decision-making
- Selecting the right platform: personalized 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
