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Course Outline
Introduction
- Defining programming and its significance
- History of programming
- Opportunities for automating tasks through software
- The role of programmers and computers in modern enterprises
- Current trends in programming development and the market
- Declarative vs. imperative programming: How vs. What
- Understanding the Turing machine
- Consolidation, compilation, and just-in-time interpretation
Review of Logic and Boolean Algebra
- Predicates
- Logical statements
- Tautologies
- Boolean algebra
Writing Your First Program
- Structural approaches
- Functional approaches
- Object-oriented approaches
- Alternative paradigms
Primitive Data Types
- String representation
- Integers
- Floating-point numbers
- Boolean values
- Null types
- Blank 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 if-else statements
- goto statements and application challenges
- switch statements
- for and for-in loops
- while and do-while loops
- foreach loops
- Loop termination
Creating Reusable Code
- Functional Programming
- Object-Oriented Programming
Functional Programming Paradigms
- Understanding functions
- Functions vs. procedures
- Basics of lambda calculus
- Function arguments
- Returning values
- Functions as arguments
- Anonymous functions
- Closures
- Recursion
Object-Oriented Programming Paradigms
- Mapping real-world entities to objects (philosophy, ontology)
- Deciding between objects and other types
- Class declarations
- Creating class instances
- Fields and object state
- Methods as object behavior
- Abstraction
- Encapsulation
- Inheritance
- Polymorphism
- Association and aggregation
- Delegation and relationship separation between objects
- Modules, packages, and libraries
- API sharing
- Modeling systems as classes and objects
- Describing and programming class relationships
- Viewing programs from a business perspective
Best Programming Practices
- Pitfalls and common errors
- Interpreting high-level code at the low level
- Code optimization
- KISS principle
- DRY principle
- 'Worse is Better' principle
- Separating abstraction from implementation
- Methods for detecting logical errors
- Formatting conventions
- Code commenting
- Software metrics
Overview of Technologies and Languages
- Application domains of these languages
- Key language features
- Development prospects
- Future trends: algorithmic advancements, code optimization, implementation patterns, design patterns, architectural patterns, and analytical standards
- Reducing control structures through 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
