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Course Outline
Introduction
- What is programming and why it deserves your attention
- The history of programming
- Opportunities for automating tasks through software
- The role of the programmer and the computer in the enterprise
- Current market trends in programming and development
- Declarative versus imperative programming: How and What?
- The Turing machine
- Consolidation, compilation, and "on the fly" interpretation
Review of Logic and Boolean Algebra
- Predicates
- Logical statements
- Tautologies
- Boolean algebra
Your First Program
- Structural approach
- Functional approach
- Object-oriented approach
- Other paradigms
Primitive Data Types
- String representation
- Integers
- Floating-point numbers
- Booleans
- Null type
- Blank or uninitialized values
- Strong versus 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
- If and if-else statements
- Goto statements and a discussion on their application issues
- Switch statements
- For loop and for-in
- While loop and do-while
- Foreach loop
- Loop termination
Creating Reusable Code
- Functional Programming
- Object-Oriented Programming
Functional Programming Paradigms
- Defining functions
- Functions and procedures
- Foundations of lambda calculus
- Function arguments
- Returning values
- Functions as arguments
- Anonymous functions
- Closures
- Recursion
Object-Oriented Programming Paradigms
- Representation of real-world entities in philosophy and ontology
- Deciding what constitutes an object versus other types
- Class declaration
- Creating class instances
- Fields and object state
- Methods as object behavior
- 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
- Programming from a business perspective
Best Programming Practices
- Pitfalls and common errors
- High-level code interpretation in low-level contexts
- Code optimization
- The KISS principle
- The DRY principle
- "Worse is Better" principle
- Separating abstraction from implementation
- Methods for detecting logic errors in programs
- Code naming conventions
- Code commenting
- Software metrics
Overview of Technologies and Languages
- Application domains of these languages
- Key features of each language
- Development prospects
- Future development directions: algorithmic approaches, code optimization, implementation patterns, design patterns, architectural patterns, and analytical standards
- Reduction of 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
