Introduction to Programming
Course Code: ITP
Duration: 3 days
Introduction to Programming Course Overview
The Introduction to Programming course comprises sessions dealing with variables, expressions, conditional statements, collections, iterative statements, functions, objects, compilation and execution, and best practices.
This hands-on course does not concentrate on any one language in particular, rather its aim is to familiarise delegates with standard programming terminology, structures, and principles. Examples are given in three languages - Python, Java, and JavaScript - and delegates may choose any one of these languages with which to carry out the practical exercises.
Exercises and examples are used throughout the course to give practical hands-on experience with the techniques covered.
Course Objectives
This course aims to provide the delegate with the knowledge to be able to produce simple computer programs that demonstrate an understanding of the three core principles of programming - sequence, selection, and iteration. Delegates will also be exposed to functions, objects, and both procedural and object-oriented programming paradigms. The course further aims to prepare delegates to go on to learn any one of many programming languages in detail.
Who will the Course Benefit?
This Introduction to Programming course is designed for those new to programming, who want to learn about the terminology, structures, and principles of programming generally.
Attending this course will provide delegates with the prerequisite knowledge and required skills to go on to learn any programming language in detail, e.g. Java, JavaScript, Python, C, C++, C#, PHP, Perl, Ruby, etc.
Skills Gained
The delegate will learn and acquire skills as follows:
- Writing to reading from the console
- Declaring and initialising variables
- Constructing expressions
- Constructing conditional statements
- Working with arrays/lists
- Constructing iterative statements
- Declaring and invoking/calling functions
- Writing procedural programs
- Working with classes and objects
- Writing object oriented programs
- Compiling and executing code
Introduction to Programming Training Course
Course Introduction
- Administration and Course Materials
- Course Structure and Agenda
- Delegate and Trainer Introductions
Session 1: INTRODUCTION
- Thinking Like a Computer
- Input/Output
- Storage
- Arithmetic
- Comparison
- Decisions
- Repetition
- Reuse
- What is a Program?
- Statements
- Comments
- What is Code?
- From Source Code to Runtime
- Why So Many Languages?
- What Does a Programmer Do?
- Hello World
- stdin and stdout
- The Console
Session 2: VARIABLES
- Variables - What and Why
- Name and Value
- Literals
- Data Types
- Declaration
- Initialisation
- Assignment
- Constants
Session 3: EXPRESSIONS
- Expressions - What and Why
- Operators and Operands
- Unary and Binary Operators
- Arithmetic Operators
- Assignment Operators
- Precedence
- Associativity
- Complex Expressions
Introduction to Programming Training Course
Session 4: CONDITIONAL STATEMENTS
- Conditional Statement - What and Why
- Comparison/Relational Operators
- Logical Operators
- if else
- switch
- The Ternary Operator
- Code Blocks
- Variable Scope
Session 5: COLLECTIONS
- Collections - What and Why
- Strings
- Arrays/Lists
- Declaration
- Initialisation
- Getting and Setting Elements
Session 6: ITERATIVE STATEMENTS
- Iterative Statements - What and Why
- while
- do
- for
- break
- continue
- Array/List Traversal
Session 7: FUNCTIONS
- Functions - What and Why
- Declaration
- Parameters
- Return Type
- Invocation/Call
- Arguments
- Return Value
- Variable Scope (Review)
- Modules
- Libraries
- Procedural Programming
Introduction to Programming Training Course
Session 8: OBJECTS
- Object - What and Why
- Object Literals
- Object Properties
- The Trouble with Object Literals
- Classes
- Fields
- Methods
- Instances
- Reference Variables
- Primitive Variables
- Passing by Val/Ref
- Object Oriented Programming
- The Three Principles
Session 9: COMPILATION & EXECUTION
- From Source Code to Runtime (Review)
- Compilation
- Debugging
- Linking
- Execution
- Interpretation
- Platform Dependence
- Compilation and Interpretation (Bytecode)
Session 10: BEST PRACTICES
- Program Design
- Stating the Problem
- Devising the Solution
- Pseudocode
- Coding Conventions
- White Space
- Indenting
- Naming
- Coding Style
- Readability
- Flexibility
- Scalability
- Unit Testing
- Test Driven Development (TDD)
- Course technical content is subject to change without notice.
- Course content is structured as sessions, this does not strictly map to course timings. Concepts, content and practicals often span sessions.
Requirements
Delegates should be able to navigate the filesystem, edit a file, and browse the web. No programming experience is necessary.
Further Learning
Course Reviews
A very good course to gain basic knowledge of programming and open doors up for multiple languages.
Damon - Manufacturing Engineer - Automotive - September 2024
Great presentation, particularly as the subject matter is understandably quite dry! The trainer struck the right balance between stepping through the theory and also allowing the delegates time to perform practical exercises e.g. creating code.
Ian - Test Manager - September 2024
Enjoyed the course. It's challenging but the pace is measured and Stuart is very helpful in translating things in to practical examples to help us understand difficult concepts. It's also interesting to hear Stuart reference real world experience and how developers would act or react to different tasks.
Paul - Government - May 2024
Brian was excellent - very empathetic and clear with his instructions. I very much appreciated his patience and tutelage.
Ken - Compliance Officer - Finance - April 2024
Content was very good, trainer was clear and patient and always checked in on everyone if any questions or assistance. Examples for exercises were ran through afterwards which was great to see for practice if you went wrong or got stuck along with alternative ways to approach it.
Andrew - Technical Analyst - Insurance - January 2024
Stuart was excellent in his delivery of this course - highly knowledgeable and willing to answer questions, too. Stuart understood that we were all finding the content to grasp, but he explained things in a different way and helped me (and I'm sure the others too) to understand more clearly what was being said.
Jon - Analytical Support Officer - Academic - December 2023
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Duration: 3 days
Price: £1,490.00 exc. VAT
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