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Course Outline
Introduction
- Definition of programming and its significance
- History of programming
- Opportunities for automating tasks through software
- The role of programmers and computers in modern enterprises
- Current market trends in programming development
- Declarative vs. imperative programming: approaches and applications
- The Turing Machine
- Compilation and interpretation mechanisms
Review of Logic and Boolean Algebra
- Predicates
- Logical statements
- Tautologies
- Boolean algebra
Writing Your First Program
- Structural approaches
- Functional approaches
- Object-oriented approaches
- Alternative programming models
Primitive Data Types
- String representation
- Integers
- Floating-point numbers
- Boolean values
- Null types
- Blank or uninitialized states
- Strong vs. weak typing systems
Data Structures
- FIFO and FILO concepts
- Stacks
- Queues
- Declaring arrays and lists
- Indexing techniques
- Maps
- Records
- Trees
Operators
- Assignment operators
- Arithmetic operators
- Comparison operators
- Value comparison across different languages
- Bitwise operators
- Concatenation
- Increment and decrement operators
- Common pitfalls and errors
Program Control Flow
- If and if-else statements
- Goto statements and their implementation challenges
- Switch statements
- For and for-in loops
- While and do-while loops
- Foreach loops
- Loop termination strategies
Creating Reusable Code
- Functional programming
- Object-oriented programming
Functional Programming Paradigms
- Understanding functions
- Functions vs. procedures
- Foundations of lambda calculus
- Function arguments
- Returning values
- Functions as arguments
- Anonymous functions
- Closures
- Recursion
Object-Oriented Programming Paradigms
- Modeling real-world entities via philosophy and ontology
- Determining appropriate object types
- Class declaration
- Creating class instances
- Fields and object state
- Methods and object behavior
- Abstraction
- Encapsulation
- Inheritance
- Polymorphism
- Association and aggregation
- Delegation and separation of object relationships
- Modules, packages, and libraries
- API sharing
- System modeling using classes and objects
- Defining and programming class relationships
- Business perspective on programming
Best Practices in Programming
- Common pitfalls and errors
- Translating high-level logic to low-level interpretation
- Code optimization techniques
- KISS principle
- DRY principle
- 'Worse is Better' philosophy
- Separating abstraction from implementation
- Methods for detecting logical errors in software
- Code naming 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 approaches, code optimization, implementation patterns, design patterns, architectural patterns, and analytical standards
- Reducing control structures through artificial intelligence and automated decision-making
- Platform selection guidance and 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
