Module 01 of 05 · Programming Fundamentals
What Programming Actually Is
Before any syntax, get clear on what you are doing when you write code and what the machine does with it.
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Lessons in this module
- 0110 min
What Is Programming?
BeginnerExplain what a program is, and why precision matters more than cleverness when you write one.
- 0212 min
How Software Actually Runs
BeginnerDescribe the path from the code you type to instructions a processor carries out, and name the parts involved.
- 0310 min
Source Code, Compiled Code and Interpreted Code
BeginnerDistinguish compiled and interpreted execution, and explain where C# sits between them.
- 0415 min
Your First Program
BeginnerWrite, build and run a small program, and read its output and its errors.
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