Programming Foundations: Fundamentals
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Programming Foundations: Fundamentals at Linkedin Learning Overview
Duration | 3 hours |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Beginner |
Credential | Certificate |
Programming Foundations: Fundamentals at Linkedin Learning Highlights
- Earn a sharable certificate
- 1 exercise file
- 5 quizzes
- Access on tablet and phone
Programming Foundations: Fundamentals at Linkedin Learning Course details
- In this course, instructor Annyce Davis uses Python to explore the core concepts and structure of programming languages and helps learner grasp what?s going on under the hood
- After going over basic statements and expressions in Python, Annyce explores strings, variables, and conditional code?which are common topics in all programming languages
- Upon wrapping up this course, learner will have the knowledge they need to continue their coding journey in whichever language piques interest
Programming Foundations: Fundamentals at Linkedin Learning Curriculum
Introduction
The fundamentals of programming
Following along with the course
Programming Basics
What is programming?
What is a programming language?
Writing source code
Running your code
Using an IDE
Programming Syntax
Why Python?
Installing Python on a Mac
Installing Python on Windows
Running Python on the command line on Mac
Running Python on the command line on Windows
Installing Visual Studio Code on a Mac
Installing Visual Studio Code on Windows
Running Python in an IDE
Basic statements and expressions
Troubleshooting issues
Variables and Data Types
Introduction to variables and data types
Variables across languages
Working with numbers
Working with strings
Properly using whitespace
Working with comments
Challenge: What's the output?
Solution: What's the output?
Conditional Code
Making decisions in code
Exploring conditional code
Working with simple conditions
Conditionals across languages
Challenge: Guessing game
Solution: Guessing game
Modular Code
Introduction to functions
Creating and calling functions
Setting parameters and arguments
Returning values from functions
Functions across languages
Challenge: Favorite cities
Solution: Favorite cities
Conclusion
Exploring languages
Next steps
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