Programming Training Courses: Programming Concepts

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Programming Concepts (1 day)

We no longer run scheduled public courses on this topic. However, we can offer on-site training wherever this is required in the UK.

Suitable for those with no programming experience who are about to tackle a scripting environment such as ASP, PHP ActionScript, JavaScript, etc.

Overview
	What is programming? What is scripting? Compiled and interpreted code Overview of web programming

General approach
	Creation, testing and debugging Approaching tasks logically Dividing up a task Giving detailed instructions

Preparation
	Planning a program Testing the logic Using diagrams

	Adding comments Prototypes and roughs

Writing code
	Choosing an editor Writing statements Adding comments Externalising code Debugging

Components of code
	Containers and data Variables, constants and literals Assigning values to containers Data types Arrays Operators

Common program structures
	Code blocks Concatenation Conditional statements Loops Functions and sub-routines Passing parameters