Foundational Programming
Foundational Programming
A Gentle Introduction to the Fundamentals of Software Development
About the Book
A Gentle Introduction to the Fundamentals of Software Development
Foundational Programming is a book that will gently guide your first steps in software development. It will teach you the art of writing code, even if you have no prior knowledge or experience in programming. Whether you have an awesome app idea or want to start an exciting new career, this is the perfect place to begin.
Maybe you've already tried learning how to code but you can’t seem to put that knowledge to use. That’s what this book is for. It starts by teaching you what programming really is before giving you the knowledge you’ll need to design and develop apps for any platform, whether mobile, desktop, or web.
At just over 100 pages, Foundational Programming can ease you into the fundamentals of programming over a single weekend, laying the groundwork for you to build your coding career.
About the Author
Reader Testimonials
Rusty Shackleford
I've been trying my best to learn code for about the past month or so but felt like there were some gaps in my understanding about what all the different elements were actually doing or how I could begin to implement them into something original. I have found your "Foundational Programming" to be very helpful in this regard. Just wanted to sincerely thank you for your help in my education. Cheers!
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Table of Contents
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Introduction To The Introduction
- About The Book
- About Me
- About You
- You Are Not Alone
- Acknowledgments
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What You Will Learn
- 1. What Is Programming?
- 2. Functions, Conditions And Loops
- 3. Variables
- 4. Pseudocode With Style
- 5. More On Functions
- 6. Data Types And Operators
- 7. Program Flow
- 8. Arrays And Dictionaries
- 9. Libraries And Frameworks
- 10. Objects: Part I
- 11. Objects: Part II
- 12. Objects: Part III
- 13. Inheritance
- 14. Databases
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What Is Programming
- The Dull Definition
- Can I Get A Cup Of Coffee?
- More Than One Tongue
- Process This
- Compiled Or Interpreted
- Summary
- Important words
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Functions, Conditions And Loops
- State Your Intentions
- Make Coffee, Again
- What About Tea?
- Signatures & Bodies
- Repeat, Repeat, Repeat, …
- Summary
- Important Words
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Variables
- First Look
- Boxes
- Your Variables, Your Names
- All Equal Signs Are Not Created Equal
- The Purpose Of Variables
- Arguments Are Variables
- Summary
- Important words
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Pseudocode With Style
- Not Quite A Language
- A Change In Style
- Summary
- Important Words
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More On Functions
- Making Use Of Return Values
- Calling Functions From Functions
- Functions As Arguments
- A Function Calling Itself
- In Place Evaluations Versus Variables
- Summary
- Important Words
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Data Types And Operators
- Giving The Computer Some Context
- Common Data Types
- Special Types
- Explicit Typing And Type Inference
- Operators
- Relational Operators
- Summary
- Important Words
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Program Flow
- The Main Function
- Functions Need To Be Called Explicitly
- Flow Diagrams
- Making A Drink: The Illustrated Story
- The Importance Of Flow Diagrams
- Summary
- Important words
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Arrays And Dictionaries
- Arrays
- Editing Values In An Array
- Copying Arrays
- Iterating Through An Array
- Dictionaries
- Editing Values In A Dictionary
- Copying A Dictionary
- Iterating Through A Dictionary
- Summary
- Important Words
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Libraries And Frameworks
- Libraries
- Built-In Libraries
- Frameworks
- API’s
- Summary
- Important Words
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Objects - Part I
- Seeing The World As It Is
- The Class - Mother Of Objects
- Make One, Make Many
- Your Own Data Types
- Interconnecting Objects
- Setting Properties
- What Makes Objects Do Stuff?
- Object-Oriented Analysis
- A Note On Design And Analysis
- Summary
- Important Words
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Objects - Part II
- Stay Classy!
- Adding Properties
- Adding Methods
- Making Cat Available
- Breeding Cats
- Setting Properties
- Reading Properties
- Cat, Do Something!
- Summary
- Important Words
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Objects, Part III
- Acting On An Object Within The Object Itself
- Setting Properties At Creation Time
- Summary
- Important Words
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Inheritance
- The DRY Principle
- Similar Classes
- The Base Class
- Child Class Usage
- Specific Members
- Overriding
- Summary
- Important Words
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Databases
- Why Save Data
- So What, Exactly, Is A Database?
- Tables
- Relations
- Structured Query Language
- A Note On Database Programming
- Summary
- Important Words
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Epilogue
- What Now?
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