LECTURE
Syntax SUMMARY
PRE-PROGRAMMING
Covered in this lecture:
Explaining the concept of syntax
All programming languages have the same core
concepts, they are just expressed / written in a different
way
Every language has its own rules and its own vocabulary
One of the first things you do when you learn
programming is learn these rules
Syntax can be strict or expressive
Older languages have strict syntax, which means if you
forget to put one sign or you capitalize the wrong letter,
the code will fail
Python, for example, will still work even if you get a few
things wrong
See you next lecture!
LECTURE
Variables SUMMARY
PRE-PROGRAMMING
Covered in this lecture:
Explaining the concept of a variable
Variables are stored information that you can then
manipulate and use
They are used in order to make the sites dynamic
If you want to change something on the website that
shows up on multiple pages, you just have to modify the
variable and the change will happen in all the places
See you next lecture!
LECTURE
Printing SUMMARY
PRE-PROGRAMMING
Covered in this lecture:
Explaining the concept of printing
Printing is a command that you can put into your code in
order to tell it to output the result of the code you're
running
If you want the website to make a calculation, it's not
enough to write the code for it, you have to "print" it on
the screen if you want the user to see the actual result
There is a specific syntax for printing in each
programming language
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LECTURE
Commenting SUMMARY
PRE-PROGRAMMING
Covered in this lecture:
Explaining the concept of commenting
When developers are working on an application that
someone else built, they need to know some more
details about the code in order to be able to modify it
Comments are a way of adding notes to explain what
you're doing
In order for the computer to know that what you're
writing is not code, you have to "comment it out" by
using specific symbols for each language
This way, it will ignore that part and the program will run
properly
See you next lecture!
LECTURE
Strings SUMMARY
PRE-PROGRAMMING
Covered in this lecture:
Explaining the concept of strings
If you want to save a variable as text, you have to store it
as a string
There are different rules for each language, but usually
you would use quotations to delimitate text
The computer will consider whatever is between the
quotations as human language and won't run it as code
Escape commands allow you to modify the text within
your quotations, like put in on two separate lines
Example: "This is /n a text"
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LECTURE
Arrays SUMMARY
PRE-PROGRAMMING
Covered in this lecture:
Explaining the concept of arrays
Array = Series of pieces of information that are all
formatted the same
Arrays can include numbers, strings, or variables (but not
combined)
Using arrays saves time and it allows you to show more
information more easily
If you need to use only one item from the array, you use
a pointer
Pointers show what position each item of the array is in
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