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Computer Programming for Absolute Beginners

By : Joakim Wassberg
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Book Image

Computer Programming for Absolute Beginners

4 (1)
By: Joakim Wassberg

Overview of this book

Learning how to code has many advantages, and gaining the right programming skills can have a massive impact on what you can do with your current skill set and the way you advance in your career. This book will be your guide to learning computer programming easily, helping you overcome the difficulties in understanding the major constructs in any mainstream programming language. Computer Programming for Absolute Beginners starts by taking you through the building blocks of any programming language with thorough explanations and relevant examples in pseudocode. You'll understand the relationship between computer programs and programming languages and how code is executed on the computer. The book then focuses on the different types of applications that you can create with your programming knowledge. You'll delve into programming constructs, learning all about statements, operators, variables, and data types. As you advance, you'll see how to control the flow of your programs using control structures and reuse your code using functions. Finally, you'll explore best practices that will help you write code like a pro. By the end of this book, you'll be prepared to learn any programming language and take control of your career by adding coding to your skill set.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
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Section 1: Introduction to Computer Programs and Computer Programming
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Section 2: Constructs of a Programming Language
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Chapter 5: Sequence – The Basic Building Block of a Computer Program
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Section 3: Best Practices for Writing High-Quality Code
Appendix B: Dictionary
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Cloud-based applications

Cloud computing was first mentioned in 1996, but it was not until Amazon released its Elastic Compute Cloud in 2006 that it became widely popular. The idea behind cloud-based computing is to move away from the need to host your servers and other resources needed to run your project, and instead buy time from large data centers to use their computing power. There are many advantages to this. You don't have to make sure that your computers are up and running, that operating systems are updated, that you have implemented back-up solutions for your data, and so on. You can set up your server to be online, and then you can deploy your software on this server and run it from there.

The companies providing these services soon began to add other features that we can use as well. These are ready-made parts that we can use in our applications. What this means is that there will be parts of our application that we won't need to write ourselves. Instead, we...