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Why Programming Is Important?
Why Programming Is Important?
IS IMPORTANT?
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Introduction
• The main purpose of computers is to perform complicated
tasks on behalf of humans.
Users vs Programmers
• Computer users are the ones who deal with the computer
as a set of tools and applications which facilitate their
daily life tasks.
Users vs Programmers
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• Coding isn’t particularly easy to learn, but that’s the reason why it’s so
invaluable.
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Definitions I
• Algorithm
• A list of steps that you can follow to finish a task.
• Programming
• An algorithm that has been converted and coded into instructions
that can be run by a machine. It is mainly the process of
developing and implementing various sets of instructions to enable
a computer to do a certain task.
• Programming Language
• A type of written language that tells computers what to do in order
to do a certain task. Programming languages are used to develop
all the computer programs and computer software.
C++ Programming: Program Design Including Data
Structures, Sixth Edition
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Definitions II
• Bug
• Part of a program that does not work correctly.
• Debugging
• Finding and fixing problems in an algorithm or a computer program.
• Frustrated - Feeling annoyed or angry because something is not going
the way you want it.
• Persistence - Trying again and again to fix the problem regarding of how
difficult it is.