Course Description

Computer Programming Beginner allows students to explore an introduction to computer programming. Throughout this course we focus on teaching code at a fundamental level and makes use of C++ as a precise language to better teach these essential concepts.

The following topics will be covered throughout the session:

Programming Concepts:

• applications of programming
• discussing how we communicate with computers through interpreters/compilers
• what a programming language is, and what it does
• debugging and how to use breakpoints and other useful tools

Pseudocode:

• how to write a high-level set of instructions to solve a problem
• identifying code structures and practising logical thinking

Variables and Data Types:

• how to define and initialize variables, and why we would want to
• taking in and using user input
• operators in code (+, -, *, /, &&, ||, <, >, <=, >=, !=, etc.)

Conditional Statements:

• discussing branching statements and conditional checks (if, else if, else)
• implementing variables, operators, and user input into condition checks

Loops:

• types of loops (while, do while, for)
• applications of each type of loop

Arrays:

• what arrays are
• how to use arrays
• applications of arrays
• arrays and for loops