Basic programming skills are a fundamental requirement for many IT professionals. An entry-level programmer can have difficulty with jargon, and knowing where to start. Learning language syntax can be an uphill struggle when it cannot be put into context. As scripting languages become more powerful and available traditional tasks of a programmer are invading other IT functions. System administrators may have to write complex scripts which impact on mission critical systems, often with no programming experience or training.
This Programming Essentials training course provides a basic understanding of how computer systems work from a programmer’s perspective, and how to use this knowledge to produce good code. It also enables technical staff who is not programmers to gain a perspective of software development.
By attending Programming Essentials workshop, delegates will learn to:
- Describe the components of a computer system
- Understand the purpose of Operating Systems and third-party libraries
- Describe the phases of software development
- Understand the underlying structure of data types
- Choose a suitable data type for a specific task
- Use basic operators, and understand precedence
- Understand how the stack is used to pass data
- Recognize different abstract file types, and their uses
- Be familiar with different program execution regimes
- Identify the phases of code production
- Understand and apply good coding techniques
- Apply a methodical approach to support and debugging
- Must be computer literate and have recent experience as a computer user.
System Administrators and support staff who require a technical knowledge of programming, to help them produce better code, to understand programming concepts, or as a precursor to further training. This Programming Essentials class is also suitable for trainee programmers who have little or no in-depth knowledge of programming. It can act as a primer for those new to programming and are looking to train on languages such as C, Java, Ruby, Perl, Python, C#, Visual Basic, etc.