Introduction to Programming

Learn Programming concepts from Programmers and developers in London

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There are no open public schedule dates for Introduction to Programming course. We can offer you a private training or arrange a public course for you. Contact us here and we can make arrangements for your course.

Delivery Formats

This course can be attended face to face in an open classrooms, live online virtual classroom remotely from home or office, private one-to-one and on-site for your team at your office.


Course Outline

Introduction to Programming course overview

This Programming course explains how to use computer Programming languages and the primary concepts behind different programming languages. After completing this training course you would be able to take programming courses in other computer languages.

This short Programming course is hands-on, instructor-led and classroom based. This training can be taken as a part-time evening course or even on the weekends. A list of all upcoming public Programming training course is given on training dragon website.

This is not a coding course, its aim is to introduce you to the world of programming: planning, designing and debugging programs. The course is language agnostic: topics will apply to different programming / scripting languages.


Who is Introduction to Programming training for?

This Programming training is designed for complete beginners. This course is for you if you are interested in learning Programming languages but first you would like to understand programming concepts. After completing this course you can progress to Training Dragon’s programming courses like PHP course, java courses, Objective-C training and ASP training


Prerequisites for Introduction to Programming course

  • You should be able to use computer and internet. You should be able to create and copy folders and files on your computer. Typing skills are beneficial.


What will I get?

  • Training from professional Programmers:

    Training Dragon consultants have been implementing professional Programming solutions across a range of applications for many years. Those consultants write and teach our Programming training courses, so their experience directly informs course content..

  • Course Material:

    Programming electronic notes are included in this course.

  • Course Completion Certificate:

    After completing this training you will receive a Programming course completion certificate.

  • Support and Careers Advice:

    After the course if you have any problems or questions regarding Programming do not hesitate to contact us. Training Dragon’s trainers are expert in their fields and if you need any help with you career choice, please speak to one of our trainers.


Introduction to Programming Course Contents

Introduction to programming

  • Why programming
  • Benefits of programming
  • What does programming mean and involve

Planning and designing Programs

  • From human instructions to computer instructions
  • Planning a program
  • Representing programs, algorithms

Variables, data types and validation

  • Variables, definition and usage
  • Data types
  • Converting Data types
  • User input and validation

Control flow structures

  • Selection Statements
  • Iteration Statements
  • Program defensively

Functions, Methods and Parameters

  • Functions, definition and usage
  • Methods
  • Parameters

Best practices and pitfalls

  • Common mistakes
  • Best practices
  • How to improve our code

Procedural vs Object-Oriented Programming

  • Functional programming
  • Classes, Prototypes, Objects
  • OOP

Debugging

  • Finding and fixing mistakes
  • Test Driven Development

 

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Our Trainers

Emiliano
Emiliano
Leads our teaching team with many years of experience in teaching web development.
Ross
Ross
Brings many years of Python and Java software development experience to classrooms.
Olu
Olu
Microsoft and Oracle certified developer with years teaching experience in Android, .NET and databases.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many maximum people are on my course? 

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To make sure that personal attention is provided to everyone in the class, we keep our classroom size very small. There are maximum 8 delegates in all our classrooms.
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