INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER PROGRAMMING

Understanding computer programming and how to become a programmer

Computer programming can as well be defined as a process that leads from an original formulation of a computer problem to execute problems, computer programming is also referred to as programming.

It entails or encompasses other activities such as understanding, analysis and generally solving problems that results in algorithm, (one may ask, what is an algorithm? Algorithm is a set of rules to be followed in calculations or other problem solving operations, especially by a computer), verifying the algorithm requirements and coding the algorithm in a target programming language, the program also involves the implementation of the build system and managing derived artifacts like computer programs, machine codes.

Most often, the algorithm is represented in human-parseable language such as Java, python,smalltalk among others.

THE PURPOSE OF COMPUTER PROGRAMMING
Programming is more fun and astonishingly useful as it builds your creativity and creates new career doors for those passionate about it. Most people today don’t really know how a computer works even thou they can simply turn on a computer or a mobile phone by just clicking on some buttons or swiping finger or two on the computer to does what they want. Learning how to write computer programs will require one to understand how a computer works.

Computer programming servers the purpose of finding a sequence of instructions that are able to automate the performance of a specific task or solve defined problems. Programming process therefore requires expertise in a variety of other subjects such as the knowledge of application domains, formal logic and specified algorithms. Computer programming is usually regarded as one phase in software development process within software engineering.

Books that touch on such subjects as well as the specific language one may want to learn. Amazon reviews or other similar sites usually helps when it comes to distinguishing good books from the bad ones.

The next thing is getting an interpreter for the specific language one desire to learn. An interpreter is just a separate computer program that normally translate written ideas in a programming into a machine code enable one to see things work. There are numerous programs and all that is needed is just a choice of a program that meets the particular needs.

The other thing one can do is to try to put together their ideas to form any working program. This can be done by starting with a simple thing such as a program that convert currencies as one works their way into things that are money oriented.

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By Kwesi Korsah