Computer Programming

By: Chandler Riehm

What is coding?

Why is it important for the future?

So, what is coding?

Coding is NOT, what some people think is ‘hacking’

Programming

Hacking

The ‘Real’ Meaning of Coding

According to dictionary.com:

The process of writing computer software code.

According to google.com:

The process of assigning a code to something for the purposes of classification or identification.

An Example of a Programming Language: Java (not JavaScript)

.java file (file containing source

code)

Compiled into…

.class file (can no longer be read)

Sub-Class Sub-Class

Sub-Class Sub-Class

A .java file has to be compiled to be useful. Just a java file is useless.

A java file is compiled into a class file. This can be classified as many different things such as a sub-class.

Sub-classes go into a main class that governs every thing. A main class has to have the special method, main().

.java file (file containing source

code)

Line of code

Method(){}

Method(){}

Method(){}

VAR

Argument

Argument

Argument

Argument

Argument

Fors, Whiles, Ifs, etc.

Fors, Whiles, Ifs, etc.

Fors, Whiles, Ifs, etc.

VAR

VAR

VAR

VAR

VAR

VAR

Line of code

Line of code

Line of code

Line of code

Line of code

Line of code

Line of code

Line of code

Line of code

Other Things That Are Important in Java

Packages

Java Packages are folders, but they have different properties

Jar Archives

Jar archives contain all classes, images, and other things that the java program needs to run

Jars, unlike classes, are executable, meaning you can run them

Why is it important for the future?

What is coding?

Why??

Coding is not a nerd thing, it is a smart thing.

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