But this is only part of programming - and in fact it is what many say is the easy part. When you learn a programming language, you are learning the vocabulary and syntax rules.

Programming languages have specific vocabulary and syntax rules that are required to make what you are writing understood. Learning to program is a combination of learning to develop the logic to solve a problem and then learning to express that logic using a series of instructions written using a programming language. If you want to generate paychecks, the computer follows the instructions in the payroll program you provide. If you want to do a spreadsheet using Excel, it follows the instructions in the Excel application program. If you tell it to play a game it follows the instructions the programmer has written in the game.

Your computer is a dumb machine until it has a program to follow - the program provides the power to make the computer accomplish!įrom the minute you turn on your computer, it is following instructions.

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