Introduction To Programming ( ecodeLabs )

Introduction To Programming

In this tutorial we will cover what it means to write computer codes and also how to install python on our PC or code from our mobile devices

Complete Intro Video ecodeLabs #eshun_517

What is programming?

Programming is the process of writing computer code to instruct the computer to perform a specific task for you by writing it in an approach of the algorithms you made for the problem solving.
Sometimes we get a question in mind that is programming and coding the same? And the sincer answere is that they are not , though the difference might be very little.
Programming involves creating series of instruction to solve a problem ,
Coding is a part of programming which is mainly based on writing codes that the computer may find useful and further transform it into a solution to the problem it was ment for.

So generally , coding or programming is the process of giving the computer some instructions to perform a needed task which humans may not find easy diong. [ such as making calculations of larg amount of data , repeating a particular task over a time , etc.]

High level and Low level Languages

When computer codes are given to the computer to execute , it can only do so if the language is in the binary form, but binary is not easy to be used for creating long codes, and it would be very hard to debug your own codes if you make a single mistake.

Low level language are the languages that the computer find easy to work with without the need for any translators. High level languages on the other side are the languages that are human readerble , example can be Java,PhP,Ada,etc.

Types of programmig

1. Functional programming
2. Object oriented programming
3. Web programming
4. Logical programming
5. etc

Installing Python on our windows

Python is a high level and object oriented programming language that funtion as the other programming languages such as C++,C#,Java,etc Python is a very powerful weapon to use as a programmer and also it have a large community. This programming language can be used for creating UI, dynamic websites,games and many more.

To install the python programming language on our computer , we will download the python executable file on their main page which is python.org .

Python.org

Navigate throug for the download option
Select your platfrom type [ windows , mac, etc ]

Download the latest version

Press ctr + J in your browser to see it downloding and open it after it's done Ready to be Installed Installing
Installation Successful

Press Ctrl + R and type Cmd

Open the cmd and type the command [ python --version ] to verify that the python was successfully installed on your pc

Type [ pyton ] and press enter to launch to python shell

Python is successfully installed on our windows

Some may want to have python isntalled on his android device so that he/she code even without a PC.

There is this android app called pydroid 3 which also is very cool and perfect to practice python with.

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