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Basic programming skills are a fundamental requirement for many IT professionals. An entry-level programmer can have difficulty with jargon, and knowing where to start. Learning language syntax can be an uphill struggle when it cannot be put into context.

As scripting languages become more powerful and available traditional tasks of a programmer are invading other IT functions. System administrators may have to write complex scripts which impact on mission critical systems, often with no programming experience or training.

Support staff often have to communicate with development staff, and misunderstandings easily arise from cultural differences.

This course gives a basic understanding of how computer systems work from a programmer's perspective, and how to use this knowledge to produce good code. It also enables technical staff who are not programmers to gain a perspective of software development.

The course is language neutral and teaches general concepts. Python is used as the language in exercises, but examples will be shown in other languages.

Who Should Attend
System Administrators and support staff who require a technical knowledge of programming, to help them produce better code, to understand programming concepts, or as a precursor to further training. The course is also suitable for trainee programmers who have little or no in-depth knowledge of programming. It can act as a primer for delegates new to programming who are looking to train on languages such as C, C , Java, Perl, Python, PHP, C# and Visual Basic in a later course.

Delegates must be computer literate and have recent experience as a computer user.

On Completion, Delegates will be able to:

Describe the components of a computer system
Understand the purpose of Operating Systems and third-party libraries
Understand the underlying structure of data types
Differentiate between difference container types and their use
Choose a suitable data type for a specific task
Use basic operators, and understand precedence
Understand how the stack is used to pass data
Recognise different abstract file types, and their uses
Be familiar with different program execution regimes
Understand and apply good coding techniques

Chapter 1: System Components

Computer system components
Central hardware components
Moore's Law
Software components
Operating systems
Processes
Virtual memory
Virtualisation
Cloud Computing

Chapter 2: First Steps

What is a program?
What does a programmer do?
Components of a program
Programming languages
Standards
Applications and libraries
Code used by more than one program
What does a program do?
Paper to program
Creating a program
A first program
Running a program
Error messages are your friends
Giving names to data items
Assignment statements
Console vs. GUI
Simple graphical messages
Special characters

Chapter 3: Data

Representing data
Common numbering systems
Numbers in programming languages
Bits, bytes and words
Conventions
Fundamental types
Getting it wrong
Representing characters
The problem with the Euro
Representing integers
Representing floating point
E numbers
Representing time
Representing nothing

Chapter 4: Variables and Operators

Variables and constants
Objects
Life of a variable - scope
An alternative to scope
Namespaces
Choosing variable names
Names you should not use
Operations on data
Choosing variable types
Assignment and types
Simple operations?
Operator precedence
Comments

Chapter 5: Containers

Arrays and lists
Sorting
Other linear types - stacks, queues, deques
Downside of linear structures
Non-linear types and keys
Containers for records - tree structures
Associative arrays
Compound types
Class
Object Orientation

Chapter 6: Flow Control

Flow control
Altering program flow
Simple decision statements
What is truth?
Boolean operators
Logical operators
Using logical operators
Loops
Simple loop statements
Array processing
Language supplied iterators
Interrupt handling
Exception handling

Chapter 7: Program Structure

Scope revisited
Named blocks
Calling a function
Arguments and Parameters
Passing arguments by copy
Passing arguments by reference
Returning results
Function call syntax
Recursion
Entry points
Modules and Libraries
Why hide code and data? Encapsulation
Asynchronous subroutines - Threads

Chapter 8: Input and Output

What is a file?
File systems
Exchangeable file systems
I/O Libraries and Layers
File data types
File names
Opening a file
Opening a file - checks
Opening a file - modes
Sequential access
Random access
Buffering
Concurrency issues
Locking strategies

Chapter 9: Building Programs

Compilation
Linking
Loading and running
Process attribute inheritance
Portability
Emulators
Interpretation
The third way: Byte-code
Optimisation
Debuggers

Chapter 10: Coding Style

Virtues of a programmer
Readability and style
Naming conventions
Error handling
Programming for change
The need for speed
Programming for performance
Constants - aren't
Portability and flexibility
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Programming Foundations Training Course in Finland

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Finland has a strong educational system, and is widely regarded as one of the world's most literate countries. In fact, Finland's literacy rate is one of the highest in the world, and its students consistently perform well in international tests of math and reading ability.

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