What do you understand by the term 'Programming'?
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Quote:
"Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand." - Martin Fowler
I've been teaching part-time or full-time since 2002. I've come across numerous students who doesn't even know what is the purpose of programming.
Well when the question is asked, many students would answer "Programming is something which is written in Computers to see the output. For eg. addition of two numbers, etc.".
Programming means the process of writing/executing definite set of instructions which results into desired or expected output from the user.
Let's quickly move on to Computer Programming.
Computer programming means to write set of instructions in a logical sequential way to perform any task which results into the expected output.
Any computer program has mainly 3 types of instructions:
From the above figure, its very obvious that the sequence of instructions is fixed. This implies that without any input, nothing can be processed and you can't expect an output from the task.
There are different programming languages like C, C++, Java, Python, etc. Many would wonder why I've not included HTML into this list. The reason is straight forward. Because, HTML is NOT a Programming language. Well some seasoned programmers consider HTML as programming language, others don't.
Quote the Answer:
Any instruction that tells the computer to do something is a Programming language.
Versus:
No, HTML is not a programming language. The "M" stands for "Markup". A programming language allows you to describe some instructions of process for performing a task, whereas HTML is a way of adding context and structure to text.
Programming means the process of writing/executing definite set of instructions which results into desired or expected output from the user.
Let's quickly move on to Computer Programming.
Computer Programming:
Computer programming means to write set of instructions in a logical sequential way to perform any task which results into the expected output.
Any computer program has mainly 3 types of instructions:
- Input
- Processing
- Output
There are different programming languages like C, C++, Java, Python, etc. Many would wonder why I've not included HTML into this list. The reason is straight forward. Because, HTML is NOT a Programming language. Well some seasoned programmers consider HTML as programming language, others don't.
Quote the Answer:
Any instruction that tells the computer to do something is a Programming language.
Versus:
No, HTML is not a programming language. The "M" stands for "Markup". A programming language allows you to describe some instructions of process for performing a task, whereas HTML is a way of adding context and structure to text.
Top Programming Languages (2020):
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PYTHON
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Python is fast, easy-to-use, and
easy-to-deploy programming language that is being widely used to develop
scalable web applications. YouTube, Instagram, Pinterest, SurveyMonkey are
all built-in Python.
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2.
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JAVA
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Java is widely used for building
enterprise-scale web applications. Java is known to be extremely stable.
Java is also widely used in Android App Development.
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3.
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C/C++
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Almost all low-level systems such as
operating systems, file systems, etc are written in C/C++. If you wish to be
a system-level programmer, C/C++ is the language you should learn. C++
also provides something called STL - Standard Template Library.
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4.
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JAVASCRIPT
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JavaScript is the
“frontend” programming language. JavaScript is widely used to design interactive
frontend applications. For instance, when you click on a button which opens up
a popup, the logic is implemented via JavaScript.
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5.
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GO (GOLANG)
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Go, also known as Golang, is a
programming language built by Google. Go provides excellent support for
multithreading and so, it is being used by a lot of companies that rely
heavily on distributed systems. Go is widely used in startups in Silicon
Valley. However, it is yet to be adopted by Indian companies/startups.
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6.
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R
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R programming language is one of
the most commonly used programming languages for Data Analysis and Machine
Learning. R provides an excellent framework and built-in libraries to develop
powerful Machine Learning algorithms. R is also used for general statistical
computing as well as graphics.
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7.
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SWIFT
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Swift is the
programming language that is used to develop iOS applications. iOS-based
devices are becoming increasingly popular.
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8.
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PHP
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PHP is among the most popular
backend programming language. Though PHP is facing tough competition
from Python and JavaScript, the market still needs a large number
of PHP developers.
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9.
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C#
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C# is a general-purpose programming
language developed by Microsoft. C# is widely used for backend programming,
building games (using Unity), building Window mobile phone apps and lots of
other use cases.
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10.
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MATLAB
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MATLAB is a
statistical analysis tool that is used in various industries for Data
Analysis. MATLAB is used widely in the Computer Vision and Image processing
industry as well.
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