Coding for Non-Coders workshop

This deck is the (very) skinny outline of what's covered in my all-day workshop, Coding for Non-Coders. This workshop is based on my online video course hosted at the Ministry of Testing: https://ministryoftesting.com/dojo/series/coding-for-non-coders-jim-holmes

You can find the code for this workshop at my GitHub repository: https://github.com/jimholmes/CodingWorkshop

Transcript

1. Coding for Non-
   Coders
   

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2. Jim Holmes
   Executive Consultant, Guidepost Systems LLC
   Jim@GuidepostSystems.com
   @aJimHolmes
   http://GuidepostSystems.com
   Who am I?
   

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3. The Leadership Journey
   https://leanpub.com/theleadershipjourney
   My Leadership Book
   

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4. This Course
   on
   Ministry of Testing
   https://ministryoftesting.com/dojo
   

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5. Code:
   https://github.com/jimholmes/CodingWorkshop
   

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6. Hello World
   

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7. What’s Writing Code
   Look Like
   to
   You?
   

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8. Writing Code
   is…
   

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9. Today’s Goals
   • Understand why coding is valuable for you
   • Get comfortable with writing simple code
   • Learn to write code and use code tools
   • Learn how to collaborate with developers
   • Gain confidence in working with code
   

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10. Today’s Blocks
    1. How Code Works
    2.Libraries, Code, Writing Tests!
    3.More Tests, Lean Coffee
    (YOU choose what we cover!)
    4.Code Katas
    

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11. This Course Will NOT
    •Make you a professional software
    engineer
    •Teach you in-depth coding concepts
    •Teach you how to use source control
    •Make you a master with an IDE
    

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12. This Course WILL
    •Give you a starting point for good
    conversations
    •Get you familiar with fundamentals of
    writing code
    •Get you comfortable enough to
    continue learning
    

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13. Block I:
    How Code Works
    

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14. Exercise:
    HelloWorld
    

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15. How Code Executes
    

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16. DISCLAIMER
    I am not a computer scientist. Some of this
    content may be metaphorically correct but
    technically incorrect.
    

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18. Coding for Non-Coders
    What The CPU Needs
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19. Coding for Non-Coders
    What Humans Need
    Please do what I mean and not what I typed
    

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20. Coding for Non-Coders
    Interpreted Code
    Source
    Code
    File
    Interpreter
    

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21. Coding for Non-Coders
    Compiled Code
    Source
    Code
    File
    Compiler
    Executable
    

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22. Coding for Non-Coders
    Just-In-Time Code
    Source
    Code
    File
    Intermediate
    Compiler
    Intermediate
    File
    JIT Compiler
    

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23. • CPUs only speak binary
    • Each type of CPU is unique
    • Text => Executable varies by language platform
    • Execution models vary (Interpreted, JIT, compiled)
    Coding for Non-Coders
    Recap
    

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24. • Procedural == Straight line of execution
    • C, Pascal, Cobol
    • Object Oriented == Everything is a Thing
    • Java, Python, C++, .NET, Java, many others
    • Functional == Highly structured
    • Lisp, Haskell, F#, many others
    Coding for Non-Coders
    General Types of Programming
    

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25. • camelCasing
    • Common in Java
    • PascalCasing
    • .NET and others
    • behavior_driven_development
    • Ruby, BDD enthusiasts
    Coding for Non-Coders
    Naming Conventions
    

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26. • Naming
    • Recursion
    • Off-by-one errors
    Coding for Non-Coders
    Two Hardest Things in Programming
    

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27. Follow your team’s
    conventions
    

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28. • Classes == A thing
    • Methods == Behaviors
    • Properties == Attributes/Characteristics
    • Inheritance == Share common traits
    • Encapsulation == Hide information
    Coding for Non-Coders
    A Bit on OOP
    

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29. Animal
    Dog
    Brittany Spaniel
    

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30. Exercise:
    Create
    Animal, Dog,
    BrittanySpaniel
    

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31. Namespaces
    

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32. MyApp
    InputOutput Display Threading
    Disk
    USB
    Video Thread
    MyApp.IO.Disk.Reader
    MyApp.IO.USB.Reader
    Reader
    Reader
    

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33. dotnet core
    Command Line
    Interface
    (CLI)
    

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34. Flow Control
    Loops
    

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35. Block II:
    Libraries, Code,
    Writing Tests!
    

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36. Evaluation:
    http://Sli.do
    C236
    

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37. Block III:
    More Tests
    Lean Coffee Topics
    

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38. Block IV:
    Practice via Code Katas
    

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