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Programming is Easy,
nce You Master…
Twitter: @hellofromTonya
UpTech Labs: @UpTechLabs
Know the Code: @KnowTheCodePro
#BeMoreAwesome
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Big Bold
Statement
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Programming
is
easy
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Hello, I’m Tonya
• High tech engineering since the mid-1980s
• Electrical and software engineer
• Technology leader, educator, and author
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I’m on a mission
to help you
#BeMoreAwesome
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What are my goals
in this talk?
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Why are
you
struggling?
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Typical Approach
• Go buy a theme. Make changes to it.
• Stretch a little bit and take on more
• Constantly searching for HOW to do something
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Search for the HOW
is a
flawed strategy
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Problems with the
“Searching for the How” Strategy
• It’s time-consuming.
• How do you assess if the code is good?
• It only gets you part of the way there.
• What happens if it causes a problem?
Bottomline: It’s costly.
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Why
When
What
How
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Let’s talk about how to master
programming
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Programming
Secret #1
Fundamentals
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Fundamentals are your
building blocks
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Building
the upper
floors
without a solid foundation
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In software,
everything
is built from
the same
building
blocks
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Software Does These Things:
• Makes Decisions
• Does Tasks
• Iterates
• Remembers
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software emulates
real life
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Everyday
…
decisions,
do tasks,
repeat
programming fundamentals
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I’ll go to the
Kite Festival if
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• the weather
is good
• not working
if ( the conditions are true )
then go to the festival
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Fundamentals
• Decisions
• if, when, else if, else
• Remembers
• Variable
• Tasks
• Render, File, Database
• Repeats
• while, for, foreach
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Getting hung up
Syntax
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Fundamentals
Why
When
What
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Combine the fundamental
building blocks to create
different experiences…
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How
Programming
Secret #2
Problem Solving
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Creative Process of
Solving Problems
How =
Ingenuity, creativity, & expertise
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Visualization
Exercise
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Problem Solving is
the process of
finding solutions.
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Problem Solving is
the proactive and methodical
approach to
finding solutions.
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Programming
Secret #3
Programmatic Thought
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Programmatic thought is
thinking about how to get
the computer to do what
you want it to do.
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Knowing what
the computer needs
from
you
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Computers are
crazy fast
but
stupid.
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Computers don’t
understand
code.
They understand 1s and 0s.
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Off state -> 0
Power
Switch
Output
Power
Source
Output
Power can’t flow
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On state -> 1
Power
Switch
Output
Power
Source
Output
Power flows to the output
Output
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Computers = bunch of switches
Output
Output
Output
0 0 0 1
Output
Output
Output
1 1 1 0
Output
Output
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Computers
don’t think or infer.
You do.
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You have to
explicitly tell
the computer
what to do
AND how to do it
step-by-step.
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Programming
Secret #4
Learning
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This profession
demands
continuous learning
and proficiency building.
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Your Take-aways
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Programming is easy
when you master…
• Fundamentals
• Problem Solving
• Programmatic Thought
• Learning
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You can build anything
from scratch in code.
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I’m Tonya
@hellofromTonya
hellofromtonya.com
UpTechLabs.io
@UpTechLabs
@KnowTheCodePro
KnowTheCode.io
I teach at…