Coding Basics: Telling Computers What to Do

$24 8 lessons

By the end, you'll be able to think like a programmer, read and write simple code using free beginner tools, and know which coding languages are used for what.

What's in this course

  1. 1 What is code?Instructions a computer can follow exactly.
  2. 2 Step by step thinkingAlgorithms, breaking big problems into small ones, and putting steps in the right order.
  3. 3 Repeating things with loopsWhy computers are so good at doing the same thing many times.
  4. 4 Making decisions with if and elseHow programs choose what to do next.
  5. 5 Keeping track with variablesLabelled boxes that hold information, like a score in a game.
  6. 6 Your first real projectPut it all together in a free block coding tool.
  7. Coding languages
  8. 7 What is a coding language?Why there are so many, and the same small program written in blocks, Python and JavaScript.
  9. 8 Which language does what?A friendly tour of the languages behind websites, apps and games, and how to choose a first one.