Approach To Coding

Index

Overview
Housekeeping
Creativity

How you approach coding is important.

On one side of coding is the "housekeeping". Not the most exciting, but the most important.

What we mean by housekeeping is making sure such things as file organization and naming is correct.

Instructions To Computer

Coding is giving "instructions" to the computer.

Instructions:

1: draw
2: move
3: change color to orange
4: flash

Instructions To Coder

Similarly as coders, we also receive instructions.

And we need to follow them carefully

Instructions:

1: Put all code files in a directory named "Foo"
2: Create Java filename "Wow.java"

In this example, the program expected directory "Foo", but instead the directory had another name.

The program crashes!

C:\
    \---Work
           \---MyDir (should be "Foo")

Crash 2 (picky)

Programming languages are generally "picky".

Even a the lowercase "foo" can cause a crash if uppercase "Foo" is expected.

The program crashes!

C:\
    \---Work
           \---foo (should be "Foo")

Note: A trick of the trade is to read the coding instructions slowly and carefully.

In contrast to "housekeeping", another part of coding is creativity. We tap into our creativity in computer science.

We need to be creative to solve challenging problems. We'll learn that as we go.

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