Break Into The Programming Business

The world of programming for entrepreneurs and startups

What you'll learn
Discover the world of modern programming, quickly and simply
Learn about the technologies, master the jargon
Understand object orientation – and why it’s important
Learn about interactive web development
Find out about the huge range of programming languages – from C# to Java, Objective-C to Ruby
Just sit back and watch the videos. No coding required!
Requirements
Description
Make programming your business. Even if you’ve never programmed before, this course will explain to you the Business of Software, how computer programs work, how computer programmers think, how to start a computer programming business. You won’t have to do any hands-on coding, but all the essential features of the modern programming world will be explained simply and clearly.Need to manage a tech project or recruit a programming team but you are baffled by the terminology? This course explains everything you need to know to talk to programmers on their own terms.It will explain the differences between compilers and interpreters, procedural languages and object orientation, machine code and bytecode. If you are an entrepreneur, it will help you focus on the technologies you need; if you are recruiting a team, it will give you advice on finding the right people; if you already have some programming experience, it will help you to discover new languages and new programming platforms.The course is taught byHuw Collingbourne, Director of Technology with SapphireSteel Software (makers ofAmethystandSapphireprogramming environments for the Ruby and ActionScript languages). Huw has been a programmer for over 30 years, he has written programming columns for numerous computer magazines such asPC Plus, PC ProandComputer Shopper. He is author of ‘The Book Of Ruby’ from NoStarch Press and ‘The ActionScript Programming Bible’ from Software Press. This course will help you to break into business of software: on the Web, on mobile devices. On desktop computers; on PCs, Macs and ‘cross-platform’. So join up and get to know how to start a computer programming business….

Overview

Section 1: Introduction to Programming

Lecture 1 How to make programming your business…

Lecture 2 A Brief Introduction To This Course…

Section 2: Programming Fundamentals

Lecture 3 The Language Of Programming

Lecture 4 Elements Of A Computer Program

Lecture 5 Procedural And Object Oriented Languages

Section 3: The World Of Programming

Lecture 6 Programming Platforms

Lecture 7 Web Programming

Lecture 8 Dynamic Web Sites

Lecture 9 Editors and IDEs

Section 4: The Business of Programming

Lecture 10 Programming Languages Overview

Lecture 11 Choose a language (to learn)

Lecture 12 Choose a language (for your project) and hire programmers

Section 5: Bonus Lectures

Lecture 13 What’s in the Bonus Section?

Lecture 14 Ruby - the basics of object orientation

Lecture 15 C# - visual development on Windows

Lecture 16 Lazarus and Free Pascal - cross-platform compilation

Section 6: Going Further

Lecture 17 Resources

Lecture 18 Glossary

Lecture 19 And finally…