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DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME 2020

INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAMMING

Anuradha Mudalige
Department of Electrical and Information Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka
What is programming?
•Can computers think ?
•Can computers do things themselves?
What is programming?

•Programming is the art of telling the


computer to do things !
•What do computers understand ?

Computer can understand electrical signals only !


• ON → 1
• OFF → 0
How to tell the computer to do things
? (how to programme a computer ?)
• Machine Language Vs High Level Languages
High- Level Languages
•C
• C++
• Java
• Visual Basic
• Perl,
• Python
• ---
• ---------
A Layered View of the Computer
Application Programs
Word-Processors, Spreadsheets,
Database Software, IDEs,
etc…
System Software
Compilers, Interpreters,Preprocessors, etc.
Operating System, Device Drivers
Machine with all its hardware
Why we should learn programming ?
• Programming is a basic literacy. Programming can be
very interesting and rewarding, as a hobby or a
profession.
• It’s a way to create change. Software can change our
lives. ( Facebook, google search, gmail, google maps,
Microsoft office, Android)
• Maybe you can’t find a program that does exactly what
you want or need it to do, so you want to write your
own.
• You have an idea for then next big tech innovation?
Great. Can you bring it to life?
• Programming isn’t that hard to learn !!!
• Developed by Guido van Rossum at the National
Research Institute for Mathematics and
Computer Science in the Netherlands.
• Easy to learn
• Open source → free !
• Python is not a “toy” …. Even programmers at
NASA and Google also use Python !!!

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