Monday June 29
10 AM Lecture: Philip Klein will talk about
computer science, and what it means to program.
- What is computer programming? When you think of comp sci, you think of
people sitting in front of a computer programming it to do what you want
it to do. But what does that involve? How do you explain to a computer
exactly what you want to do?
Programming Concepts
- We will introduce the concepts behind programming in JavaScript, first by
talking about the role of variables and how they can be used.
- What are variables?
- How do we use variables in JavaScript?
- What are the different types of variables, and what different types of
values can they hold?
- We will also talk about the use of arithmetic in programming.
- Finally, we will begin to teach the basic syntax of JavaScript.
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