CS0004: Introduction to Programming Introduction to Programming

What is a Programming Language?  At the lowest level we have Machine Language.

What is a Programming Language?  At the lowest level we have Machine Language.  Machine Language is a system of instructions and data executed directly by a computer's central processing unit.

What is a Programming Language?  At the lowest level we have Machine Language.  Machine Language is a system of instructions and data executed directly by a computer's central processing unit.  What we will be using is a Higher-Level Language

What is a Programming Language?  At the lowest level we have Machine Language.  Machine Language is a system of instructions and data executed directly by a computer's central processing unit.  What we will be using is a Higher-Level Language  Higher-Level Languages consists of instruction that people can understand.

What is a Programming Language?  At the lowest level we have Machine Language.  Machine Language is a system of instructions and data executed directly by a computer's central processing unit.  What we will be using is a Higher-Level Language  Higher-Level Languages consists of instruction that people can understand.  Examples of Higher-Level Languages:  C  C++  Java  Python  Visual Basic

Visual Basic  Visual Basic – a third generation event-driven and integrated development environment from Microsoft.

Visual Basic  Visual Basic – a third generation event-driven and integrated development environment from Microsoft.  Third generation programming languages were created in the 1950s and are arguably the most popular kind of programming languages. They were created to be much more programmer- friendly than the previous generation.

Visual Basic  Visual Basic – a third generation event-driven and integrated development environment from Microsoft.  Third generation programming languages were created in the 1950s and are arguably the most popular kind of programming languages. They were created to be much more programmer- friendly than the previous generation.  Event-driven programming is a paradigm in which the flow of programs are determined by events  User Actions  Messages from Other Programs

Visual Basic  Visual Basic – a third generation event-driven and integrated development environment from Microsoft.  Third generation programming languages were created in the 1950s and are arguably the most popular kind of programming languages. They were created to be much more programmer- friendly than the previous generation.  Event-driven programming is a paradigm in which the flow of programs are determined by events  User Actions  Messages from Other Programs  Integrated Development Environment (IDE) is a software application that provides comprehensive facilities to computer programmers for software development.

So how do we get from VB to a Running Program?  First, write program.

So how do we get from VB to a Running Program?  First, write program.  A program is a collection of instructions.

So how do we get from VB to a Running Program?  First, write program.  A program is a collection of instructions.  Then, we use a compiler.

So how do we get from VB to a Running Program?  First, write program.  A program is a collection of instructions.  Then, we use a compiler.  A compiler is a computer program that translates high-level language such as VB in Machine Language.

So how do we get from VB to a Running Program?  First, write program.  A program is a collection of instructions.  Then, we use a compiler.  A compiler is a computer program that translates high-level language such as VB in Machine Language.  The VB compiler also detects certain types of errors during the translation process.

So how do we get from VB to a Running Program?  First, write program.  A program is a collection of instructions.  Then, we use a compiler.  A compiler is a computer program that translates high-level language such as VB in Machine Language.  The VB compiler also detects certain types of errors during the translation process.  Finally, we can run the program.

So how do we get from VB to a Running Program?  First, write program.  A program is a collection of instructions.  Then, we use a compiler.  A compiler is a computer program that translates high-level language such as VB in Machine Language.  The VB compiler also detects certain types of errors during the translation process.  Finally, we can run the program.  Executing the instructions given in the instructions is called running the program.