STARTING PROGRAMMING 001: Everything you need to know 2020

Is Programming important?
 Well, you already know the answer. The world literally runs on programming these days. I would have gone on to tell you how programming helped us land on the moon for the first time and how programming runs your phone, laptops, smartwatches, Siri, Apple, Google and so on.
But hey you already know that programming is important so here is what we will do.


- We will look at what programming is and what it is not
-The various concepts that you need to have in mind before programing
-We will look into the fundamentals on which different programming languages are built so that no matter which one you decide to dive into you will still be okay.
- We will look at an overview of different programming languages, what they can do and what they cannot. Hopefully, this will give you a sense of choice to decide which one is right for you, if any.
- We will look at how to think about, talk about and do programming in the most simple and straightforward ways as possible.
- We will familiarize ourselves with the jargons of programming, including but not limited to, Object-Oriented Programming, Objects, Variables, Pseudocode, static typing, bytecode, iterations, compiling, functions, data types, recursions, functions, concatenation, editors, documentations and many more.

Having said (or written) that, let me just say that ultimately, programming is about using codes to solve real-world problems or have fun or change the world and you are the one who determines what programming is to you. It is about doing something with the codes and way of thinking. All the knowledge in the world is useless without actually using the code to make something!
Programming is also, less about the language that you learn at the end of the day, it is more about the WAY THAT YOU THINK.

Yes it comes down to your mind. So learning to program, should be first to transform your mind and the way that you think rather than just being able to use Javascript or Python or whatever language you choose to settle down for.
Once you get the mind of the programmer and master or know the fundamentals to an extent then you are a programmer for life, no matter if the first language you learn goes into extinction in a couple of years to come or not.
Simply put, a programmer is someone that knows how to speak directly to computers to do something that he or she wants the computer to do. I use directly to mean that you need to know how to write the language of the computer not just say something, because if is it about just saying something that will mean that all those who use SIRI or Google voice search are programmers - Nay!

This is an introduction to the concepts of Programming and I am sure that at the end of this series you will be far better equipped to become that great programmer that you have always wished to become.
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Happy Programming 😎