What is Computer Programming, Anyway

Computer programming is one of the most popular subdivisions of computer science. It is very popular amongst teenagers as well, but it will interest you to know that the majority of young ones who hit success in this field started learning at a very young age, between ages 6-14. But before we dive fully into this course, let’s quickly explain what programming is and is not.

Computer Programming: This is the process of writing an algorithm of instruction that tells a computer system how to approach and work on a task. This is achieved using a set of programming languages.

Examples of Programming languages

1. HTML
2. CSS
3. PHP
4. PYTHON
5. JAVA
6. JAVASCRIPT
7. C++

Programming languages are generally classified into five types, these five types are;

1. Procedural programming languages
2. Functional programming language
3. Object-oriented programming language
4. Logic programming language
5. Scripting programming language

Teaching kids programming languages can seem like a difficult thing to do, especially if you’re not diverse with it. But on the contrary, teaching kids programming languages is a lot of fun, as you can apply fundamental principles of learning in ensuring they understand.

The best way to make this happen is to pack their learning guides with a lot of images because kids hardly ever forget what they see. So, this course will be utilizing a whole lot of graphics and images in it’s teaching.

What Potentials does this field hold for kids?

This is one very important question you’ll like to have answers to. Why should your kids learn programming?

1. Industrial future: this industry is probably the job industry in the world with the most future potentials. It holds a great future, with it being the backbone of artificial intelligence, robotics, data analysis & generation, software development, and a whole lot of other professions and careers. Especially now that the world is becoming more and more futuristic.
2. Income and Revenue: the programming field has made a lot of billionaires in the last couple of decades, the likes of Bill Gates and Elon musk are examples. This field is a diamond field, and the interesting part is that anybody can have some, provided they have what it takes. So, learning programming at a tender age is an added advantage to your kids, as the programming and software development industry pays heavily and has a whole lot of financial benefits to it.
3. Educational Benefits: it can also be very useful to these kids in their educational journey, especially if they find themselves studying courses like mathematics, physics, computer science and the likes in the university. It will give them an edge over their colleagues and help them understand how to try their hands in developing programs at an early stage.

During the runtime of this course, we’ll be teaching you the fundamental and basic approach utilized in an array of programming languages, but like we mentioned earlier, we shall be starting with WordPress, later in the duration of this course, we will touch on HTML, PHP, CSS, JavaScript and more.