Classbaze

Disclosure: when you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Introduction to Programming

This course if for early beginners who would like to develop and understanding of the base concepts in programming, in English. There will not be a lot of pr...
4.0
☆☆☆☆☆ 4.0/5
(1 reviews)
34 students
Created by
Melissa Hallock

7.6

Classbaze Grade®

5.4

Freshness

7.9

Popularity

9.0

Material

Detailed Analysis »

This course if for early beginners who would like to develop and understanding of the base concepts in programming
Go to course »
Platform: Skillshare
Price: check current price
Video: 2h 29m
Language: English
Next start: On Demand

Best Game Design classes:

Skillshare_logo_2020
Best Game Design classes on Skillshare »
Coursera Logo
Best Game Design classes on Coursera »
Pluralsight Logo
BestGame Design classes on PluralSight »
Udemy logo
Best Game Design classes on Udemy »
linkedin
Best Game Design classes on LinkedIn (Free trial) »

Classbaze Rating

Classbaze Grade®

7.6 / 10

CourseMarks Score® helps students to find the best classes. We aggregate 18 factors, including freshness, student feedback and content diversity.

Freshness

5.4 / 10
This course was last updated on 2/2018.

Course content can become outdated quite quickly. After analysing 71,530 courses, we found that the highest rated courses are updated every year. If a course has not been updated for more than 2 years, you should carefully evaluate the course before enrolling.

Popularity

7.9 / 10
We analyzed factors such as the rating (4.0/5) and the ratio between the number of reviews and the number of students, which is a great signal of student commitment.

New courses are hard to evaluate because there are no or just a few student ratings, but Student Feedback Score helps you find great courses even with fewer reviews.

Material

9.0 / 10
Video Score: 7.9 / 10
The course includes 2h 29m video content. Courses with more videos usually have a higher average rating. We have found that the sweet spot is 16 hours of video, which is long enough to teach a topic comprehensively, but not overwhelming. Courses over 16 hours of video gets the maximum score.
The average video length is 7 hours 37 minutes of 109 Game Design courses on Skillshare.
Detail Score: 9.1 / 10

The top online course contains a detailed description of the course, what you will learn and also a detailed description about the instructor.

Extra Content Score: 10.0 / 10

Tests, exercises, articles and other resources help students to better understand and deepen their understanding of the topic.

This course contains:

0 article.
0 resource.
0 exercise.
0 tests or quizzes.

In this page

About this course

  The course will teach you this
  What you need to START the course
  Who can start this course?
General questions
  Coupons & Discounts
  Guarantees & money back
  Financial aid
Teacher
Classbaze hand picked recommendations

About the course

This course if for early beginners who would like to develop and understanding of the base concepts in programming, in English. There will not be a lot of programming in this course, as it only covers the base concepts that should be learned before you start programming. If you ever wanted to get started in learning programming, in very simple terms,or tried a course and failed, this course is for you! However, if you have experience, this course may go a little too slow for you. In this course the topics covered will give a good base knowledge to begin to program in any language. We will learn so many concepts, beginning with programming logic. Learning will take place in short lectures, hands on practice, and practice quizzes. At the end of the course, you will be ready to start learning any programming language.

What can you learn from this course?

A college wants you to write a program for them that will calculate the average number of wins for their football team over the past five years.  The user of the program should be able to enter the number of wins each year.  The program will calculate the average number of wins during that five year period and display that information to the screen. The Algorithm with the steps in this program is below, as well as the pseudocode. Have fun!

 

Algorithm

 

  1. Get the number of wins for year 1.
  2. Get the number of wins for year 2.
  3. Get the number of wins for year 3.
  4. Get the number of wins for year 4.
  5. Get the number of wins for year 5.
  6. Add up wins for all years and divide by total number of years.
  7. Display the calculated information in Step 6.

 

Pseudocode

 

  1. //This program will calculate the average number of wins over the past
  2. //five years for a football team.

 

  1. //Declare variables
  2. Declare Real year1
  3. Declare Real year2
  4. Declare Real year3
  5. Declare Real year4
  6. Declare Real year5
  7. Declare Real yearlyAverage

 

  1. //Ask for user input
  2. Display “Enter number of wins for year 1. “
  3. Input year1
  4. Display “Enter number of wins for year 2. “
  5. Input year2
  6. Display “Enter number of wins for year 3. “
  7. Input year3
  8. Display “Enter number of wins for year 4. “
  9. Input year4
  10. Display “Enter number of wins for year 5. “
  11. Input year5

 

  1. //Calculates the average
  2. Set yearlyAverage = (year1 + year2 + year3 + year4 + year5) / 5

 

  1. //Display requested information
  2. Display “The average number of wins each year over the last five years is “, yearlyAverage

What you need to start the course?

There is no prerequisite, anyone can begin this course.. This course is also great for beginners without any Game Design knowledge.

Who is this course is made for?

This course is suitable for beginners.

Are there coupons or discounts for Introduction to Programming ? What is the current price?

You can enrol in this course with a Skillshare subscription that costs $8/month, but you start with a FREE 7-day trial. You can also enrol in thousands of courses on a variety of topics with your subscription, including several Game Design courses.
The average price is $17.0 of 109 Game Design courses. So this course is -100% more expensive than the average Game Design course on Skillshare.

Will I be refunded if I'm not satisfied with the Introduction to Programming course?

There is no money-back guarantee with Skillshare, but you can start with a free one-week trial to learn without risk. With the subscription, you can download classes to your tablet or phone using the Skillshare app.

Are there any financial aid for this course?

At the moment we couldn't find any available scholarship forIntroduction to Programming, but you can access more than 30 thousand classes for $8/month on Skillshare, including this one!

Who will teach this course? Can I trust Melissa Hallock?

Melissa Hallock has created 4 courses that got 49 reviews which are generally positive. Melissa Hallock has taught 134 students and received a 4.0 average review out of 49 reviews. Depending on the information available, we think that Melissa Hallock is an instructor that you can trust.

Learn everything about

Melissa Hallock

Technology Instructor
Technology Instructor
Browse all courses by on Classbaze.
Melissa Hallock's full profile and courses »
Go to class »

7.6

Classbaze Grade®

5.4

Freshness

7.9

Popularity

9.0

Material

Detailed Analysis »

This course if for early beginners who would like to develop and understanding of the base concepts in programming
Go to course »
Platform: Skillshare
Price: check current price
Video: 2h 29m
Language: English
Next start: On Demand

Classbaze recommendations for you

The essential course for creating stunning pixel art graphics for video-games or stylish illustrations and designs

Pixel art for Video games

The essential course for creating stunning pixel art graphics for video-games or stylish illustrations and designs
4.5
★★★★★ 4.5/5
21,091 students

Other courses by ​Melissa Hallock

Go to class »