Learning
Computer Programming
Why learning computer programming is so relevant
today?
Many of
today’s companies, businesses, and organizations
depend largely on computers and software. That's why computer programming
is quite relevant and useful these days.
Nearly all of our business and
organizational processes, from accounting to auditing, editing to
writing, and
communications to organizing, all work best with the help of
computers.
There are many
different programs that are associated with all these
processes, and they deal with helping computer users make spreadsheets,
check for grammatical or spelling errors in a document, and organize a
personal
schedule. These computer programs are made by, and are constantly
updated by
computer programmers.
The process of
computer programming isn't easy.
It starts with developing a concept or goal to achieve. Here, computer
programmers will often work
with marketers or even sociologists or psychologists.
Together, this
team, along with many other members, will determine what computer
programs a
market might need in order to function better, whether in the workplace
or at
home. The program’s features are developed, with the psychologists or
market
experts making suggestions, and computer programmers looking at the
feasibility
of these suggestions.
Once the program’s
features have been determined, it’s
time for the programmers to go to work. They will then start writing
the software itself. This is done through the process of coding, where
the programmer
types in his or her special language, with the aim of giving rise to a
program
that will function in the way that it is desired. There are many different
computer programming languages
that are available, and all of them have their own
special features, It's also common for programmers to
be well
versed in several computer languages. This can make their work easier,
because a computer
software needs to be learned in enough depth to write it out
and
identify errors later. Once the program has been written out,
it has to be
tested. This can be done, at the first level, by the computer
programmer: the
programmer will test the code on different operating systems,
with different
microprocessor speeds, and then, eventually, with beta users. In the
past,
software companies didn't immediately release their software unless it
was
completely free from
errors.
Today, due to
complexity of systems, many errors might not be
identified early on, so beta versions are released, often with
the request that
users report any bugs so that they can be immediately fixed.
Once testing has
revealed different kinds of
code errors, the programmers can then debug the program or
troubleshoot these errors.
The errors will often arise from coding errors, and the computer
programmer
will often go back to the code and make the necessary corrections. If
there are
no coding errors and the program is still not functioning properly,
then maybe it's due to logical
errors, so the
programmer may have to modify the code or rewrite the program
altogether.
A computer programmer
is also in charge of updating a
program and making sure that it fits a growing market's needs. In this
case,
the programmer may have to check back with the marketing team
and the
social psychologist in order to find out if there are new things that
the
market might be interested in. Better yet, the computer programmer
caask for
suggestions from the market itself in order for the program to function
better.
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