Computer Programming
Lec 1:
Introductory Lecture
By:
Dr. Abdallah M A Saad
Agenda
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What is programming?
Why is it important for you to study programming?
Course Info.
Contact.
Course syllabus.
How the computer program executes?
How to design a program?
Let’s Play a game !!!
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Agenda
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What is programming?
Why is it important for you to study programming?
Course Info.
Contact.
Course syllabus.
How the computer program executes?
How to design a program?
Let’s Play a game !!!
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What is programming?
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To program is to tell the machine what to do.
The instructions given to that machine follows a
language.
That language could be:
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Machine languages.
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Assembly languages.
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High level languages.
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What is programming?
Machine languages.
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Machine dependent.
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Error prone.
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Hard to be understand.
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Slow to develop.
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Think in terms of machine rather than in terms of problem.
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What is programming?
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Assembly languages.
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English like language.
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Converted to machine .
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language using Assembler.
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What is programming?
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High level languages.
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Easy to understand.
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Easy to learn.
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Compilers convert
it to machine language.
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Agenda
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What is programming?
Why is it important for you to study programming?
Course Info.
Contact.
Course syllabus.
How the computer program executes?
How to design a program?
Let’s Play a game !!!
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Why is it important for you to study programming?
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Why is it important for you to study programming?
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Why is it important for you to study programming?
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Agenda
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What is programming?
Why is it important for you to study programming?
Course Info.
Contact.
Course syllabus.
How the computer program executes?
How to design a program?
Let’s Play a game !!!
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Course Info
Grading
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Two projects ~ (5 + 10) Points
In lab activity ~ (15) Points
Midterm exam ~ (30) Points
Final exam ~ (90) Points
Textbook
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Name: C How to Program
Edition: 8th
Authors: Paul Deitel and Harvey Deitel.
Class Hours are from 10:30 to 12:15 at room SB2-15
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Agenda
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What is programming?
Why is it important for you to study programming?
Course Info.
Contact.
Course syllabus.
How the computer program executes?
How to design a program?
Let’s Play a game !!!
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Course requirements
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My e-mail: abdallah.mohamed@feng.bu.edu.eg
To follow the course:
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Open Microsoft Teams app;
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Sign-in with your university edu mail;
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Press on “Join or create a team” icon;
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In the “Join a team with a code” Enter the following
code:
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uac53b3
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Agenda
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What is programming?
Why is it important for you to study programming?
Course Info.
Contact.
Course syllabus.
How the computer program executes?
How to design a program?
Let’s Play a game !!!
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Course syllabus
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Introduction to programming.
Simple C program.
Control the program flow.
Functions.
Arrays.
Pointers.
Strings.
* I/O Formats.
C Structures.
Dealing with files.
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Agenda
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What is programming?
Why is it important for you to study programming?
Course Info.
Contact.
Course syllabus.
How the computer program executes?
How to design a program?
Let’s Play a game !!!
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How the computer program executes?
.c
Compiler
2. Binary Code
.obj
Memory
3. Instructions
& Data
5. Write back
1. Source Code
Registers
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4. Temp data
CPU
How the computer program executes?
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Agenda
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What is programming?
Why is it important for you to study programming?
Course Info.
Contact.
Course syllabus.
How the computer program executes?
How to design a program?
Let’s Play a game !!!
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How to design a program?
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Define the problem.
Analyse the problem.
Develop an algorithm.
Write the computer program.
Test and debug.
Document the program.
Maintain the program.
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Agenda
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What is programming?
Why is it important for you to study programming?
Course Info.
Contact.
Course syllabus.
How the computer program executes?
How to design a program?
Let’s Play a game !!!
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How to design a program?
Write a simple program to catch the treasure in the room
fast with the least amount of steps, using only two
instructions; turn right, one step forward.
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Many thanks for
your kind listening