The Age of Code

Want to know what programming is all about?

Are you thinking about studying programming?

Have you just started and want an overview of the professional software development industry?

Wherever you look, you’ll see countless electronic devices whose operation is controlled by one or more software applications (programs), made up of hundreds or thousands of lines of code.

Today, software code is everywhere, and everything related to programming makes up an increasingly important sector and industry.

In this book, you’ll learn what programming involves and discover the key aspects of a booming industry, as every part of the economy becomes digitized.

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Here is the book’s chapter list:

• Introduction
• 1. And who am I to talk about all this?
• 2. What is programming?
• 3. Programming languages
• 4. Compiled and interpreted languages
• 5. Development environments or IDEs
• 6. Types of programs
• 7. Frameworks
• 8. Databases
• 9. Algorithms and data structures
• 10. User interfaces
• 11. Putting it all together: how a web application works
• 12. Full-stack developers
• 13. Application Programming Interface (API)
• 14. Software decays
• 15. Refactoring and testing
• 16. Requirements and methodology: agile software
• 17. Working in a team: roles
• 18. Let’s talk about software architecture
• 19. Soft skills
• 20. The cloud
• 21. Products vs. projects
• 22. Open-source and free software
• 23. The software industry today
• 24. Practice, practice, and practice
• 25. What comes next?
• 26. Frequently asked questions