List of basic computer programming topics

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Computer programming is a subfield of computer science.

This is not a list of topics about the BASIC programming language. The following list of topics is provided as an overview of and introduction to computer programming:

Contents 1 Essence of computer programming 2 History of computer programming 3 Computing 4 Computer software 5 Programming 5.1 Types of programming 5.2 Components of a computer program 5.3 Example 6 Programming languages 6.1 Specific programming languages 7 Software engineering 8 Computer programming scholars 9 Leaders in computer programming 10 Computer programming lists 11 See also 12 External links

[edit] Essence of computer programming

Main article: Computer programming

Computer

Computer software

Programmer

[edit] History of computer programming

Main articles: History of programming languages and Programming language timeline

• History of computer science
• History of computing hardware – up to third generation (1960s)
• History of computing hardware (1960s-present) – third generation and later
• Operating systems timeline
• History of the graphical user interface
• History of the Internet

[edit] Computing

Main article: Computing

Command Computer Personal computer Computer hardware Computer language

Computer program (also called "software" or "computer software") Computer science Computer software Computer system Data

Human error Personal computer Server Software - see computer program and computer software Software suite

[edit] Computer software

Main article: Computer software

Application software Database management system (see also database) Text editors

Programming software Assembler Compiler Debugger Integrated development environment (IDE) Interpreter Linker Programming tool Source code editor Text editor

System software

[edit] Programming

Main articles: Computer programming and Programming language

Programming language

Programming paradigm

Programming style

[edit] Types of programming

Compiler optimization Concurrent programming Declarative programming

Event-driven programming Functional programming Imperative programming

Literate programming Object-oriented programming Parsing

[edit] Components of a computer program

Main articles: Computer program and Source code

• Application programming interface (API)
• Instruction

[edit] Example

• Hello world program, examples of a simple program in many different programming languages

[edit] Programming languages

Main article: Programming language

Comparison of programming languages Compiled language

Formal semantics of programming languages Interpreted language

Programming language dialect Programming language theory

[edit] Specific programming languages

Main article: Alphabetical list of programming languages

The ten most widely used languages:

C C++ C# Java

JavaScript Object Pascal Perl PHP

Python Scala Visual Basic Lisp

[edit] Software engineering

Main article: Software engineering

List of software engineering topics Implementation Execution Software development process

Software architecture Software reliability Software quality Software testing

Software maintenance Software optimization Software brittleness

[edit] Computer programming scholars

[edit] Leaders in computer programming

[edit] Computer programming lists

Main article: List of computer programming topics

[edit] See also

• List of basic computer science topics
• List of basic software engineering topics

[edit] External links

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• 1999 article on software programmer demographics
• Visual Charts showing major components involved in computer programming

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