C++ Basics: Selection and Iteration
Overview
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Code and run your first C++ program in minutes without installing anything!
This course is designed for learners with no coding experience, providing a solid foundation of not just C++, but core Computer Science topics that can be transferred to other languages. The modules in this course cover printing, operators, iteration (i.e., loops), and selection (i.e., conditionals).
To allow for a truly hands-on, self-paced learning experience, this course is video-free. Assignments contain short explanations with images and runnable code examples with suggested edits to explore code examples further, building a deeper understanding by doing. You'll benefit from instant feedback from a variety of assessment items along the way, gently progressing from quick understanding checks (multiple choice, fill in the blank, and un-scrambling code blocks) to small, approachable coding exercises that take minutes instead of hours.
This course is designed for learners with no coding experience, providing a solid foundation of not just C++, but core Computer Science topics that can be transferred to other languages. The modules in this course cover printing, operators, iteration (i.e., loops), and selection (i.e., conditionals).
To allow for a truly hands-on, self-paced learning experience, this course is video-free. Assignments contain short explanations with images and runnable code examples with suggested edits to explore code examples further, building a deeper understanding by doing. You'll benefit from instant feedback from a variety of assessment items along the way, gently progressing from quick understanding checks (multiple choice, fill in the blank, and un-scrambling code blocks) to small, approachable coding exercises that take minutes instead of hours.
Syllabus
- Basic Skills - Writing your first program!
- Get started by coding and running your first program in minutes! Learn about the different types of data and how to store it in variables.
- Operators
- Use arithmetic operators (+, -, *, /, and %) and boolean operators (and, or, not) to manipulate data stored in variables.
- Conditionals
- Program decisions using conditionals so your program can produce different output based on data.
- Loops
- Use different types of loops to repeat sections of your program without copying-and-pasting the same lines over-and-over again.
Taught by
Anh Le and Elise Deitrick
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