Intro to Programming Course Outline

We'll be using Chris Pine's Book. Learn to Program https://pine.fm/LearnToProgram

Class 1

###Intro to Programming

• You probably wont break anything
• command line and install
• chapter 1! numbers
• chapter 2! letters
• Homework
• Practice what we learned about the command line
• To do all of the following from there:
• Teach yourself mkdir - create your own folder called "..."
• Do 1.5 questions in Chris Pine's book <- this needs to be more to include letters.
• Come hang with us on Saturday. We meet at the Bun Shop from 10-12.

Class 2

• Review the homework
• More review of the command line.
• Creating an rb file and running script
• Strings (letters) and Variables and Assignment. Up to section 5.3. We'll stop at Methods.
• Getting and reading error messages.
• Homework
  • Create a Git Hub account
  • Do the letters 2.5 homework in a file and run it from the command line

Class 3

• More review of the command line
• Explain git
• Methods
• 10-15 min work time. To do the problems in 5.6!! YAY you're programming!
• run the program as you're building it to test.
• Set up github account and push. Check out some rad repos that already exist ...
  • add examples
  • odin?
  • our pages?
• Skip toc exercise.
• Git!
• Homework
  • Angry boss - HAVE FUN WITH IT!
  • make 3 commits
  • try and push them to github

##Class 4

• Chapters 7 and 8 including arrays and iterators!
• Resources - what's next -
• hack nights
• ruby monk
• Keep reading this book (warning .. but come on Satruday or to hack night)

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