Beginning Ballerina Programming: From Novice to Professional

© Anjana Fernando and Lakmal Warusawithana 2020

A. Fernando, L. WarusawithanaBeginning Ballerina Programminghttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5139-3_2

2. Programming Basics

Anjana Fernando¹  and Lakmal Warusawithana²

(1)

Mountain View, CA, USA

(2)

Mountain View, USA

 

In this chapter, you will learn the basics of programming, such as how to use simple data types and variables, how to implement flow control, and how to organize and reuse logic by writing your own functions.

Types and Variables

Variables are simply locations in memory with a given name. This gives you a chance to store something in memory to be later used or modified in your program. Every variable has a type associated with it that defines the values that can be stored in the variable. ...