CHAPTER 1
Programming Concepts
In this chapter, you will learn
- The general concept of programming
- Different components of programming
- Major programming paradigms
- The object-oriented paradigm and how it is used in Java
What Is Programming?
The term “programming” is used in many contexts. We will discuss its meaning in the context of human-to-computer interaction. In the simplest terms, programming is the way of writing a sequence of instructions to tell a computer to perform a specific task. The sequence of instructions for a computer is known as a program. A set of well-defined notations is used to write a program. The set of notations used ...
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