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Understanding The Concepts of Programming

Many of the ideas in computer programming are common to most programming languages.

These ideas, or concepts, are explained one concept at a time, in a way that is easy to understand.

What Are These Pages About?

To understand programming, we need to understand the basic underlying concepts.

The following pages explain the basic programming concepts, using code examples, images, and animations.


Who Is This For?

These pages are for anyone who wants a clear explanation of one or more programming concepts.

Whether you're a total beginner or someone who needs to revisit a programming concept, these pages will help you understand how code works at a fundamental level.

Looking through the code examples, you can see for yourself that the concepts are the same in all programming languages, they are just written a little differently.

The next page explains how to get started with programming.



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