Coding for Writers: Basic Programming

Name: Coding for Writers: Basic Programming
Rating: 4.8 (955 reviews)

Learn to both code and write about code

(955 ratings)

4,859 students

Created by Peter Gruenbaum

Last updated 2/2021

English

What you'll learn

Write simple JavaScript programs
Understand basic programming concepts
Write documentation for functions, constants, and enumerations

Requirements

Love of writing and interest in coding
A modern browser, a text editor (you can use a free one), and a word processor (Word, Google docs, etc.)

Description

Course Description

There aren't many people who can both code and write well, so if you can do both, you will find there many exciting, highly-paid opportunities in the technology industry. This course teaches basic programming to writers so that you can begin to document code.

The course uses JavaScript, but talks about other programming languages as well, including providing a survey of common programming languages. It covers common Computer Science concepts, such as variables, functions, conditionals, loops, etc.

You'll have hands-on exercises in both writing JavaScript code and documenting constants, functions, and enumerations. You'll end with a final project where you build a therapist bot. (It's not as hard as it sounds, although it's really not a very good therapist.)

What Is in This Course?

By the end of the course, you will understand the basics of programming and be able to write simple JavaScript programs. In addition, you will learn how to document constants, functions, and enumerations. In this course you'll find:

2+ hours of videos
17 hands-on exercises to lead you through writing and documenting JavaScript
Multiple choice and code quizzes
PowerPoint presentations as a resource for every video lecture

The course takes approximately 4 hours complete, depending on how fast you are with the exercises.

Who this course is for:

This course is meant for writers who want to learn programming.
No coding knowledge or experience is necessary.

Featured review

Nico A.

7 courses

5 reviews

3 years ago

Good course! I didn't like the gender politics comment the professor unnecessarily included at the beginning of the course... if I want to listen to divisive identity politics, I'll turn on the news. Besides that, I really enjoyed the course and plan on doing his next one if and when he completes it. The only time I got confused in this one was at the very end of the final project when the coding got a little dense and he didn't explain much. But still good.

Peter Gruenbaum

President, SDK Bridge

4.5 Instructor Rating
21,459 Reviews
75,600 Students
6 Courses

Peter founded SDK Bridge to bring together his love of technology and writing. After 10 years as a software developer, he learned the skill of API writing at Microsoft. Since then, he has worked as an API writer to describe APIs for eCommerce, automobile traffic prediction, electric utilities, mobile phones, and tractors, just to name a few. In addition to API and SDK documentation, he creates video tutorials for software developer audiences. Peter received his BA in Physics from the University of Chicago and his PhD in Applied Physics from Stanford University.