Student Prerequisites

To take this class, students are expected to be able to:

• open a terminal window
• edit text files
• download and install software
• understand basic programming concepts
  • bits,bytes
  • variables
  • data types
    (integer, float, boolean, string, array, ...)
  • functions
  • classes, objects, methods
  • loops
  • comparisons
    (equal, greater than, less than, ...)
  • if...then...else
  • files
  • input/output
  • scope
  • compiler vs interpreter

Note: If this is an introduction to programming class, the prerequisites will be part of the class.