Outline of computer programming

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to computer programming:

Computer programming – process of designing, writing, testing, debugging, and maintaining the source code of computer programs, which is written in one or more programming languages.

Contents 1 Essence of computer programming 2 History 3 Computing 4 Computer software 5 Programming 5.1 Types of programming 5.2 Components of a computer program 5.3 Example 6 Programming languages 6.1 Specific programming languages 6.1.1 Most widely used languages 7 Software engineering 8 See also 9 References 10 External links

Essence of computer programming

• Computer
• Computer software
• Programmer

History

• History of computer science
• History of computing hardware – up to third generation (1960s)
• History of computing hardware (1960s-present) – third generation and later
• Operating systems timeline
• History of the graphical user interface
• History of the Internet

Computing

Computing

• Command
• Computer
  • Personal computer
• Computer hardware
• Computer language
• Computer program (also called "software" or "computer software")
• Computer science
• Computer software
• Computer system (includes both the computer software and hardware)
• Data (means the unit of information)
• Human error (the computer does not grow weary unlike human beings)
• Personal computer
• Server (or a terminal)
• Software - see computer program and computer software (instructions fed to the computer to accomplish a desired goal)
• Software suite

Computer software

Computer software

• Application software
  • Database management system (see also database)
  • Text editor
• Programming software
  • Assembler
  • Compiler
  • Debugger
  • Integrated development environment (IDE)
  • Interpreter
  • Linker
  • Programming tool
  • Source code editor
  • Text editor
• System software

Programming

Computer programming

• Application programming interface (API)
• Compiler
• Computer program
• Instruction
• Programmer
• Programming language
• Programming paradigm
• Programming style
• Source code

Types of programming

• Compiler optimization
• Concurrent programming
• Declarative programming
• Event-driven programming
• Functional programming
• Imperative programming
• Literate programming
• Object-oriented programming
• Parsing
• Relativistic programming

Components of a computer program

• Application programming interface (API)
• Instruction

Example

• Hello world program, examples of a simple program in many different programming languages

Programming languages

Programming language –

• Comparison of programming languages
• Compiled language
• Formal semantics of programming languages
• Interpreted language
• Programming language dialect
• Programming language theory

Specific programming languages

• Ada
• ALGOL
• BASIC
• Brainfuck
• C
  • C++
  • C#
• COBOL
• ColdFusion
• D
• ECMAScript
  • ActionScript
  • InScript
  • JavaScript
  • JScript
  • QML
  • QtScript
• Eiffel
• Erlang
• Forth
• Fortran
• Java
• Haskell
• Lisp
  • Scheme
• Mathematica
• Objective-C
• Objective Caml
• Object Pascal
• Pascal
  • Delphi
• Perl
• PHP
• Python
• Ruby
• Scala
• Smalltalk
  • Self
• Visual Basic .NET

Most widely used languages

The 12 most widely used languages:^[1]

• C
• Java
• C++
• PHP
• Visual Basic
• C#
• Python
• Perl
• JavaScript
• Embarcadero Delphi
• Objective-C
• Ruby

Software engineering

Software engineering –

• Implementation
• Execution
• Software development process
  • Software development methodology
    • Agile software development
      • Extreme programming
• Software architecture
• Software reliability
• Software quality
• Software testing
• Software maintenance
• Software optimization
• Software brittleness

See also

• Outline of computer science

References

External links

• Programming Wikia
• How to Think Like a Computer Scientist - by Jeffrey Elkner, Allen B. Downey and Chris Meyers

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