CS 101 Exploring Computer Coding

Programming fosters creativity, reasoning, and problem solving. The programmer gets the opportuinty to create something from nothing, use logic to turn programming contructs into a form that a computer can run, and, when things don’t work quite as well as planned, use problem solving to figure out what has gone wrong. Programming is fun and the skills learned from it can be useful both in school and at work, even if your career has nothing to do with computers. The non-credit camp will introduce you to the most widely commercial programing language used for gaming, C++. In this week long camp we will go over the basics of the language, giving you a good foundational understanding of the programming language syntax, the machine it’s running on, and how to effectively create an application. We will walk step by step through the concepts and skills needed to start yourself on the path to becoming an independent game developer. There are also programming puzzles at the end of most chapters for you to try, which will help improve your programming skills.