9 Pre Requirement for Learning Programming

In the current situation learning programming or coding is a way to organize our life. because programming is used in all areas like banking, health sector, retail sector, production, management, etc. but before you start learning programming language you must need to learn some basic terms and concepts that will help you to learn it fast and in a proper manner.

The thing needs to learn before learning programming

1. Basics of computer
2. Key Names
3. Keyboard short keys
4. compiler/interpreter
5. what is programming
6. Number system
7. Memory Management
8. Excel/word
9. Typing

Basic of computer

I have seen many peoples who even don’t know how to switch off or on a computer or device but they are using it. so before learning to program, you must have basic knowledge of computers. like the components of computers and how they work. internal memory work and their versions and what is an operating system and how to install them and the specifications of each platform etc. These things will give you the core knowledge and a backbone to stand alone among others.

Key Names

the second most important thing is to learn about the different keys that are present on the keyboard. because when you go into the programming field you need to know what the semicolon looks like and how to print the semicolon and colon. if you don’t know which symbol is for color and which is for semicolon then you may be willing to waste more time than others. and saving time is a habit of a programmer.

Keyboard short keys

Everybody knows how to copy and paste something using short keys and how to select all. but there are some other short keys that are used so many times in a day by a programmer. and nobody is going to tell you these small and important things. and these things are time-saving for any person using a system. so learn the important short keys that can save your time and improve your work presence.

Compiler/Interpreter

Compiler and interpreter are used to generate machine codes and both are used for compiling a program. so you need to learn about what is compilers and interpreters and how they work and why we used compilers and interpreters. just learn the basics about compilers and interpreters don’t go into deep because it is a complicated subject that you will understand when you will have some knowledge of programming and number systems.

What is programming?

Before we learn anything we need to know what is that thing. because we just can’t make our minds learn anything without even knowing about that thing. so learn about what is a programming language and why and where we use programming languages. finding the answer to this question will give you a better idea is whether programming is for you or not or whether you have an interest in learning programming or not. you need to find the answer to that question. because it will be a waste of time if you have not any interest in learning anything but you are forced to learn that thing.

Number system

Number systems also play an important role in computer systems and even in programming languages. we need to understand the different number systems like octal, decimal, binary, hexadecimal, etc and also need to learn about how to convert one form into another form. As we know the computer only understands zeros, ones, and their sequence which is a binary number. so the binary number is the base of the computer system.

Memory management

Managing memory in a system is an essential part of programming. we need to code a program that consumes less memory. memory is essential for running multiple things in a system at a time and even storing the things. As you are currently reading this blog post is also stored on a server. you need to understand how memory management works in computer programming and even how you can improve it with your efforts.

Excel/word

These are two tools that were introduced by Microsoft. and you might be thinking that how these two tools can help you to learn a programming language. well, things are changed at the current time. we can use anything that comes to our mind with programming. like Excel sheets are used to store data and read data and used in production. even if you work for a company you need to use these things to manage teamwork. so this is the advice to learn these tools before learning a programming language.

Typing

Well, this thing is my strength because I have a decent typing speed. well, it not even helps you in your personal life but even helps you in your professional life. think about a scenario in which you need to copy a code for testing or you have an idea and code is in front of you and you just need to type these thousands of lines of code. so here the typing speed will work. whether you believe it or not developing this skill helped me to improve my work availability by 30 percent. and programming is an area where even a 1% of improvement can boost your career.

That’s all learning programming is not as hard as you think. but the way in which you learn things feels like you make things hard or easy. so I recommend you learn these basic things before learning a programming language. or you can say that these are the pre-requirements to learning a programming language and becoming a developer.