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1.1 Introduction to Programming

academy.zariba.com

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Lecture Content

1. What software do you need?2. What is programming?3. Creating your first C# program4. Homework

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What Software do you need?

• Google Account (Google Drive mostly) • Windows 8.1/Windows 10• Visual Studio 2013/2015

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What is programming?

Computer programming: creating a sequence of instructions to enable the computer to do something.

Definition by Google

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Programming Phases

• Define a task/problem = Specification

• Plan your solution = Design

• Write code = Implementation

• Fix errors = Testing/Debugging

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Game Development Phases

• Game Idea

• Write/Obtain GDD (game design document)

• Concept Art (if applicable)

• Graphic Design

• Development

• Testing

• Deployment

• Marketing

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What is C#?

• C# is a new, cutting edge language

• Extremely powerful

• Easy to learn, read and understand

• Object-oriented

• Used in Unity3D

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What is Visual Studio

Visual Studio is an Integrated Development

Environment (IDE). It is a development tool to help us:

• Write the code

• Design user Interface

• Compile the code

• Execute / Test / Debug applications

• Manage projects with ease

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Your first C# Project

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Homework

1. Install Windows 8.1/102. Install Visual Studio 2013/20153. Get Google Drive (gmail account)4. Create, compile and run a “Hello Zariba Academy” console

application.5. Create a console application to print your name, email, age

and gender. 6. Print the numbers 0, 357, -20 and 10^20 on the console.7. Print sin(200), cos (100), tan (pi/4)8. Print 56 to the power 39. Print the remainder of 138 divided by 17.10. Write a program to read your first and last names and print

them on the console, separated by space.

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References

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Zariba Academy

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