In this lesson, we will discuss basic elements in programming, with a focus on the following key points:
- What are
variables, and how are they used in a program? - Learn to work with math operations in an introductory programming language; Python.
This is a general purpose tutorial for multiple languages. For the Javascript-specific version of this lesson that focuses on fundamentals frontend engineers need to know, please click here.
The act of storing information in programming languages is important. Often during complex calculations, we need to reference some saved information later. In programming languages, this storing of information is done using variables. In this lesson, we will discuss how variables are used, and some basic math operations that can be performed in a program.
